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


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

Cemetery Location:  6 miles east of Chester, Virginia, 1.8 miles northeast of 
                    Route #37.
                    Chesterfield County


DATE:

1743

OWNERS:

(blank)

DESCRIPTION:

Guarded by immense oaks whose strong boughs reach high over the surrounding 
forest, these two graves of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Marshall lie together, 
overlooking the James River.

Next to the grave of Richard Kennon, who is buried at “The Brick House”, these 
graves are perhaps the oldest in Chesterfield County. 

These two graves share the same tombstone.  This is approximately three feet in 
height, and nearly as wide.  It is not of the conventional type of tombstone, 
and perhaps the only one of its kind in the county, having been made of slate 
instead of the customary granite or marble.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Despite its age, this tombstone is in an excellent state of preservation, and 
the inscription, though partly buried beneath wood’s mold and dead leaves, is 
nevertheless very clear.  This is as follows:


Here lyeth the Body of
Mr. Alexander Marshall
Who Departed this Life May 3, 1743
Age 67 years


Here lyeth the Body of
Mrs. Alexander Marshall
Wife of Mr. Alexander Marshall
who Departed this Life Feby. 9th 1743/4
Aged 64 years



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Court Records, Chesterfield County, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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