CULPEPER: CEMETERY RECORDS – COLVIN CEMETERY Contributed by: Joan Renfrow NOTICE: I have no relationship or further information in regards to this family. *************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *************************************************************************** Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Colvin graveyard: 1938 Mar. 24 Research made by Margaret Jeffries Cemetery Location: At “Mt. Airy” 4.5 miles west of Culpeper, Virginia, on Route #3; thence south 1.5 miles on Route #635 to house. Graveyard 100 yards south of house. Culpeper County This graveyard is about 50 feet square. It is fenced in with a high picket fence and is shaded by a few trees outside of the lot. The graves are covered with periwinkles. Some of the stones are recent and have inscriptions on them. The old graves are marked with field stones and have no inscriptions on them. There is one stone here erected by the D.A.R. Chapter at Culpeper, to Daniel Colvin. Daniel Colvin Virginia Pvt. Va. Rgt. Rev. War. 1790 Mary Louise Colvin Born Oct. 11, 1857 Died Apr. 5, 1861 Budded on earth to Bloom in heaven John Randolph Colvin Born Aug. 12, 1826 Died Feb. 26, 1908 We shall sleep but not forever Letitia Wharton wife of John Randolph Colvin Born Dec. 2, 1825 Died Feb. 18, 1915 S. Jane Colvin Died Jan. 28, 1887 Blessed are the pure in spirit for the shall see God Some of the uninscribed stones mark the graves as follows: Nelson Colvin Nannie Wharton Roberterson John Wharton