DANVILLE, VA - CEMETERIES – Green Hill Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Green Hill cemetery: 1937 Oct. 1 Research made by Mabel Moses Cemetery Location: On Lees Street, south side of the street Danville, Virginia DATE: 1815 OWNERS: Green Hill Cemetery 1815 to present date. (1937) DESCRIPTION: This cemetery is surrounded by an iron fence, with two large double iron gates for the entrance. There is a nice road winding through the cemetery also cement side walks. The cemetery is full of trees of all description, shrubs, lilacs, rose bushes, crepe-myrtle and various kinds of other flowers. The cemetery is well kept. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Col. T.H.G. Grasty Born Sept. 16, 1823 Died April 7, 1856 I am the resurrection and the life; He that believeth in me, though he were dead, Yet shall he live. In memory of Mary Garland wife of James Garland Born July 21, 1786 Died July 5, 1854 Sacred to the memory of Harriet M. Pace daughter of Willie Williams Born Aug. 8, 1815 Married J.W. Pace Oct. 5, 1841 and departed, this life Aug. 13, 1848 Her sun in gone down while it was yet day Jer. 15-9 Jane W. Wooding wife of Wm. H. Wooding and daughter of P.L. and J.W. Grasty Born March 20, 1814 Died Nov. 11, 1858 In memory of John F. Clairborn Born Nov. 29, 1824 Died Nov. 9, 1856 I know that my redeemer liveth. Ye though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me, Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Sacred to the memory of Richard Henry Claiborn who died June 26, 1815 in the 25th year of his age With the assurance of a blissful immorality Husband Wiley Williams Died April 9, 1855 Aged 64 years wife Hixey William Died Oct. 23, 1861 Aged 73 years Mary Francis Daut. of Nathaniel & Ann Green Born Nov. 7, 1827 Died Sept. 5, 1852 Age 24 yrs. 9 m’s and 27 d’s Anne wife of Nathaniel T. Green and daut. of James & Martha Colquhoun Born Jan. 5, 1799 Died March 24, 1854 Age 55 yrs. 2 M’s and 18 d’s Nathaniel T. Green Born March 10, 1800 Died April 29, 1860 Age 60 yrs. 1 mo. and 19 d’s Adeline Terry Daut. of Nathaniel & Anne Green Born Sept. 17, 1829 Died Aug. 20, 1848 Age 18 yrs. 11 m’s and 3 d’s Janet Colquhoun daut. of N.T. and A. Green Born Jan. 3, 1824 Died Dec. 19, 1831 Age 31 yrs. 9 m’s and 7 d’s Martha Ann wife of John R. Fontaine and daut. of Nathaniel T. and Anne Green Born Feb. 25, 1822 Died Dec. 2, 1853 AE. 31 yrs. 9 m’s and 7 d’s John son of John R. and Martha A. Fontaine Born 5th Sept. 1848 Died 26th May 1849 Mary Green daut. of J.R. and M.A. Fontaine Born Nov. 10, 1806 Died June 10, 1854 Sacred to the memory of Stephen C. Price Born 14th May 1806 Died 6th June 1845 In his 39th year In Memory of Lucy Ann wife of Benj. F. Watkins Born Oct. 16, 1824 Died Sept. 16, 1858 She possessed the qualities that adorn a daughter and a woman. This stone is erected by her affectionate father, John W. Purdon. Sacred to the Memory of Daniel Price Born 27th Aug. 1766 Died 29th Jany. 1846 In his eightieth year. Sacred to the Memory of Lucy Price Born 14th Aug. 1772 Died 6th Aug. 1831 In her fifty-first year In Memory of Sarah G. wife of John W. Paxton Born Sept. 30th, 1893 Died May 15th, 1855 This stone is erected by her affectionate husband Sacred to the Memory of John Price Born 18th July 1798 Died Jany 16th 1843 Sacred to the Memory of George P. Price Born 31st May 1813 Died 1st Oct. 1841 In his 29th year. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Tombstone Inscriptions Visit by worker. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joan Renfrow NOTICE: I have no relationship or further information in regards to this family. ___________________________________________________________________