HENRICO: CEMETERY RECORDS – FAIR OAKS FARM GRAVES Contributed by: Joan Renfrow NOTICE: I have no relationship or further information in regards to this family. *************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *************************************************************************** Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Fair Oaks: 1936 Dec. 11 Research made by Benjamin G. Garner Cemetery Location: On Nine Mile Road, right side of road going south; .3 mile west for Fair Oaks, Virginia. Henrico County This property was purchased by Mr. John Hartwell Hitchcock in the year of 1862, at Nine Dollars an acre and was paid for with gold coins. Prior to this the property belonged to the Quarles estate. F. H. Hitchcock ? to 1936, present. Sitting back from the road in a grove of oak trees, will be found a small clapboard house, just beyond the railroad crossing. This little house has a very brilliant history. It was here that McClellan’s troops were camped and it was here that some of the hardest fighting took place. This farm, during the War Between the States, was called the Cavalry stand. There are the standing remains of two old powder magazines, and many pits and wells dug by the Federals, and were filled up with blankets, caps and many other supplies. These were buried to keep the Confederate soldiers from securing them when they rushed on the Federals from the edge of the woods. Here at Fair Oaks farm can still be seen the blood stains on the floor as it was used for a dressing station for the wounded. During a skirmish across this farm there were several Federals killed, while hiding behind an old smokehouse. They were buried on the farm. There was a reward offered for one of these men by his buddy, who returned to the farm years later. Unfortunately the oak tree that rested at his head, with his initials cut in the trunk, had been felled by Mr. Hitchcock. Years later the young son of Mr. Hitchcock was getting ready to plant a tree in the side yard, he dug up this soldiers remains along with his musket, and has since then discovered several other bodies. Informant: Mr. Farcelious Hartwell Hitchcock, owner of Fair Oaks Farm