NELSON COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – “Liberty Hall” Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Liberty Hall cemetery:
                  1937 Feb. 18
                  Research made by Annie L. Harrower

Cemetery Location:  4 miles west of Wingina, Virginia, on C. & O. railroad, 7 
                    miles east of Shipman, Virginia, on Route #56; thence 3 
                    miles east on Route #656, a few yards below where the 
                    Mansion House once stood.
                    Nelson County, Virginia


DATE:

1756.

OWNERS:

Dr. William Cabell and his descendants.

DESCRIPTION:

In a grassy field under a large cedar tree, just a few yards below where the 
mansion once stood, is the large family burial ground of the Cabell family.  It 
is enclosed with a heavy iron fence.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

On marble slabs are the following inscriptions:


In memory of
Nicholas Cabell
Born February 9, 1776
Died Oct. 13, 1821
His friends cherished the memory of his fine
intellect, and of his elecated sense of honor, and
have never ceased to grieve that their fond hopes
were extinguished in his early grave.


In memory of
Nicholas Cabell, Jr.
Youngest son of Col. Nicholas Cabell
Born Dec. 24, 1780
Died June 25, 1809
Age 28 years


In memory of
Mrs. Elizabeth Cabell Ware
wife of Dr. William B. Ware, 
who was sometime a member of the Senate of Virginia
and one of the Council of State.
She was born May 5, 1776
and died Nov. 28, 1802
age 26 years


In memory of
Mrs. Hannah Cabell
wife of Col. Nicholas Cabell
and daughter of Co. George Carrington of Cumberland
Born April 16, 1752
and died Aug. 7, 1817
Age 67 years


In memory of
Col. Nicholas Cabell
He took a decided and active part in behalf of
the American Revolution, engaging with zeal in
the military service of Virginia, and afterward
sat for 16 years in the senate of Virginia, from
1785 to 1801
Born Oct. 26, 1750
Died Aug. 18, 1803
Age 53 years


Cary Charles Cabell
Youngest son of N. Francis and Ann B. Cabell
Born Nov. 20, 1851
and taken away May 31, 1856


This stone covers the ashes of
Francis Hartwell Cabell
eldest son of N. Francis and Ann. B. Cabell
Born Jan. 27, 1833
Died Oct. 10, 1844
Age 11 years


Ann Blaws
daughter of John H. and Ann B. Cocke
and first wife of N. Francis Cabell
Born Dec. 15, 1811 at Bramo Recess, Fluvanna Co., Va.
Died Feb. 20, 1862 at Liberty Hall, Nelson County, Va.


This stone covers the remains of
Mrs. Margaret Read Cabell
wife of Nicholas Cabell, Jr.
and daughter of Col. Samuel W. Venable of Prince Edward Co.
Born Oct. 20, 1782
Died May 31, 1857
Age 75 years


In memory of
Mrs. Mary Ann Carrington
relict of Captain Benjamin Carrington
of Cumberland County and
daughter of Col. Nicholas Cabell of Liberty Hall
Nelson County, Va.
Born Jan. 2, 1785
Died Feb. 6, 1850
Age 65


On a tall square monument are these words:

Near this spot lie the earthly remains of
Dr. William Cabell
of Wiltshire, England, 
the founder of the family in Virginia which bears his name.
Those of Elizabeth Cabell, his wife, and the
mother of his children, who died Sept. 21, 1756
lie by his side.  A Christian lady greatly beloved
of her family and friends, and a pattern of domestic
virtue, William Cabell emigrated from Warminster,
England to the Colony of Virginia about 1723, or
1724.
Born March 9, 1687
Died Apr. 12, 1774
In honor of their memory was this stone erected by the piety 
of their grandson,  Joseph C. Cabell



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Tombstone Inscriptions

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