CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Ettrick Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Ettrick Cemetery:
                  1936 Oct. 2
                  Research made by Craig Romaine

Cemetery Location:  .5 miles west of Jackson Avenue, Ettrick, Virginia
                    Chesterfield County


DATE:

Approximately 1820

OWNERS:

Public, by individual plot.

DESCRIPTION:

The Ettrick cemetery is located in a remote section on the outskirts of the 
little town from which it takes its name and many of whose former inhabitants 
are therein buried.  It does not have the well kept appearance of a public 
cemetery; weed and grass have been allowed to run pell-mell over the place, and 
some of the older tombstones are almost entirely obliterated.  For generations 
persons from nearby farms and from the village of Ettrick have been buried here 
and there are many tombstones of varying sizes marking their graves.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Inscriptions on tombstones:


In memory of
Ida C.
Wife of Thomas J. Allen
And Daughter of Wm. D. & Mary Robinett
Born Sept. 13, 1859
Died Feb. 7, 1883
Aged 23 yrs. 4 mos. & 24 days


Mary F. Robinett
Wife of William D. Robinett
Born Oct. 12, 1824
Died Feb. 18, 1896
In labor and in love allied,
In death they here sleep side by side
Resting in peace the aged twain,
Till Christ shall raise them up again.


Sacred to the memory of Our Father
W.D. Robinett
Born July 15, 1824
Died June 27, 1883
Age 58 years, 11 months & 12 days
Farewell my wife and children all,
From you a father Christ doth call,
Mourn not for me, it is vain
To call me to your sight again.
Sad is the house and lone the hour
Since thy sweet smiles are gone,
But Oh, a brighter home than our’s
In heaven is now thine own.


Sacred to the Memory of
Willie B.
Son of Wm. & Pocahontas James
Departed this life July 19, 1878
Aged 17 years
Dearest Willie, thou hast left us
Here, thy loss we deeply feel,
But ‘tis God who hast bereft us,
He can all our sorrows heal.


Sacred to the memory of
Pocahontas
Wife of William James
Departed this life May 15, 1878
Aged 42 years
Affliction sore for years I bore,
Physicians were in vain;
At length God pleased to give me ease,
And freed me from my pain.
So where the silent marble weeps,
A sister – wife and mother sleeps;
A heart within whose sacred call
The peaceful virtues loved to dwell.


Omitted grave: The following information given by Mrs. B.S. Shackleton:

Thomas James
b. July 24, 1791
d. June 20, 1861
Soldier in War of 1812
His grave was marked by the
Daughters of 1812 in Ettrick Cemetery.


Elizabetha Blankenship
July 1, 1848
Apr. 17, 1923
To forget is vain endeavor, love’s remembrance last forever.


Jennings P. Blankenship
May 28, 1848
Jan. 31, 1925
Through the Lord’s unbounded love we’ll meet again in realms above.


To the Memory of our Devoted Father
Richard H. Davis
Born August 15, 1827
Died Oct. 16, 1897
Aged 70 years, 2 months and 1 day
Although he sleeps, his memory doth live,
And cheering comfort to his mourners give.
He followed virtue as his truest guide;
Lived as a Christian – As a Christian died.


Sarah A.
Wife of R. H. Davis
Born Sept. 16, 1832
Departed this life Jan. 7, 1896
She made home happy: Through the long sad years
The Mother toiled and never stopped to rest
Until they crossed her hands upon her breast,
And closed her eyes, no longer dim with tears.
The simple record that she left behind
Was grander than the soldier – to my mind.


In Memory of
Thomas A.
Beloved husband of Louisa L. Jones
Born Dec. 25, 1840
Died July 3, 1908
At Rest


In loving memory of a kind mother
Louisa Taylor
Born Sept. 12, 1820
Died April 30, 1892
Aged 71 years, 7 months & 18 days
Dearest mother, thou hast left us,
Here, thy loss we deeply feel
But tis God that hath bereft us,
He can all our sorrow heal.


Mathew H. Brockwell
Born Aug. 1, 1855
Died Sept. 19, 1924


Samuel A. Butler
Va. Council No. 3,
Jr. O.U.A.M.
Born Feb. 3, 1846
Died July 8, 1918


In God We Trust
Varina Davis Walker
Born Feb. 3, 1861
Died April 15, 1917
Remember, friends, as you pass by
That all mankind are born to die,
Then let your cares on Christ be cast
That you may dwell with him at last.


My Wife
In Memory of
Maggie L.
Wife of C. J. Andrews
Born Sept. 3, 1863
Died Jan. 3, 1884
In yonder world all bright and fair,
Those mansions of the blest,
We’ll meet and know each other there
And there together rest.


In Memory of My dear husband
William James
Born April 9, 1833
Died May 27, 1893
He died as he lived trusting in Jesus


In Memory of
Martha Jane Bevil
Born May 15, 1841
Died Oct. 2, 1904
Since thou canst no longer stay
To cheer me with thy love,
I hope to meet with thee again
In yon bright world above.


In Memory of
Sarah A.
Second wife of E.F. Newby
Born Dec. 3, 1845
Died Jan. 9, 1877
Aged 31 years


In Memory of
Angeline
Wife of E.F. Newby
Born 1823
Died Nov. 7, 1870
Aged 47 years


Mary
Wife of Stephen Turner
Died May 9, 1857
In the 80th year of her age


In Memory of
Minerva J. Newsom
Affectionate wife of John W. Newsom
Died Dec. 18, 1876 (or 1878)
Aged 38 years
Farewell dear wife, one long farewell;
God strengthen me, I pray,
To bear the grief, endure the pain
Till I am called away.
Sad is the house and lone the hour
Since thy sweet smiles are gone
But, Oh a brighter home than our’s
In heaven is now thine own
Erected by her devoted husband


In Memory of Our Father
L.B. Brockwell
Born June 26, 1820
Died July 26, 1882
Aged 62 years


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Court Records, Chesterfield County, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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