ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Atkinson Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Atkinson cemetery:
                  1936 July 22
                  Research made by Florence Jordan

Cemetery Location:  2 miles southwest of Smithfield, Virginia on Route #158; 
                    thence 1 mile east of Route $158 on Route #620; thence .25 
                    mile south of Route #620 on Route #654; thence .25 mile west 
                    of Route #654.
                    Isle Of Wight County, Virginia


DATE:

Unknown.

OWNERS:

P. D. Gwaltney Jr. Estate. (1936)

DESCRIPTION:

This cemetery is not kept up.  It was necessary to cut down branches and bushes 
to get to them.  One was a flat stone and the others were sitting up.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:


In Memoriam
Joseph Conway
Eldest son of G.R. & G.T. Atkinson
Born June 2, 1845
Died August 10, 1858
Obedient, faithful, tender, fond and kind,
For thirteen years we fondly saw him romp;
Diffusing fragrance, like some tender flower.
Around the soft endearing hearth of home.
We weep: Obliterate the holy tear,
Faith lends her aid because affection’s load,
We ever mourn our child upon the brier
We blindly yield an angel to his God.


In Memory of
Mary Dade
daughter of George R. and Georgiana T. Atkinson
Born Jany. 14, 1848
Died June 30, 1848
Too pure for Faith.


Joseph Atkinson
Died 14th September 1832
Aged 56 years
This stone is erected to his memory by his
affectionate wife
Margaret K. Atkinson



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Junius Holloman, Smithfield, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

Visit by worker.

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