HAMPTON, VA - CEMETERIES – Phillips Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Cemetery on the C.L. Phillips estate:
                  1936 Mar. 18
                  Research made by Sadie A. Anderson

Cemetery Location:  Take Langley Field Road, turn right on Fox Hill Road, turn 
                    at intersection of Fox Hill Road and Harris Creek to left.  
                    The estate is about 2 miles from the intersection.
                    Hampton, Virginia


DATE:

1847, date of the oldest grave.

OWNERS:

The C. L. Phillips estate.

DESCRIPTION:

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HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Inscriptions as read:


In memory of George Phillips
Born Oct., 16, 1785
Died Sept. 24, 1856
Aged 71


In memory of
F. B. Phillips
Born Oct. 13, 1796
Died June 2, 1852
Aged 54


In memory of
Joseph Phillips
Born June 18, 1804
Died Aug. 11, 1851
His purity and integarity of character 
His manly independence and slow honest
were admired and believed by a large circle
of friends.  By one of whom this monument
has been erected as a lasting testimony
of devoted attachment.


Mary C. Phillips
Wife of Joseph Phillips
Born Sept. 16, 1801
Died June 12, 1847
To whose memory this stone is erected
as a testimony of love and veneration of
her children.


Sacred to the memory of
Sarah E. Phillips
Born Aug. 15, 1841
Died Jan. 18, 1860


To the Memory of
Elijah Phillips
Who died Mar. 5th 1858
Aged 58 yrs.
Marked the perfect man and beheld
the upright for the end of ____
is peace.


To the memory of
Mrs. Rebecca Phillips
Wife of Elijah Phillips
Who died Jan. 9, 1845
In the 65th year of her age
Blessed are the dead which die in the
Lord from henceforth; ye saith the spirit
that they may rest from their labors and
their works do follow them.


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Mr. C.L. Phillips, Harris Creek Road, Hampton, Va.

Tombstone Inscriptions

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