KING GEORGE COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Hooe Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection
LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Hooe cemetery:
1937 Aug. 10
Research made by Julia Marie Heflin
Cemetery Location: 1.6 miles northeast of King George, Virginia on Route #3;
thence 8.5 miles northwest on Route #206; thence 1.9 miles
north of Owens, Virginia on Route #624; thence .9 mile east
of Hooes, Virginia on Route #613; thence north on Route #614
and this cemetery is on the south side of the road.
King George County, Virginia
DATE:
Oldest grave April 18, 1766. Monument erected in 1852.
OWNERS:
(blank)
DESCRIPTION:
This cemetery is located on the Barnsfield estate, near the Potomac River, in
the middle of a field between the Potomac River and Route #614. This is a large
cemetery with much undergrowth in it. There is one large monument erected to
the family of the Hooes, containing the family record for six generations.
There are two large stones broken off and several small stones with the initials
of the person on them and one large slab erected on a brick foundation, but the
inscriptions cannot be read. On this monument are inscribed the names of all
who are supposed to have been buried in the yard, and this numbers correspond to
those on the marker of each grave. A Braddick Ambroses friend and wife,
children follow numeral called with both parents or the mothers. Six
generations rest here.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
The following inscriptions were copied from the large monument:
To the memory and in honor of an ancestry who have from its first acquisition
owned, lived upon and handed down this estate in direct descent to the present
proprietor, Dr. Abram Barnes Hooe, by who this monument is erected, November 2,
A.D. 1852.
(2)
Captain John Hooe
son of Colonel Rice and Frances Hooe
born September 1, 1704
died April 18, 1766
Ann Hooe
his wife who was Ann Alexander
(7)
Dr. Abram Hooe
born December 5, 1805
Died November 8, 1867
(21)
Lucy R. Hooe
daughter of J.F. Grymes
wife of Dr. Abram Barnes Hooe
born July 29, 1818
married March 29, 1838
died April 2, 1852
(3)
Gerard Hooe
son of Captain John and Ann Hooe
born September 14, 1733
died September 20, 1785
Sarah Hooe (Sarah Barnes)
his wife
born July 20, 1842
married January 11, 1761
died May 8, 1805
(4)
Abram Barnes Hooe, Sr.
son of Gerard H. and Sarah Hooe
born September 4, 1784
died June 16, 1841
(5)
Lucy Fitzhugh
his wife,
daughter of Captain Benjamin and Ann Nicholas Grymes
who was Ann Nicholas
born February 11, 1781
married January 2, 1804
died January 30, 1808
(9)
Sarah Norwood Hooe
his wife
daughter of Horatio Johnson of A.A. Co., M.
born July 8, 1789
married August 22, 1809
died March 2, 1823
(19)
Louise Conway Hooe
his wife
daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Fitzhugh
born April 8, 1798
married December 31, 1850
buried in Fredericksburg
(8)
William Fitzhugh Hooe
U.S.A.
son of Abram B. and Lucy F. Hooe
born July 12, 1807
died August 14, 1833
Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven
(6)
Sarah Barnes Hooe
daughter of A.B. and L.P. Hooe
born September 15 died December 30, 1804
(10)
Horatio R. Hooe
son of A.B. and S.N. Hooe
born October 7, 1810
died December 14, 1811
(13)
Mary Ann
daughter of A.B. and S.N. Hooe
born October 9, 1815
died November 7, 1816
(16)
Caroline Johnson Hooe
daughter of A.B. and S.N. Hooe
born 6 and died July 7, 1820
(17)
Charles Thomas Hooe
son of A.B. and S.N. Hooe
born June 15, 1822
died January 17, 1823
(18)
John Thomas Hooe
son of A.B. and S.N. Hooe
born March 2, 1825
died September 14, 1829
(20)
Frances Fitzhugh Hooe
daughter of A.B. and S.M. Hooe
born and died May 23, 1829
(__)
Maria Buckwit
(relation)
died October 4, 1804
(31)
Mrs. Seymour Hooe
(11)
Arthur Edward Hooe
son of A.B. and S.N. Hooe
born March 5, 1812
died May 20, 1836
(12)
Horatio Renaldo Hooe
son of A.B. and S.N. Hooe
born January 20, 1814
died September 4, 1837
(14)
Mary and Harrison
twin daughters of A.B. and S.N. Hooe
born March 31, 1817
died December 27, 1840
(15)
Gerard Seymour Hooe
son of A.B. and S.M. Hooe
born October 30, 1818
died March 14, 1836
buried in Princeton, New Jersey
One unbroken chain in Heaven
(1)
Abram Barnes Hooe
the Father
(21)
Lucy Fitzhugh Hooe
the Mother
(22)
(No writing vizable)
(29)
Abram Barnes Hooe
born August 21, 1852
died October 2, 1853
(28)
Sarah Barnes Hooe
born September 1, 1850
died August 30, 1851
(26)
Sarah Barnes Hooe
born January 30, 1846
died February 5, 1850
(23)
Abram Barnes Hooe
born August 3, 1841
died September 22, 1841
(25)
Mary Ann Hooe
born August 7, 1843
died August 18, 1843
(24)
William Fitzhugh Hooe
born January 8, 1842
died June 9, 1842
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Colonel Rice Hooe and Frances Hooe, his wife who was the daughter of Robert
Townshend _____. Colonel Hooe settled here from the lower Virginia, before or
about the beginning of the 18th century and after marriage built in 1715,
younder house now standing and the farm is called Barnsfield, November 2, A.D.
1852.
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Large slab on a brick foundation:
Here lies the body of Captain John Hooe, son of Colonel Rice Hooe and Frances
his wife, daughter of Robert _____ who was born the 1 day of May ____ and
departed this life on the 1 day of April ____ in the 62 year of age. Erected to
the memory of ____ _____ daughter of Major Robert William Hooe.
Large stone broken off:
To our beloved Dr. Abram Barnes Hooe, born December 5, 1805, died November 8,
1867. And I heard a voice from Heaven saying, unto me, write, blessed are the
dead which die in the Load, henceforth saith the scripture, that they may rest
from their labor and their work do follow them.
Large stone broken off:
Has a picture of an angel weeping.
To the memory of Lucy Fitzhugh Hooe, born July 20, at Monchein, the home of her
parents, George Nicholas Grymes, who was E.E. Minor of Gunston in Fairfax,
married 29 March, 1808, in St. Paul’s Church by Bishop Goodrick and died 21 of
April 1852 at Barnsfield her home in King George county, Virginia.
She died as she had lived, firm in the faith of the everlasting Gospel. Her
last words of comfort, never mind, my husband, it is the Lord’s will. He dying
testimony, “I am not afraid to die, I have not a sin to fear.” Her praise no
words of man can tell of her inspirations and her children arise up and call her
blessed, her husband also and he praiseth her many daughter have done virturous
by, but this one excellest them all.
“Favour is deceiptful and beauty is vane, but a woman that feareth the Lord she
shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands and let her own words
praise her in the gate.”
Proverb 31: 28-31.
Erected by her devoted husband, Dr. Abram Barnes Hooe, as a tribute of affection
to her memory and her worth, November 2, A.D. 1852.
“The light of my life has gone out.”
SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
Tombstone Inscriptions
Visit by worker.
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