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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Oliver graveyard:
                  1937 Oct. 1
                  Research made by Miss Mamie Fraser

Cemetery Location:  4 miles south of Carson on route 618 thence east 500 yards 
                    on a private road.
                    Dinwiddie County


DATE:

The burial ground was begun in 1826.

OWNERS:

The property on which the graveyard is located is owned now (1937) by Mr. Morris 
Browning.

DESCRIPTION:

The burial place is in a grove and there are two large table-tombs to be found.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The following inscriptions are to be seen on the tombs:


Sacred to the memory of
Mrs. Mary Oliver
Of Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Born 1748
And who departed this life
On the 28th of February 1826
Aged 78 years
Her youngest child and son
Thomas A. Oliver
Has caused to be erected
This memory of a beloved mother
Wrested from him on earth
To be restored 
He trust in Heaven
Farewell mother near and dear
I’ll try and be resigned
Though you are dead and I’m alive
In glory I hope you will shine


In Memory of
Thomas A. Oliver
Died January 17, 1844


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Mr. Morris Browning, Route #2, Carson, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions


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