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


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

Cemetery Location:  1.5 miles south of Midlothian, Virginia
                    Chesterfield County


DATE:

1801

OWNERS:

None

DESCRIPTION:

This small graveyard is near the old Midlothian coal mines.  It lies secluded 
deep in a jungle-like mass of scrubby trees and tall ones, honeysuckle, 
periwinkle, briars and pine needles.  Here are several tombstones, all dating 
back to the early part of the nineteenth century.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The inscriptions on these are as follows:


In Memory of
Merit Wooldridge
Who was Born Sept. 13th, 1802
and Died May 18th, 1841
I have loved thee on earth, may I meet thee in Heaven


In Memory of
William E. Wooldridge
Son of Merit and Charlotte Wooldridge
Who died Nov. 9, 1824
Aged 3 weeks


In Memory of
Frederick W.G.A. Wooldridge
Who was born Mar 4, 1801
and died July 23, 1830
Adieu Fond Brother
Why do we mourn departed friends
Or shake at deaths alarm
Tis but the voice that Jesus sends
To call them to his arms


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Court Records, Chesterfield County, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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