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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Poarch grav(e)yard:
                  1937 Aug. 19
                  Research made by Mamie Fraser

Cemetery Location:  9 miles southeast of Dinwiddie, Virginia on Route #626; 
                    thence west .1 mile on Route 665.
                    Dinwiddie County


DATE:

1906

OWNERS:

Mrs. Musa Rose, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmette Poarch.

DESCRIPTION:

The plot is enclosed with a heavy iron fence and one large stone is to be found 
in the center of the burial ground.   There is also a beautiful oak tree in the 
plot.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The following inscriptions are to be found on the stones.


Emmette A. Poarch
Born in Sussex County 1843
Died in Dinwiddie County 1906


Annie Gertrude Prosise
Wife of Emmette a. Poarch
Born in Petersburg, Virginia
May 3, 1842
Died in Dinwiddie County, Virginia
February 17, 1911



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Mrs. Musa L. Rose, Route #2, Stony Creek Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions


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