NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Shelby Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Shelby graveyard: 193- Research made by National Youth Administration Cemetery Location: 1 mile west of Oyster, Virginia on Route #639 Northampton County, Virginia DATE: 1834, date of oldest grave (marker). OWNERS: G. L. Webster DESCRIPTION: Private HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Inscriptions on tombstones: Hannah H. Fitchett Wife of Thomas Fitchett and daughter of George & Mary Powell Died Dec. 5, 1834 age 51 years Ralph Dixon Fitchett Died July 27, 1833 age 50 years Husband of Mary Fitchett Sallie A. Fitchett Died Jan. 13, 1851 age 85 years Henrietta F. Simpkins Died Sept. 26, 1851 age 18 years Daughter of J. & M. Simpkins John A. Simpkins July 12, 1812 Dec. 1, 1871 M. S. Simpkins Sept. 9, 1828 Apr. 30, 1876 SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Tombstone Inscriptions Visit by worker. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joan Renfrow NOTICE: I have no relationship or further information in regards to this family. ___________________________________________________________________