CULPEPER: CEMETERY RECORDS – ROBSON GRAVEYARD 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, Robson graveyard: 1937 Oct. 7 Research made by Margaret Jeffries Cemetery Location: 9 miles north of Culpeper Court House. 3 miles north of Rixeyville, Virginia on Route #29; thence west (left) .7 mile to graveyard. Culpeper County This cemetery is very well kept. The entire yard is walled in with a stone wall. The grass is kept well trimmed. The stones are all upstanding and clean. This yard has many graves in it, some of them are unmarked. In one part of it the slaves were buried. A few of these graves are marked with field stones, but the majority of them are unmarked in any way. There are about twenty slaves buried here. The stones which have inscriptions are as follows: John R. Robson son of John Robson 1811 1875 A devoted Christian Husband & Father Sarah Frances Doyle Robson wife of John R. Robson 1827 1896 J. Earle Robson born April 30, 1893 Died Jan. 1, 1906 Earnest Robson Infant son of John R. & Sarah E. Robson Born & Died 1851 Amelia H. Robson Born Mar. 15, 1894 Died Apr. 20, 1895 Infant son of John R. & Sarah E. Robson Born & Died 1855 Bettie J. daughter of J.H. & J.W. Button wife of W.D. Robson Born 1858 Died 1881