HALIFAX COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Revolutionary Soldiers’ Graves ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Revolutionary soldiers’ graves: 1937 Apr. 12 Research made by Lizzie B. Ragland Cemetery Location: .4 mile south of South Boston, Virginia on Route #501, thence 2.8 miles west on Route #58, thence 1 mile northwest on old private road, thence .5 mile north on private road. Graves at the end of the road. Halifax County DATE: 1745. OWNERS: William Byrd. Grant. 1745 James Irvin, 1754 William Lawson, 1757 John Irvin, Sr., 1800 George West Irvine, 1829 Byrd Rogers, 1833 Kate H. Bouldin, 1894 J. A. Anderson, date unknown N. F. Tuggle and J.T. Terry, 1910 Carrie H. Tuggle, 1837 to present date (1937). DESCRIPTION: On a ridge overlooking Irvin’s Ferry across Dan River, these graves are located, surrounded by large oak, pine and cedar trees. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: “It was over Irvin’s Ferry across Dan River that the main body of the American Army passed on the fourteenth and fifteenth of February, 1781. On the ridge overlooking the southern end of the ferry extends a portion of the earthworks erected by General Kosciusko to protect the road by which the troops approached the ferry.” About two hundred and fifty yards of these earthworks may still be seen. On top of the fortifications is a row of graves extending about one hundred fifty yards. These graves are marked with old field rocks that were found on the grounds. Traditions say that they are the graves of Revolutionary soldiers. It is not known whether these graves are those of American or of British soldiers. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Johnson’s Life of Nathaniel Green, by J.W. Owens, Shreveport, La. Vol. 1, page 431. Court Records, Clerk’s Office, Halifax County, Halifax, Virginia Deed Book 1, pages 98 and 271 Deed Book 18, page 346 Deed Book 37, page 450 Deed Book 41, page 276 Deed Book 86, page 18 Deed Book 101, page 117 Deed Book 107, page 178 Deed Book 154, page 263 ___________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________