LUNENBURG COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Hatchett Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Hatchett cemetery:
                  1937 Nov. 22
                  Research made by Pattie B. Seay

Cemetery Location:  Northwest of Kenbridge, Virginia, 3.5 miles.  On Route #653, 
                    3 miles northwest to the junction of Routes #653 and #651, 
                    thence .5 of a mile north on Route #651, thence about 100 
                    yards north on a private road, east side.
                    Lunenburg County, Virginia


DATE:

About 1843.

OWNERS:

Haynie Hatchett, 1820, Deed Book 25, pages 136 and 146.
Heirs of Haynie Hatchett, 1843, Will Book 12, page 157.
Descendants of Haynie Hatchett, present owners, 1856, Deed Book 36, page 105. 
(1937)

DESCRIPTION:

This cemetery is about thirty feet square, and is enclosed by an iron fence.  
The enclosure is thickly covered with honeysuckles.  Four graves are covered 
with marble tablets.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The tombstone inscriptions which are as follows:


Sacred to the Memory of
Haynie Hatchett
Born August 31, 1779
and died at his residence Woodhill, 
in the County of Lunenburg
on the 1st of November 1843,
aged 64 years, 2 months and 1 day.
Mens Sibi Consoia Recti


Sacred to the Memory of
Frances T. Hatchett
Relict of Haynie Hatchett
Born January 8, 1796 
and died at Woodhill in the County
of Lunenburg the 8th of January, 1856
Aged sixty years.
Surviving her husband for a period of
12 years. 
She discharged the double duties devolved upon her with
a degree of fidelity, promptness and affection,
which has left a most enduring monument in the hearts
of her Children.


In memory of
Emma P. Hayes
wife of George Hays
and Daughter of Haynie and Frances Hatchett
Born at Woodhill in the County of
Lunenburg, on the 9th day of August
1835, and died at Union Level, in
the County of Mecklenburg, on the
first day of October, 1856
Aged 20 years, 1 month and 22 days
This monument is erected by her Husband,
to perpetuate her amiable character.


Sacred to the memory of
Indianna S.
wife of George Hayes
and Daughter of Haynie and Frances Hatchett
Born in the County of Lunenburg,
September 7, 1830 
Died in the County of Mecklenburg
August 20, 1858
This tomb is erected by her husband


Sacred to the memory of
Mary Frances 
Wife of Charles H. Carter 
of Nottoway County
and daughter of Haynie and Frances Hatchett
of Lunenburg County
Born September 5, 1821
Died September 18, 1859
Living in the fear of God, death found her ready,
and her end was peace;
In memory of her many virtues, this monument
is erected by her husband


Our Father and Mother
Nathaniel Matthews
Born April 2, 1809
Died November 5, 1877
Aged 68 years


Sarah J. Hatchett
Beloved wife of Nathaniel Matthews
Born June 14, 1826
Died March 11, 1874
Aged 48 years
I am the Resurrection and the Life


John Matthews
Born September 10, 1796
Died March 1861
Aged 65 years
Peace to his ashes


This cemetery is still owned by descendants of Haynie Hatchett.  When the heirs 
of his estate sold the property in 1856, to their brother-in-law, Nathaniel 
Matthews, they reserved to their heirs and assigns one fourth of an acre in the 
garden as a burying ground, with full and absolute right to ingress, egress and 
regress to and from the same.  Deed Book 36, page 105.

Nathaniel Matthews married Sarah Jones Hatchett, daughter of Haynie and Frances 
Jones Hatchett, February 10, 1849.

John Matthews, mentioned in the inscription on a monument, was a brother of 
Nathaniel Matthews, who lived in State of Texas, and owned there a plantation of 
more than two thousand acres of valuable land.  He died at “Woodhill” in 1861, 
while visiting his brother, Nathaniel Matthews, and bequeathed his entire estate 
to him.  This property is still owned by the grand children of Nathaniel 
Matthews.

Haynie Hatchett, the original owner of the nearby home, “Woodhill”, was probably 
the first member of the Hatchett family to be buried in the cemetery, as 
indicated by the inscriptions on the monuments.  He was the son of William 
Hatchett, of Lunenburg County, and April 23, 1816, married Frances Tanner Jones, 
daughter of Peter and Jane Stokes Jones.


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Mrs. Edwin M. Mann, Kenbridge, Virginia who is a great grand 
            daughter of Haynie Hatchett, the original owner of the cemetery and 
            “Woodhill”.

Court Records:  Lunenburg County, Virginia

The  Richmond  Times-Dispatch, June 8, 1913

“The Old Free State”, Volume II, page 358

Tombstone Inscriptions

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