LOUISA:  CEMETERY RECORDS – OLD TRINITY CHURCH CEMETERY

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, Old Trinity Church:
                  1936 Aug. 18
                  Research made by Nancy S. Pate

Cemetery Location:  5.5 miles east of Louisa, Virginia, on Route #642; thence 
                    250 yards north of cross-roads on Route #605, west side of 
                    highway.
                    Louisa County




Date:    About 1790

Owners:  Episcopalians.  Land was most likely given by John Thomasson, father of 
         Mardecai Thomasson.

Description:
There is no one who knows just how this old church looked, as it went into decay 
years ago.  Practically nothing remains except a few rocks to mark the site.

This church stood about one hundred and fifty yards north of Mardecai 
Thomasson’s residence, which is now the property of this grand-daughter, Miss 
Mattie Proffit and her brother, William F. Proffit, at the cross-roads Routes 
#605 and #642.  An old oak, at one time, marked the graveyard, which had no 
markers other than large rocks.  This oak stood a little southeast of the site 
of the church.

Historical Significance:
This was one of the first churches erected in the county after it was cut off 
from Hanover County in 1742.