MECKLENBURG COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Johnson Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Johnson cemetery:
                  1936 July 22
                  Research made by Bessie Hester

Cemetery Location:  From Clarksville, Virginia 5 miles. Go 4.5 miles, turn Route 
                    #602 until on top of hill.
                    Mecklenburg County, Virginia


DATE:

About 1855.

OWNERS:

John Henry Johnson and heirs
Mrs. M.A. Royster, present owner. (1936)

DESCRIPTION:

The graves in this cemetery are in a pasture, but has had a stone wall about two 
and one half feet high, all down now.  It covers about an eighth of an acre, and 
contains many trees and bushes.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

This cemetery is located on the old Johnson place, and the inscription is:


In Memory of
John Henry Johnson
Born April 14, 1809
Died June 12, 1859
and 
H.E. Johnson
Died Aug. 23, 1855
Her voice is now joined with the angels songs,
In a holier clime than ours
A clime where there cometh no chilling blight,
To wither the bright young flowers.



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Mrs. M.A. Royster, Clarksville, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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