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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Greenway graveyard:
                  1937 Aug. 6
                  Research made by Mamie Fraser

Cemetery Location:  2 miles southeast of Dinwiddie, Virginia on Route #626; 
                    thence south five miles on Route #660; thence west 1.6 miles 
                    on Route #609; thence south 3.7 miles on Route #629; thence 
                    west .4 mile on Route #616; thence south .2 mile on Route 
                    #662 to this graveyard.
                    Dinwiddie County


DATE:

Unknown, but the earliest grave is 1797.

OWNERS:

Mrs. Hinton Barnes. (1937)

DESCRIPTION:

There were some vaults in this plot, but these have long since decayed, leaving 
only holes in the ground to show where the graves were.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Dr. James Greenway
Who died in or before 1797


Martha Dixon Greenway
widow of Dr. Greenway
Date of death unknown


Robert Greenway
the eldest and only son of Dr. Greenway to reach the
age of maturity; born in 1780 and died November 25,
1837, in the 57th year of his age
“To portray the character of this good man is far
beyond any language we can use.  Without using 
exertions save his virtues, he won the respect and 
esteem of all, and none living knew that he had
one to whom could be applied the epithet of a foe.
He lived free from reproach and died without a
sting of conscience.”


Ann Elizabeth Kennon Wyatt Greenway
widow of Robert Greenway
Died March 5, 1838
“A dutiful child, affectionate wife, tender parent,
kind mistress and benevolent neighbor”


James Greenway
the only son of Robert Greenway
died in the year 1862, having contracted
measles while in the Army during the War
Between the States and died from complications
that followed the disease.



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Mr. J.C. Galusha, Dinwiddie, Virginia

Historical:  Richmond Virginia Whig:
             December 5, 1837
             March 13, 1838

Court Records:  Clerk’s Office of Dinwiddie County, Virginia
                Will Book, Vol. 7, page 345


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