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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Tomahawk cemetery:
                  1936 Nov. 18
                  Research made by Craig Romaine

Cemetery Location:  Corner Genito and Hundred Roads, twelve miles west of 
                    Richmond, Va., near or on Route #360.
                    Chesterfield County


DATE:

1810

OWNERS:

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DESCRIPTION:

The Tomahawk Cemetery is located near the site of the original Tomahawk Baptist 
Church, which was rebuilt several years ago beside Route #360.  The steps of the 
old church remain, but the building itself is gone, and nothing is left to 
distinguish the site from the surrounding wilderness but the cemetery.  Here are 
many tombstones, all in good condition, and enclosed by a wire fence.  Within 
the enclosure are several large deciduous trees, which lend a quiet beauty to 
the little cemetery, and which must have been there when the church was erected.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The following inscriptions were copied from the tombstones:


Ella Van Allen
Wife of George T. Fredenburg
Born May 1, 1864
Died Oct. 19, 1897


In Memory of
Junius A. Ellett
Born  Feb. 22, 1851
Died April 10, 1881
May we meet in heaven


Littleburry Wells Wilkinson
1821 – 1896


Virginia A. Wilkinson
1826 – 1903


In Memory of
Octavia H.
Wife of M. A. Cheatham
Died Aug. 30, 1894
Aged 72 years
Sleep on, dear Mother
Sleep and take thy rest


Oel Sylvester Morgan
Jan. 20, 1825
March 6, 1903


W. Jeter Morrissett
Born Dec. 29, 1866
Died Oct. 11, 1909
Asleep in Jesus


Lawson Morrissett
July 29, 1839
Jan. 1, 1904
A Faithful Christian
A Member of
Co. B. 4th Va. Cav. C.S.A.


Mollie T. Walket
Wife of Lawson Morrissett
Aug. 25, 1845
April 6, 1912
At Rest


Rev. Levi D. Horner
Oct. 10, 1810
June 16, 1888
Blessed Are The Dead
Which Die In The Lord


My Husband
Samuel A. Horner
July 23, 1851
Mar. 29, 1906


R. F. Snellings
Co. G.
1 Va. Reg.
C.S.A.






SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Court Records, Chesterfield County, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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