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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Moody graveyard:
                  1936 Sept. 24
                  Research made by Craig Romaine

Cemetery Location:  2 miles east of Midlothian, Virginia, on Route #60; 1 mile 
                    south of Route #60 on Chesterfield Road, .3 of a mile west 
                    of Chesterfield Road.
                    Chesterfield County


DATE:

1842

OWNERS:

Moody family.

DESCRIPTION:

This graveyard offers a striking contrast to many of the old family burying 
grounds which are deteriorating from age and neglect.

The Moody graveyard is located about 200 feet to the rear of the old Moody 
house.  It is a small, square plot, approximately twenty by twenty feet, and 
protected by a solid iron fence.  Surrounding the whole, are large cedars, 
evenly spaced, planted there years ago to add beauty to the quaint little family 
cemetery.

Directly in the center of the Moody graveyard stands a large monument erected in 
memory of Jameson and Mary Susan Moody, an aunt, Nancy Ann Moody, and listing 
the names of the children born to the former.  This monument consists of a tall 
granite shaft placed on three layers of marble.  The entire height is about 
fifteen feet.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Within this enclosure are many tombstones, all well preserved, and ranging in 
size from one to six feet.  The inscriptions are as follows:


In Memory of
Willie Lee
Daughter of David J. and Mourning E. Moody
Born Oct. 2, 1862
Died Nov. 22, 1862


David J. Moody
Died Mar. 24, 1866
In the 43rd year of his age


Mary S. Moody
Died Sept. 24, 1843
in the 46th year of her age


Jameson Moody
Died Sept. 24, 1842
in the 58th year of his age


Nancy A. Moody
Died Dec. 11, 1863
in the 87th year of her age


Infant Child 
of Wm. L. & Pherabe E. Moody
Died Nov. 13, 1863


In Memory of
Vic Bradley
Daughter of William L. and Pherabe E. Moody
Born Nov. 24, 1860
Died June 20, 1863
Thou art an angel now


George M. Moody
Born March 2, 1836
Died Oct. 19, 1891


Pherabe Elizabeth Bradley Moody
Daughter of Francis Meriwether and Zillah Pherabe Goldsby Bradley
Born in Dallas County, Alabama
December 1, 1839
Died in Galveston, Texas
January 14, 1833
Wife of Colonel William Lewis Moody
She was the Beloved Mother of
Victoria Moody
Frank Bradley Moody
An Infant Son Died unnamed
Mary Moody Hutchings
William Lewis Moody, Jr.
Elizabeth Goldsby Moody
Here Sleeps The Precious Dust; She Shines Above,
Whose Soul was Harmony, Whose Soul was Love;
Her Graces Were All Divinely Fair,
Her Virtues Were All That Heaven Could Spare.


Col. William Lewis Moody
Son of Jameson & Mary Susan Moody
Born in Essex County, Va. May 19, 1828
When two years of age moved with Parents
To Chesterfield County, Va. Graduated from
University of Virginia, 1848
Removed to Texas in 1852
Lawyer-Merchant-Soldier-Cotton Factor-Banker
Served the Confederacy as Captain, Lieutenant
Colonel and Colonel.  Severely Wounded at
Jackson, Miss.
Disabled and Promoted for Gallantry
A Man of Sterling Qualities, Superior Ability
And Exceptional Success
His Character was one of Rugged Honesty,
Unswerving Truthfulness, Faithfulness
To Duty and Lack of Fear,
Yet Modest and
Unassuming with an Abiding Faith in His Maker.
Entered into Rest at Galveston, Texas
July 17, 1920


Joseph L. Moody
Died March 30, 1852
in the 23rd year of his age


Jameson L. Moody
Died Sept. 4, 1848
in the 16th year of his age


Monument 

(West Side)

Sacred to the Memory of
Jameson Moody
Who died Sept. 24th, 1842
In the 59th year of his age
And to
Mary Susan
his wife,
Who died on the 24th Sept. 1843
In the 49th year of her age.
And to their Children
Wherever they may rest.

(North Side)

Sacred to the Memory of
“Aunt Nancy”
Nancy Ann Moody
Died Decr. 11th 1863
In the 87th year of her age

(South Side)

There are the names of all the Children born
unto Jameson and to Mary Susan Moody.

Emily Adeline
Born October 29th 1816
Fidelia Jane
Born June 14th 1819
James Henry
Born Sept. 30th 1820
William Lewis
Born Sept. 14, 1822
David Jameson
Born July 28th 1824

(East Side)

(Children continued).

Leroy Francis and twin
Lavinia Frances
Born April 14th 1826
William Lewis
Born May 19th 1828
Joseph Littlebury
Born Sept. 23th 1829
Sarah Elizabeth
Born June 1st 1832
Jameson Selden
Born Aug. 14th 1833
Mary Adelaide
Born Decr. 6th 1834
George Marcellus
Born March 2nd 1836




SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant: Charles Cole, Midlothian, Va.

Court Records, Chesterfield County, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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