NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Darby’s Wheat Farm Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Darby’s wheat farm graveyard:
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                  Research made by National Youth Administration

Cemetery Location:  1mile southwest of Belle Haven, Virginia on Route #183
                    Northampton County, Virginia


DATE:

1789, date of oldest grave (marker).

OWNERS:

Mrs. John M. Doughty

DESCRIPTION:

Private

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Inscriptions on tombstones:

Colonel John Darby
Died Sept. 21, 1789
age 38 years


Col. Nathaniel Darby
Son of Benjamin & Rebecca Darby
June 15, 1754
Nov. 13, 1811
As an officer he served his country with
unsullied reputation during her
glorious contest with Great Britain.


Mrs. Ester Darby
Widow of Col. John Darby
Oct. 1, 1762
May 12, 1834


Harriett Burleigh Nicholson
Daughter of James M. & Anzilla D. Nicholson
Dec. 25, 1810
July 24, 1811


Caroline Burleigh Parker
Daughter of John A. and Harriet B. Parker
Apr. 20, 1805 – 1808


Elizabeth Darby Parker
Daughter of John A. & Harriet B. Parker
Apr. 1803 
Age 10 weeks


Mrs. Harriet Burleigh Parker
Feb. 1, 1785
Aug. 1840


Major John Andrews Parker
Sept. 20, 1779
Aug. 11, 1810


Sarah A. Parker
Daughter of John A. & Harriet B. Parker
Dec. 1, 1809
Aug. 13, 1814



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Tombstone Inscriptions

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