HAMPTON, VA - CEMETERIES – Armistead Grave
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Tombstone inscription of Westwood S. Armistead:
                  1936 Aug. 18
                  Research made by Arthur R. Thompson

Cemetery Location:  In a small burial ground on what is known as the Highland 
                    Poultry Farm; located only a short distance to the right of 
                    Black River Road about 3 miles northwest from the City of 
                    Hampton, Virginia.
                    Hampton, Virginia


DATE:

1848, date of death.

OWNERS:

Highland Poultry Farm.

DESCRIPTION:

Among the interesting tombstones in the old cemeteries of Elizabeth City County, 
Virginia, is one found in a small burial ground on what is known as the Highland 
Poultry Farm; the tombstone of Westwood S. Armistead.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

No burials have been made there for a number of years; only about half a dozen 
small monuments and tombstones are to be seen there today.  The most interesting 
among these, is a tombstone marking the last resting place of a man who for many 
years occupied a prominent place in Elizabeth City County.  The inscription 
thereon, reads as follows:


Sacred to the memory of
Westwood S. Armistead
who for nearly 40 years was
Clerk of the Courts for the County
Born June 23rd, 1790
Died January 25th, 1848
Also
of his grandchild
Mary Susan
daughter of James and Nancy Coullino
Aged 2 years and 14 days



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Mr. Thomas Jones, adjoining property.

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