ROSE HILL CEMETERY, Orange County, VA submitted by Ginger Woycik ****************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ****************************************************************** This cemetery is located on Rapidan’s Rose Hill Farm at 7005 Rose Hill Drive, Rapidan, Virginia, 22733 in Orange County. The current owners offer visitation to the cemetery by appointment, please call the Woycik’s at 540/672-7355. The cemetery is listed as 3 acres on the 1911 plat, however the actually size of the internment area is not actually known. The cemetery was terribly run down, but has been restored as well as could be done by the Manassas area Boy Scouts and the Sons of the American Revolution during the Spring of 2006. Many of the stones are no longer readable but those that still have visible markings are listed below. 1. To the memory of John H. F. Taliaferro Son of H. & S. Taliaferro Born December 15th 1807 Died September 25th 1826 “My flesh also shalt rest in hope.” Psalms 16.9. 2. To the memory of Susan Taliaferro Wife of Hay Taliaferro Of Rose Hill, Orange County, Va. Born September 1st 1779 Died July 3rd 1844 “Our mother a meek and humble Christian “ ???? ” knew her but to lover her.” 3. Scared to the memory of Hay Taliaferro Of Rose Hill who departed this life 25th January 1834 Anno Aetatis 60. 4. Sacred to the memory of Francis Dade, D.M. Who departed this life June 8th 1816 in the 39th year of his age. “This stone is erected by his daughters Frances E. and Sarah T. Dade.” 5. Elizabeth Taliaferro Born April 21st 1815 Died February 28th 1839 6. Colonel Lawrence Taliaferro (STONE ERECTED AT 5/21/2006 Culpeper Minute BN CEMETERY DEDICATION) VA Minute SVC REV WAR December 4, 1734 April 8, 1798 7. D. Mc F. T. (Small stone) 8. H. S. Taliaferro Born February 18th 1798 Died March 13th 1858 “The meek shall inherit the earth.” 9. M. H. (Small stone) 10. “Dedicated affectionately to Susan F. D. Thornton Consort of D. Mc. F. Thornton Born August 7th 1805 Died May 6th 1842 aged 38 years and 9 months 11. In memory of Hay T. Taliaferro Son of H & S Taliaferro Born September 12th ?????? Died May 22nd 1857 “God is life.” 12. D. Mc. F. Thornton Infant Son of D. Mc & S.F.D. Thornton 13. Virginia McCarty Infant Daughter of D.Mc & S.F.D. Thornton 14. H. T. (Small stone) 15. Verlinda Conway Born 1st July 1784 Died 26th May 1815