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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Prestevauld Cemetery:
                  1936 Mar. 9
                  Research made by Miss Bessie Hester

Cemetery Location:  Prestevauld, Virginia
                    Mecklenburg County, Virginia


DATE:

About 1800.

OWNERS:

(blank)

DESCRIPTION:

All of these graves are flat with marble top.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The tombstones which are as follows:


To the memory of
Mrs. Sarah S. Skipwith
(1st wife)
Born the 20th of August 1793
and
Departed this life
The 27th of September 1822
aged 29 years, 1 month, and 7 days


To the memory
Lady Jane Skipwith
(2nd wife)
who departed this life
On the 19th of May 1826


Sans Dieu J. E. Nepius
Memory of
Sir Peyton Skipwith, Bart
Born December 11th, 1740
Died at Prestevauld, Va.
Oct. 9th, 1803


To the Memory of
Evelina Skipwith
daughter of Hemberston and Lelia Skipwith
Died 21 of July 1832


Hemberston Skipwith
Born Feb. 28, 1791
Died at Prestevauld, Va.
Sep. 5, 1862



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Tombstone Inscriptions

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