CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS, VA - CEMETERIES – Lee Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Lee graveyard:
                  1937 Feb. 11
                  Research made by Dorothy Diffenderfer

Cemetery Location:  .2 mile south of Lee Hall, Virginia, on Route #60, thence 
                    100 yards west in the woods.
                    City of Newport News, Virginia


DATE:

About 1750.

OWNERS:

It belongs to the Lee descendants, and it has always belonged to the Lee family.

DESCRIPTION:

The Lee graveyard is situated in the edge of the woods.  There are several big 
walnut trees.  Grass and weeds are growing, as no care is taken of it.  The 
older graves were marked with little cedar monuments, which have rotted through 
the years.  Some were never marked.  There are five tombstones there at present, 
which are of a more recent date.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

This Lee graveyard is the family burying ground of the Lees of the “Lee Hall” 
estate.  The earliest date of the graveyard could not be arrived at, but “Lee 
Hall” was established in early 1700, so this graveyard had its beginning a 
little later.

The following inscriptions were copied from the tombstones:


R. Lee Davis
1851 – 1925


Angie L. Davis
1843 – 1881


Father & Mother
Allen Davis
1804 – 1874
and
Sarah E. Davis
1822 – 1879


Grandfather & Mother
Robert H. Lee & wife


Robert Lewis Davis
1838 – Killed U.S.A. 1865


M. T. Hopkins
1840 – 1901


W. G. Davis
1853 – 1881


R. D. Lee
Born Jan. 28, 1821
Died June 7, 1896


E. T. Lee
Born Febru. 13, 1847
Died May 12, 1905


Martha E. Lee
Born May 8, 1822
Died April 15, 1877


Angie
Beloved wife of R. Lee Davis
and daughter of Wm. & A. Lee
was born Oct. 1, 1845
And died a consistent & devoted
Member of “Lebanon Church”
May 6, 1881
Sad is the house and lone the hours
Since thy sweet smiles are gone.
But Oh! A brighter home than ours
In heaven is now thine own.


William H.
Son of Allen and Sarah  E. Davis
Born July 31, 1853
Died May 30, 1881
Ah, when at death we part
How deep how keen the pain
But we shall still be joined in heart
And hope to meet again.


Allen Davis
Born July 14, 1804
Died Dec. 26, 1874
Upon thy Grave shall Blessings rest
Kind, good and gentle were thy ways,
Thy loved the most who have the best
And thy affections speak thy praise.



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Mrs. Robert B. Curtis, Lee Hall, Va.

Tombstone Inscriptions

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