HENRICO:  CEMETERY RECORDS – SMITH GRAVEYARD

Contributed by:  Joan Renfrow

NOTICE:  I have no relationship or further information in regards to this 
family.  

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Smith burial ground:
                  1936 Nov. 16
                  Research made by James Archer Evans

Cemetery Location:  6 miles west of Richmond City limits. 1 mile west of 
                    Skipwith Road. 1.5 miles north of Three Chopt Road.
                    Henrico County




It is a pretty plot sixty by sixty feet square with an iron rail and gate around 
the entire plot.  Honeysuckle has grown on all the fence until it forms a solid 
sheet between the pickets.  It is on a knoll overlooking a pretty slope leading 
down to a large lake.


Sacred to the memory of
Jesse Smith
Born 1730
died, June 12, 1821
Age 91 years


Albert J. Smith
born May 7, 1807
died June 1854


Lucy A. Smith
Born 1770
died June 16, 1863
Age 93 years


R.J.A. Smith
born December 22, 1812
died April 5, 1892


Drucilla F. Smith
born November 20, 1822
died August 29, 1896


Jeanette Morrison
Age 92 at death


Ella Cleveland Smith
and
Sallie Smith
Infant children


Nannie B. Smith
born March 3, 1849
died March 6, 1895


Preston C. Smith
born February 29, 1860
died December 14, 1891


Sacred to the memory of
Jacob P. Smith
who died April 28, 1854
In the 28th year of his age
Farewell, the flowers that deck thy sleep
 Natured by affections tears shall be
While memory long will sacred keep
 Thy image loved so tenderly.


Andrew J. Smith
born July 31, 1853
died September 18, 1933


Caskie E. Smith
born May 16, 1856
died October 27, 1929


Kate A. Smith
born July 28, 1855
died February 12, 1936


In addition to the above there are several unmarked graves of distant relatives 
that Mr. Smith could not recall as they were buried even before his fathers time 
and there is no available record of same.