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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Johnson graveyard:
                  1936 Mar. 19
                  Research made by Craig Romaine

Cemetery Location:  8 miles southwest from Richmond on Route #60 and 1 mile 
                    north.
                    Chesterfield County


DATE:

1728

OWNERS:

Daniel Johnson and descendants.

DESCRIPTION:

Dating back to pre-Revolutionary days, this small graveyard is in the center of 
an open field.  Here are two tombstones on either side of a large monument.  
These are enclosed by strong iron bars or pipes, supported by concrete posts.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Below are given the inscriptions, first on the monument and then the tombstones.


Daniel Johnson
and Descendants
1728-1820 to 1857


Miss Mary Jane Forloine
Born in Chesterfield Va. Feb’y 9th 1824
Died Sept. 12th 1857
My flesh shall slumber in the ground
Till the last trumpet’s joyful sound
Then burst the charms with sweet surprise
And in my Saviour’s image rise.


Mary T. Johnson
Born in Louisa Co. Feb’y 22nd 1785
Died in Chesterfield Va. June 13th 1844
Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord
that they may rest from their labours and
their works do follow them.




SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Court Records, Chesterfield County, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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