HALIFAX COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Irvin Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Irvin graveyard:
                  1937 Mar. 8
                  Research made by Mrs. Walter R. Ragland

Cemetery Location:  .4 mile south of South Boston, Virginia, on  Route #501, 
                    thence 2 miles west on Route #58, thence 2 miles north on 
                    plantation road.
                    Halifax County


DATE:

1852.

OWNERS:

Mr. Obe Loftis, present owner of the land surrounding the graveyard.  The 
graveyard itself was reserved by the Irvin family for their use and the use of 
their descendents.

DESCRIPTION:

The graveyard is enclosed with a stone wall about two and a half feet high.  It 
is in an excellent state of preservation.  There are several graves, but only 
these three are marked.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:


The stones bear the following inscriptions:


John David Irvin
Born September 17, 1828
Died September 29, 1858
Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.


David L. Irvine
Born April 20, 1794
Died Feb. 25, 1852
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds in a believer’s ear;
It soothes his sorrow, heals his wounds and drives away his fear.


Tabitha Irvin
Born Dec. 16, 1786
Died Nov. 6, 1865



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Court Records, Halifax County, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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