CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Skinquarter Church Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Skinquarter Cemetery: 1937 July 30 Research made by Craig Romaine Cemetery Location: 1.2 miles northwest of Skinquarter, Virginia, on Route #605 east side of road. Chesterfield County DATE: 1880 OWNERS: Property of Skinquarter Church DESCRIPTION: This cemetery lies beside a main road and is within sight of the old Skinquarter Baptist Church. It covers a large area, is well kept, and is surrounded by a high privet hedge. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: The following inscriptions were copied from the tombstones: Mark Davis Holland Born in Franklin Co. Feb. 8, 1839 Died Mar. 6, 1915 C.S.A. 2nd Va. Cavalry 1861-5 Asleep in Jesus David L. Sims 1850 – 1922 At Rest Marian A. Sins Wife of J.B. Sins Born May 19, 1846 Died Oct. 16, 1921 Thy trials ended-thy rest is won At Rest J.B. Sims Apr. 28, 1841 Dec. 6, 1930 Company K. 6th Virginia Regiment 1861-1865 At Rest John W. Mathews Jan. 12, 1865 Feb. 24, 1924 My Wife Ellen F. Williams July 23, 1856 Sept. 17, 1922 In memory of A. J. Johnson Born July 23, 1834 Died June 7, 1910 At Rest In Memory of My Beloved Wife Orpah Worsham Johnson Born March 21, 1840 Died March 28, 1900 At Rest Grandma Mary L. Crowder Wife of C.G. Wilkinson Sept. 20, 1827 Jan. 19, 1906 Abner C. Wilkinson April 16, 1848 Aug. 4, 1884 His Wife Bettie H. Flournoy May 25, 1851 Aug. 29, 1912 Father Mother John Samuel Bass Apr. 21, 1853 June 2, 1913 and Lily Goode Bass May 13, 1852 Nov. 20, 1932 Napoleon Arthur Bass Oldest son of J.H. Bass Born Nov. 15, 1837 Died Nov. 19, 1888 Aged 51 years Mary Goode Bass Mar. 7, 1849 Sept. 25, 1930 James Henry Bass Born Nov. 9, 1811 March 12, 1996 Aged 75 years Lucy Estelle Bass Youngest child of J.H. Bass Born Oct. 26, 1857 Died July 9, 1883 Aged 26 years L. Elvira Fugua Feb. 22, 1818 Feb. 16, 1900 Wife of James H. Bass Eneline Howell Osborne 1832 – 1923 At Rest Sacred To The Memory Of W. Ellis Phaup Apr. 17, 1854 May 28, 1928 Though lost to sight, to memory dear At Rest Fannie J. Horner Wife of C.A. Horner July 1, 1855 May 29, 1928 Gone but not forgotten Charles A. Horner Aug. 5, 1839 Sept. 6, 1916 Tho’ lost to sight to memory dear In God’s Care William Lunsford Goode April 16, 1862 March 31, 1931 My Husband Charles W. Goode Born Sept. 28, 1865 Died (blank) Our Mother Matilda Ann Berger July 4, 1853 May 6, 1918 Faithful unto death L. Genevieve Rudd Born April 26, 1863 Died August 19, 1936 At Rest Indiana Elizabeth Rudd Born Dec. 17, 1837 Died Jan. 31, 1914 At Rest Alford Augustus Rudd Born Aug. 13, 1834 Died Feb. 8, 1902 At Rest Confederate States Army Alfred A. Rudd Ord. Sct. Co. K 6, Va. Inf. Sacred to the Memory of Eliz. F. Gauthorn Born 1816 Died April 13, 1880 To be present with the Lord Father George M. Williams Jan. 27, 1833 June 17, 1906 Mother Mary E. Williams Mar. 30, 1839 June 29, 1900 S.G.T. John M. Richard Co. E 25 Va. Inf. C.S.A. 1861-1865 D E C Winsice Our Mother A.E.R. 3-29-1842 4-19-1902 SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Court Records, Chesterfield County, Va. Tombstone Inscriptions Visit by worker. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joan Renfrow NOTICE: I have no relationship or further information in regards to this family. ___________________________________________________________________