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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Gill graveyard:
                  1936 Oct. 13
                  Research made by Craig Romaine

Cemetery Location:  On River Road, 10 miles west of Petersburg, Virginia
                    Chesterfield County


DATE:

1852 – dated of oldest grave marker.

OWNERS:

Gill
Gill Heirs
Phillips

DESCRIPTION:

This old graveyard can hardly be called such now, for while the tombstones 
remain to mark the graves of two members of the Gill family who once lived on 
this farm, the graveyard itself has literally become part of the barnyard.

Situated approximately one hundred yards to the rear of the house, and under two 
small trees, these graves have become the prey of depredation and neglect.

Here are two tombstones.  One of these stones is laid over the entire grave, 
while the other was originally a shaft about six feet in length which rested on 
a granite base.  Half of the former stone has been broken off and buried beneath 
several inches of soil, so it was necessary to unearth it in order to secure the 
full inscription.

The shaft of the other stone has been blown over by high winds and the base on 
which the epitaph appears is also partly buried in the ground.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

This old farm was originally owned by the Gill family.  It now belongs to the 
Phillips.  Until recent years, a huge pear tree stood in the yard, and tradition 
says, it was here that General Lee made his last stop before crossing the 
Appomattox, having camped overnight under the shelter of this ancient tree.  The 
inscriptions on the tombstones are as follows:


To The Memory of
William Gill
Born Nov. 10, 1787
Died Sept. 27th 1852
I thought on my ways, and turned
my feet unto testimonies.
Text 119th Psalm 59th verse


In Memory of
James T. Gill
Born August 21, 1826
Died Feby. 19, 1856
I made haste and delayed
not to keep thy commandments.



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Court Records, Chesterfield County, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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