DINWIDDIE COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Smith Grove Church Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Smith Grove cemetery: 1936 July 2 Research made by Dorothy Gray Pilout Cemetery Location: Just behind Smith Grove Church, on the north side of Squirrel Level Road, .5 mile from the intersection of the Duncan and Squirrel Level Roads, and 5 miles southwest of Petersburg, Virginia. Dinwiddie County DATE: 1886, date of oldest grave. OWNERS: Smith Grove Methodist Church. DESCRIPTION: This cemetery is located just behind Smith Grove Methodist Church. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: The following square is not enclosed: (Masonic emblem) Sacred to the Memory of My Husband John Charles Smith Born May 9, 1843 Died April 25, 1909 At Rest In Memory of Our Mother Laura Ann Davis Wife of John Charles Smith born April 11, 1844 Died March 5, 1924 At Rest Sacred to the Memory of Albert Sidney Son of John P. & Margaret A. Davis Born July 22, 1863 Died April 3, 1886 Lead Kindly Light This grave is the only one in an open square: Harry L. Bushfield Born Nov. 18, 1860 Died May 27, 1906 Aged 45 years & 6 mos. Dear Harry we miss thee The following square is not enclosed: Allen Wesley Hawks Born June 28, 1837 Died Sept. 25, 1911 He died as he lived a Christian Mary Elizabeth Wife of A.W. Hawks Sept. 3, 1857 Mar. 7, 1928 Gone but not forgotten There are two small stones in this square with only the initials “J.W.H.” and “A.E.H.” on them. The following square in not enclosed: Our Mother Hester A.C. Daughter of Capt. John Smith Relict of Joseph C. Boswell Born July 1, 1827 Died Feb. 18, 1902 Dear mother thou art gone to rest Thy toil and cares are o’er And sorrow pain and suffering now Shall ne’er distress thee more In Loving Memory of Martha C. (Aunt Pat) Smith Daughter of Capt. John & Ann Augusta Vaughan Smith born April 26, 1832 Died Nov. 20, 1912 Large marble monument: In Memory of William Iverson Boswell born Oct. 19, 1861 Died Oct. 29, 1919 His Memory is Blessed The following square is not enclosed: Father John Mayer Born May 12, 1824 Died Jan. 19, 1913 and Daughter Josephine Mayer Born April 9, 1868 Died May 14, 1902 Asleep in Jesus The following is the only grave in an open square: Margaret Elizabeth Wife of James Smith Feb. 1, 1829 Apr. 2, 1888 At Rest The following is the only grave in an open square: George F. Son of Archibald T. & Evaline Smith Born Sept. 18, 1864 Died May 23, 1891 A precious one from us has gone A voice we loved is stilled A place is vacant in our home that never can be filled. The following square is enclosed by a granite curbing with the name Kirks on it. This is a granite monument: George H. Kirks Born Sept. 6, 1861 Died Aug. 15, 1912 Woodmen of the World Memorial The following square is not enclosed. Two graves which are very old are not marked. It is almost a positive fact that the wife of John Clements is also buried here: Father In Memory of John E. Clements Born Feb. 9, 1824 (The rest of the inscription is in the ground) The following square is not enclosed. The two marked graves have narrow marble slabs lying flat on the ground: J. J. Price Born year 1850 Died 1912 M. P. Price Born 1851 Died 1924 The following square is not enclosed: In Loving Memory of Husband & Father Henri K. Marten Born Oct. 7, 1855 Died Aug. 27, 1926 Gone but not forgotten The following is the only grave in an open square, and has a marble monument: May G.R. Wife of Allen A. Wood Born Dec. 26, 1858 Died Sept. 25, 1917 In after-time we’ll meet her The following square is not enclosed. Marble monument: Mannie T. Wife of C.B. Lewis Born Aug. 1, 1858 Died Jan. 6, 1918 She lived for others C.B. Lewis July 24, 1855 Jan. 22, 1927 Gone to live with the God he served Rev. Guy L. Lewis 1895 – 1918 Lillie E. Lewis 1888 – 1910 The following square is not enclosed: Ellen Elizabeth Wife of Z. T. Slate Born Aug. 15, 1852 Died Dec. 13, 1919 The following square is enclosed by a concrete curbing with the name Burgess on it. This is a very large square. Porter D. Burgess Born Dec. 3, 1857 Died Dec. 27, 1878 Eva F. Burgess Born Feb’y 20, 1858 Died Oct. 30, 1878 In Memory of Gertrude A. Wife of Clark Burgess Born Feb. 28, 1826 Died Jan. 12, 1902 In Memory of Clark Burgess Born June 1, 1828 Died June 4, 1904 A marble monument in center of square: James Clark Burgess 1893 – 1899 (He was a grandson of Mr. Clark Burgess) The following square is not enclosed: Laura W. Pegram Daughter of Edward Oscar & Octavia Pegram Born Dec. 24, 1864 Died April 7, 1910 A precious one from us has gone A voice we loved is stilled A place is vacant in our home Which never can be filled The following square is not enclosed: A large granite stone: Thomas A. Diehl Aug. 3, 1841 April 12, 1900 His Wife Mary E. Burgess Feb. 28, 1852 Jan. 7, 1919 They loved the Lord The following square is not enclosed. E.B. Diehl is buried here but his grave is not marked. He was the son of Thomas A. Diehl. Hennie Marable October 16, 1857 October 22, 1927 Joel L. Elder Born in Lunenburg co. Nov. 1, 1843 Died Feb. 4, 1911 Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord Rev. XIV – 13 The following square is not enclosed: In Memory of Harmon Bradt Born in Rotterdam, Schenectady, N.Y. May 6, 1833 Died in Dinwiddie County, Virginia April 15, 1915 In Memory of Our Beloved Mother Lilla Magill Bradt Born in Georgetown, S.C. Jan. 16, 1849 Died Nov. 25, 1929 At Rest William A. Bradt 1871 – 1910 The following square is not enclosed: E.T.D. Smith Born in Dinwiddie County Va. Feb. 14, 1835 Died same county June 30, 1910 His Wife Mary E.P. Smith Born Aug. 3, 1845 Died April 2, 1910 (There are two small stones with the word Mother on one and Father on the other) The following square is not enclosed: Corp’l J. G. Smith Co. K. 4 Va. Inf. Sp. Am. War Large granite stone: John Fletcher Smith Son of John and Ann Augusta Vaughan Smith Born January 18, 1838 Died March 13, 1892 Ann Ritchie Smith Daughter of James and Ann Ritchie Smith Wife of John Fletcher Smith Born June 11, 1852 Died January 11, 1929 SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Tombstone Inscriptions Visit by worker. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joan Renfrow NOTICE: I have no relationship or further information in regards to this family. ___________________________________________________________________