HANOVER COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Sheppard Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Sheppard graveyard to Scotchtown:
                  1937 Nov. 19
                  Research made by James Archer Evans

Cemetery Location:  12 miles north from Richmond, Virginia on Route #1, thence 9 
                    miles northwest from Ashland, Virginia on Route #54, thence 
                    3 miles northeast on Route #685, thence .5 mile northeast 
                    from house.
                    Hanover County, Virginia


DATE:

Approximately 1750.

OWNERS:

Reserved for Forsythe family, Sheppard family, Taylor family and Doswell family.

DESCRIPTION:

This is one of the most beautiful old burial plots in the county.  A faint path, 
much overgrown with scrub pines, dogwood, weeds and vines, leads from 
“Scotchtown” one half mile northeast, to it.  It covers about a half acre and is 
shaded by many fine old oaks, pines and cedars.  A thick carpet of periwinkle 
covers almost the entire lot.  Many of the original colony are buried here, none 
of the graves being marked.  There is however a beautiful granite monument with 
eight smaller slabs around it, all of which are inscribed.  There is also a 
beautiful granite shaft with a heavy cross on it.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:


The large granite monument is inscribed as follows:

In memory of
Dr. Joseph M. Sheppard
of Hanover County
Born Sept. 23rd, 1790
Died Aug. 7th, 1861
His wife
Elizabeth Pollard
Born June 20th, 1793
Died Jan. 31st, 1864
and their children
“An the shall be mine, saith The Lord of Hosts,
in that day when I make up my jewels.”


The smaller stones are inscribed as follows:

Belle
Obt. 1853
AET. 23

Ellen
Obt. 1842
AET. 18

Joseph
Obt. 1840
AET. 18

Sallie
Obt. 1839
AET. 20

Bettie
Obt. 1837
AET. 23

Caroline
Obt. 1835
AET. 4

Christiana
Obt. 1835
AET. 3

John Wm.
Obt. 1851
AET. 30


The granite shaft with the cross bears the following words:

To the pure and honored memory of
Lavinia
Daughter of Dr. Joseph M. and Elizabeth Sheppard
Died April 8th, 1880
Sweet, scholarly, accomplished, wise, given to
hospitality, noble, christian, gentle woman,
daughter, sister and friend.
Numbered with the saints in glory everlasting.


The other marked graves have the following inscriptions:


Taylor
In memory of
Mary Jane
Wife of Thomas F. Taylor
Born Aug. 17th, 1838
Died Nov. 14th, 1865


Leah Temple
Wife of Thomas F. Taylor
Born Nov. 29th, 1840
Died Oct. 5th, 1899
Asleep in Jesus, peaceful rest,
those waking in a memory blest.


In memory of
Bettie Doswell
daughter of George W. and Ann Elizabeth Doswell
of Hanover County, Va.
Who died Aug. 2nd, 1883
in the 24th year of her age.
I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name,
thou art mine, for I am the Lord thy God,
the holy one of Israel, thy Saviour.



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informants:  Mrs. Pearl Tilton
             Miss Sallie Campbell
             RFD #2, Beaver Dam, Hanover County, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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