CULPEPER: CEMETERY RECORDS – SPILMAN 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, Spillman graveyard: 1937 Oct. 18 Research made by Margaret Jeffries Cemetery Location: 9.5 miles northeast of Culpeper Court House. 2.5 miles northeast of Rixeyville, Virginia on Route #29; thence east 1.5 miles on Route #624; thence north (left) on private road to house; thence .5 mile through field to cemetery. Culpeper County The Spilman family own the graveyard. Woodford B. Hackley owns the farm on which it is located. Out in a pasture field with no fence to keep out the stock is the old graveyard with a few scattering trees for shade. Ordinary field stones mark the graves. Only one of these stones has an inscription and that is done by hand very crudely. Although they have been here for a long time the letters are quite distinct. The site upon which this old graveyard is located is known as the Old Tapp Place. There is a house on the site of the Old Tapp House but it was built after the War Between the States. The property was owned for a long time by the Spilmans who bought the land from the Indians. These Spilmans are descended from those Spilmans who came to America in 1714 to work the iron mines at Germanna. Here lies the body of Martha Spilman Deceased September the 7th, 1771