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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Graves on old Birdsong estate:
                  1937 Jan. 13
                  Research made by Mary Marshall Wilson

Cemetery Location:  4.5 miles north of Smithfield, Va., on Route #10, .25 mile 
                    east.
                    Isle Of Wight County, Virginia


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HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:


Joseph B. Hodsden
Died Nov. 15, 1815
Born 1775


These graves are enclosed with Musket Barrels

Mr. Soloman Wilson
who departed this life
on the 25th December A.D. 1708
Aged 45 years


Sacred to the memory of
Mrs. Ann Wilson
(Relict of Soloman Wilson)
who died on the 26th of January A.D. 1796
age 35 years
Her Great Deliverer from Above
When the promised hour had come
Sent the chariot of his love
To bear the wonderer home.


In Memory of
Mary Wilson
who died 10th Dec. 1853
Aged 56 years
A kind an affectionate wife
A tender and loving Mother
An exemplary Christian
Through all eternity to thee
A joyful song I’ll raise
But Oh ! eternity too short
To utter all thy praise


In memory of
James Drew Wilson
Son of George & Mary Wilson
who died 29th July 1851
Aged 36 years


Sacred to the Memory of
Mary Ann Wilson
(Relict of James R. Wilson)
who departed this life
on the 5th of Sept. A.D. 1817
Age 20 years


In Memory of
Elizabeth Whitfield Wilson
Daughter of George & Mary Wilson
Died July 25th, 1847
Age 23 years


In Memory of
Mrs. Missouri Wilson
Wife of James R. Wilson
who died February 16th 1844
In the 24th year of her age
Where is the heaft that e’er can rival hers.
In tenderness susceptibility and fervor of affection
Possessed of all she wished
Her Saviours love her husbands love
Her life was happy and her death derene
Her spirit calmly passed to him who gave it.
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
Repose in peace.


Erected in memory of
Rev’d James R. Wilson
By his beloved children
Born Sept. 10th 1793
Died March 31th 1852
Aged 58 years 6 mos.
He was a devoted parent
A warm friend
An exemplary Christian.


In hope of a resurrection to eternal
life through the Mercy of God in Jesus Christ
Rests the Mortal remains of
Mrs. Margaret R.C. Wilson
Wife of James R. Wilson
Who died July 12th 1840
In the 38th year of her life.
From Adverse blasts and lowering storms
Her favored Soul he bore, and
With yon bright Angelic forms
She lives to die no more.



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