HANOVER COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – “Big Oaks” and Big Oaks Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Big Oaks & Big Oaks graveyard:
                  1937 Dec. 17
                  Research made by James Archer Evans

Cemetery Location:  North from City limits of Richmond on Route #1, 17 miles to 
                    the intersection of Route #51, northwest on Route #51 three 
                    and eighteen one hundredths miles to “Big Oaks”, on west 
                    side of road, twenty and eighteen one hundredths miles 
                    northwest of Richmond, Virginia in Hanover County.
                    Hanover County, Virginia


DATE:

1740 (house)

OWNERS:

Edmund Taylor, W.D. Taylor, William Jacqueline Taylor, Charles Sacrey et als. 
(Dates here not available as records were destroyed by fire during the 
evacuation of Richmond.)

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:


Just to the north of the house stands the old family burial ground in which many 
of the former residents of “Big Oaks” rest.  It is in a plot one hundred feet 
long by one hundred feet wide.  There are several evergreens, many fine old 
locusts and cedars, and periwinkle and honeysuckle cover the ground.  Many 
graves have no markers but the following are well preserved and cared for:


William D. Taylor
Born April 14, 17781
Died May 17, 1858


To the memory of
Mrs. Sarah G.S. Taylor
wife of Wm. D. Taylor
who departed this life
the 27th November, 1815
Aged 35 years


His second wife
Eliza Adams Marshall
was born 1790
and died 1862
Aged 72 years


In memory of
Ann Taylor
Wife of Edmund Taylor 
who died the 12th July 1790


In memory of 
Edmund Taylor
The honest Tavern Keeper
Who died the 2nd day of January, 1822
Aged 81 yrs.


Jane M. Garland
Daughter of William D. & Sarah B. Taylor
Born June 20, 1810
Died Fall of 1861


Frances A.
Daughter of Wm. D. & Sarah B. Taylor
Born Aug. 11, 1808
Died Sept. 29, 1879
Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his saints.


Frank
son of John & Adelaide Poindexter
Born Jan. 1, 1845
Died March 4, 1847


William Marshall
son of James M. & Isabel D. Taylor
Born Jan. 21, 1845
Died Feb. 5, 1847


Jane Taylor Pearce
Wife of James Carey Redd
Born March 25, 1849
Died Jan. 19, 1904
Aged 54 years


In memory of our mother
Sarah T. Mallory
Born Dec. 15, 1852
Died April 28, 1891
Asleep in Jesus


H. S. Mallory
born Feb. 17, 1840
Died Aug. 7, 1921


Charles Morris Hunter
Born Sept. 30, 1838
Graduated from the Medical College
March 8, 1860
Captain in the Confederate Army
1861-65
Died April 12, 1892
A good name is more to be desired than great riches


In memory of
Garland Burnley Taylor
Born Feb. 11, 1807
Died Dec. 17, 1842
Aged 35 years


In memory of
William Jacquelin Taylor
Born Nov. 15, 1815
Died Oct. 9, 1854
Aged 38 years


Angelina F. Marshall
wife of Garland Burnley Taylor
and her children
Sally Garland
Aged 5 years
William D.
Aged 3 years
Charles D.
Aged 2 years and
Fanny Burnley
who died July 21, 1861
Aged 20 years


James Pearce
born in Truto, England
Feb. 9, 1811
Died Sept. 16, 1886
and his wife
Hardinia Taylor
Born 1812
Died 1888


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  J. M. Trice, RFD No. 1, Doswell, Hanover County, Va.

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