NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Sylvan Scene Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Sylvan Scene graveyard:
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                  Research made by National Youth Administration

Cemetery Location:  1 mile north of Machipongo, Virginia on Route #13
                    Northampton County, Virginia


DATE:

1831, date of oldest grave (marker).

OWNERS:

Col. & Mrs. W.B. Fitzhugh

DESCRIPTION:

Private

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Inscriptions on tombstones:


Georgianna Fitzhugh
Wife of Dr. Philip A. Fitzhugh
Daughter of Dr. George L.E. and Anna K.J. Tankard
March 7, 1827
May 13, 1899


Georgianna Fitzhugh
Daughter of Dr. Philip A. and Georgianna Fitzhugh
Died August 18, 1867


Dr. Philip Aylett Fitzhugh
Son of Phillip and Mary M. Fitzhugh
Great-Grandson of Patrick Henry
and a descendant in 3rd generation of William Fitzhugh
of Bedford,  England
June 14, 1824
July 7, 1908


Peggy Tankard
Age 75 years


Anna K. Tankard
Wife of Dr. George L.E. Tankard
May 10, 1804
May 13, 1863


Dr. George L.E. Tankard
Son of Dr. John Tankard
Husband of Zillah Downing
Oct. 30, 1801
Jan. 1, 1831



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Tombstone Inscriptions

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