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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Sutpin graveyard:
                  1937 Apr. 29
                  Research made by Lizzie B. Ragland

Cemetery Location:  .4 mile south of South Boston, Virginia on Route #501, 
                    thence 6 miles east on Route #58, thence 1.5 miles south on 
                    Route #601, thence .5 mile west on private road, leading to 
                    house.
                    Halifax County


DATE:

Prior to 1859.

OWNERS:

John W. Sutpin, 1859
J.E. Ragland, Jr. John W. Owen, 1868
Mary W. Smith, 1919
Ada W. Rollins, 1919, present owner (1937).

DESCRIPTION:

Only two graves in this graveyard have markers, although there are older graves.  
The cemetery is enclosed with a picket fence.  It is better kept than the 
average home cemetery.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:


The following are the inscriptions on the only two markers:

In Memory of
John W. Sutpin
Consort of Martha Ann Sutpin
Born Nov. 21, 1817
Died June 21, 1864
of a wound received at Staunton Bridge
in defense of his home and country.


In Memory of
Martha Ann Singleton
Wife of Dr. J.W. Sutpin
1818 – 1894
Our Beloved Mother


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Tombstone Inscriptions

Visit by worker.

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