DINWIDDIE CO., VA - CEMETERIES – Atkinson Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Pryor Atkinson graveyard:
                  1937 June 10
                  Research made by Bettie B. Powell

Cemetery Location:  Harper’s Home Post Office, Virginia, Route #40, thence north 
                    .1 mile.
                    Dinwiddie County


DATE:

1825, date of oldest grave.

OWNERS:

Samuel Pryor, 1836.

DESCRIPTION:

This graveyard is enclosed by a rock wall, and is reserved.  It is in very bad 
condition.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

This graveyard is on the Ansvill tract of land.  The last person buried here was 
in 1847.

Inscriptions:


Pryor Atkinson
In Memory of
Mrs. L.H. Jones
Consort of Benjamin Jones
Petersburg
Who departed this life on
3rd of January, 1825, in the
21st year of her age.
Leaving a son only 11 days old,
and a husband by whom
His memorial of affectionate 
rememberance is erected.


To the memory of
Martha Ann
wife of Wm. B. Proce M.D.
of Brunswick
who departed this life Dec. 10, 1846
age 24 years, 2 mo. and 14 days.
Rest in peace thou gentle spirit
Souls like thine with God inherit life and love
The endearing virtues of her who lies beneath this state
have passed away:
Yet they are not and cannot be forgotten by him who
offers this humble tribute to the memory of a dear wife.


Sacred to the Memory of
Mary Ann
beloved wife of Samuel Pryor
Born Dec. 23, A.D. 1800
died June 27, A.D. 1847
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
Even so said the Spirit
for they rest from their labours.
Though lost to sight
To Memory dear.


In Memory of
Mrs. Mary Ann Atkinson
who lived a Christian
Died in the faith and now
Enjoys the Saints reward in Heaven
Sweet soul, we leave thee to thy rest
Enjoy thy Jesus and thy God,
Till we from bonds of clay released
Depart and climb the Heavenly road.
She found redemption thro the blood of the Lamb.
Reader, Hast thou?


Sacred to the memory of 
Mrs. Lucy Epps Pryor
Who departed this life on the 30th of Dec. 1829,
in the 20th yr. of her age.
Mrs. Pryor was a consistant member of the Presbyterian
Church:
and while this marble marks the spot where was interred
her mortal part, her bereaved friends have just ground
to hope that her emancipated spirit is participating in
all those services and joys, which belong to the angels
in Heaven.
Let me die the death of the righteous,
And let my last end be like His.


List of those in a vault:

Captain Richard Pryor, his wife and a son, John Pryor and an infant.

A brass plate which was on the vault is missing.



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Mrs. Henry Bourdon, McKenney, Virginia

Dinwiddie County Court Records.
Deed Book 1, page 401.

Tombstone Inscriptions

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