FAUQUIER: CEMETERY RECORDS – “PARADISE” CEMETERY Contributed by: Joan Renfrow NOTICE: I have no relationship or further information in regards to this family. *************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *************************************************************************** Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Paradise cemetery: 1937 May 27 Research made by Francis B. Foster Cemetery Location: 1.3 miles west of Rectortown, Virginia, on the north side of Route #713. Fauquier County The place was formerly called “Locust Grove”, but the present owner re-named it “Paradise”. Mr. Duke Woodward bought the place at an auction (a foreclosure sale, 1844) at $17.75 an acre. The farm contained 241 acres. Since then two other tracts have been added. Once during the War between the States the Hessian soldiers camped on Locust Grove, as it was then called for several months. Upon one occasion, one of Mosby’s men came from out of the woods and killed one of the Hessians, and this came very near causing the death of Mr. Woodward, the owner. The soldiers had a rope around his neck and told them they held him responsible for the killing but a Union soldier came up and prevented the hanging. The Hessians left the Locust Grove farm when they heard that Jackson was coming through the valley gap. It is said they beat a hasty retreat, leaving most of their supplies. The most interesting point concerning this farm are the graves of the two Union soldiers which are 400 yards due east of the house. These soldiers were wounded in a local skirmish, and were carried to the Woodward farm house. The grandfather of the present (1937) owner was living there then. The men died and were buried on the farm. After the war these bodies along with many others were taken to Arlington National Cemetery, and buried in one large excavation near the old Lee Mansion. Markers on the Woodward farm read as follows: Chas. B. Wall of Z.D.A. Aged 31 years Died May 8, 1862 U.S. F. Cauwet Co. E. 1834 Pvt. Aged 19 years Died May 10, 1862 Note: Z.D.A. denotes that one of the soldiers was a Zouave of detachment A.