CUMBERLAND COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – “Hooper’s Rock” Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Hooper’s Rock:
                  1936 Dec. 3
                  Research made by Marie K. Frazee

Cemetery Location:  2.4 miles north of Cumberland Court House, Cumberland, 
                    Virginia on Route #60; thence northwest 11.9 miles on Route 
                    #45; thence west 11.2 miles on Route #16; thence east 2 
                    miles from this route.  After passing a sawmill site on the 
                    two mile road, turn east and continue .5 mile.
                    Cumberland County


DATE:

About 1812

DESCRIPTION:

The cemetery is north of the house and is surrounded by a brick wall.  This is 
beginning to tumble down, and the brambles and underbrush are covering the 
graves.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Some of the inscriptions on the tombstones are as follows:


In memory of 
Victoria A.
wife of Walter S. Peters
Youngest daughter of Elisha & Sallie Jackson
Died in Richmond, Virginia,
Nov. 24, 1858, Aged 27 years.
A devoted wife, a fond and tender mother.
An affectionate daughter and sister.
The exalted qualities of her nature and
Her strong faith were beautifully exhib-
ited in the great composure and perfect
Christian resignation she possessed in the
trying hour of her death.  Thy will, O Lord,
not mine, be done O beauteous light on earth.
Her lustre now radiant in the Courts of
Heaven brightly reflects on sorrowed hearts
here below.  May we meet again


Clarence Montgomery
Infant son of Walter S. & Victoria A. Peters
Died March 16, 1855
Aged 7 months


In memory of
Sallie Jackson
wife of Elisha Jackson
Born Dec. 19, 1785
Died Jan. 14, 1853
In the full assurance of a blissful
Immortality. None knew her but to love
her. None named her but to praise her.


In memory of
Mary L.
wife of Michael Anderson
Daughter of Elisha and Sallie Jackson
Born Dec. 4, 1810
Died Feb. 19, 1860
Happy soule, thy days are ended.
All thy mourning days below go
By angel guards attended to the
Sight of Jesus, go waiting to re-
ceive thy spirit, go, the Saviour
stands above, shows the purchase 
of his merit, reaches out the
crown of love.
She is not dead but sleeping.



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Mrs. C.F. Pickett, Columbia, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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