LOUISA: CEMETERY RECORDS – EGGLESTON HILL CEMETERY 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, Eggleston Hill cemetery: 1937 July 21 Research made by Nancy S. Pate Cemetery Location: 4.7 miles southeast of Louisa, Virginia, on Route #642; a few yards to the right or south of road, located on top of the hill. Louisa County Owners: This property was first owned by the Egglestons. Joe Eggleston is said to have been the builder of the home which once stood south of the cemetery. This burned many years ago, so there is nothing left but the cemetery. “Eggleston Hill” was sold to a Gold Mining Company, which operated there in a small way several years prior to the War Between the States. Description: All remnants of the old Eggleston house has disappeared and the old road which used to wind up the hill has grown up. There is barely a trail leading up the cliff. The cemetery is located right on top of the hill. It was a large one enclosed at one time by a white picket fence, remnants of which can still be seen, but now grown up and covered over with honeysuckle and periwinkle. A number of stones have fallen from the graves, but several could be easily read, which are as follows: J. C. Eggleston Born Dec. 21st 1800 Died Dec. 26th 1827 S.A. Eggleston Born Mar. 31st 1825 Died July 4th 1833 Mary S. Wife of Chas. Edward Seidel Born Dec. 23rd 1814 At Hulmerville Bucks Co., Pa. Died Dec. 7, 1852 Near Tollersville, Va. (Joe Eggleston, probably a grandfather of Joseph Dupee) Eggleston, president of Hampton Sidney College. Joe Eggleston is said to have married a Miss Smith, and there were two children: Sarah, who died in early childhood, and Edmund, who went to Kentucky or Tennessee. Mrs. Eggleston, after the death of Joe Eggleston, married James Harris, who later owned and operated Harris’ Tavern close by. The Siedel marker is that of the wife of the superintendent of the mines, who operated there in the 50’s.