DINWIDDIE COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Goodwyn Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Doctor John Peterson Goodwyn graveyard:
                  1936 Nov. 3
                  Research made by Mamie Fraser

Cemetery Location:  9 miles southeast of Dinwiddie, Virginia, on Route #626; 
                    thence .3 mile east on Route #665; thence north .1 mile on 
                    private road.
                    Dinwiddie County


DATE:

1895, date of oldest grave.

OWNERS:

Mr. Henry R. Goodwyn. (1936)

DESCRIPTION:

The graveyard is enclosed with a wire fence and no markers are to be found at 
the graves.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The following are known to be buried in the plot:


Doctor John Peterson Goodwyn
son of Albert Goodwyn
born May 11, 1836 in Greenville County, Virginia
Died at Spring Grove, Dinwiddie County, August 8, 1895


Martha Greenway
wife of Doctor John Peterson Goodwyn
and daughter of Robert Greenway
born at “The Grove” Dinwiddie County
died at Spring Grove, Dinwiddie County September 12, 1904


James Milton
son of Doctor John Peterson and Martha Greenway Goodwyn
born at Spring Grove, Dinwiddie County November 7, 1860
died at Spring Grove, Dinwiddie County January 15, 1896


Edward G. Goodwyn
son of Doctor John Peterson and Martha Greenway Goodwyn
born at Spring Grove, Dinwiddie County September 7, 1852
died at “Twin Oak”, Dinwiddie County April 16, 1915


Alice Cousins
wife of Edward G. Goodwyn
and daughter of Henry Cousins
born near Dinwiddie Court House, August 3, 1856
died at “Twin Oak”, Dinwiddie County in November 1922


Francis Edwin Harrison
son of Thomas and Mary Harrison
born in Sussex County, Virginia October 3, 1848
died in Dinwiddie County December 7, 1911


Mary Goodwyn
wife of France Edwin Harrison
and daughter of Doctor John Peterson Goodwyn
born at Spring Grove, Dinwiddie County May 29, 1855
died in Dinwiddie County June 2, 1912



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Mrs. Mattie Harrison Goodwyn, Route #2, Stony Creek, Va.

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