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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The John E. Boisseau family graveyard:
                  1937 Feb. 4
                  Research made by Dorothy Gray Pilout

Cemetery Location:  .2 mile east of Dinwiddie, Virginia, on Route #1; thence 2.6 
                    miles on Route #661; thence .1 mile east of Route #661 on a 
                    private lane to the Boisseau home; thence .1 mile southeast 
                    across a field to this site.
                    Dinwiddie County


DATE:

About 1840.

OWNERS:

This graveyard was first owned by John E. Boisseau, and remained in the family 
until the present date, 1927.  It is now owned by Miss Hattie Moody and her 
brother, Thomas Fortune Moody, both of Church Road, Virginia, and they are two 
of the grandchildren of John E. and Emily Perkins Boisseau.

DESCRIPTION:

This graveyard is in the edge of a wooded section and is not enclosed.  There 
are many bushes and a few trees in this plot, which covers less than one-fourth 
of an acre.  Several members of the John E. Boisseau family are buried here, but 
only one grave has a tombstone, which is of a very recent date.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:


John E. Boisseau
Born March 30, 1813
Died ?

Emily Perkins Boisseau
wife of John E. Boisseau
Born October 19, 1813
Died ?

Emily Boisseau Moody
born April 27, 1845
died ?
She was the wife of Patrick Moody

Patrick Moody
Date of birth and death unknown

Mrs. Martha Boisseau Williamson
born May 10, 1852
daughter of John E. and Emily Perkins Boisseau 
and wife of Sidney Williamson

Sidney Williamson
husband of Martha Boisseau
date of birth and death unknown

Mrs. Sarah Boisseau Moody
wife of Robert Moody 
and daughter of John E. and Emily Perkins Boisseau
Born October 5, 1848
date of death unknown

Mrs. Virginia Boisseau Moody
the second wife of Robert Moody
and also a daughter of John E. and Emily Perkins Boisseau
Probably born in 1857
date of death unknown

Robert Moody
date of birth and death unknown

Mary Boisseau
born July 27, 1835
died January 22, 1862
She was a daughter of John E. and Emily Perkins Boisseau

William Boisseau
born May 4, 1839
died ?
He was a son of John E. and Emily Perkins Boisseau

Mrs. Dolly Heath
date of birth and death unknown
She was a Miss Moody before her marriage

Dolly Heath
date of birth and death unknown.
He was the husband of Mrs. Dolly Heath
(evidently an error was made on the name of this gentleman as the papers clearly 
state “Dolly” Heath)

The only grave which has a tombstone in this graveyard is that of
Robert Lewis, of a recent date.



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informants:  Mr. & Mrs. Holt Boisseau
             Miss Hattie Moody
             all of Church Road, Virginia

             Miss Hattie Driver
             Mrs. Travis Harmon
             both of Sutherland, Virginia

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