PITTSYLVANIA CO., VA - CEMETERIES – Carter Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Carter graveyard:
                  1938 Jan. 18
                  Research made by Mattie S. Meadows

Cemetery Location:  7.5 miles south of Chatham, Virginia on Route #29, thence
                    east (left) on a private road.  The graveyard is on the 
                    right side of the road, a short distance from J.H. Fathing’s 
                    house, originally the home of R. W. Carter.
                    Pittsylvania Co., Virginia


DATE:

1824.

OWNERS:

R. W. Carter            1860
C. T. Owen              1914
J. R. Scruggs           1914
J. H. Fathing           1915

DESCRIPTION:

This graveyard is within short distance from the house originally owned by R. 
W. Carter.  It comprises about ˝ acre and is enclosed with a wire fence.   There 
are ten cedar trees in the enclosure.  The stones are small with the exception 
of one family marker with the inscription “Carter”, which was placed thee about 
1914.  It is neatly kept, no undergrowth is to be seen.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:


R. W. Carter was Captain of Company G, 53rd, Virginia Regiment, Pickett’s 
Brigade, Armstead’s Division, 1861-1865.

Small square stones have the following inscriptions:


Robert W. Carter
July 23, 1824
July 31, 1873


Sallie Catherine
wife of Stephen T. Carter
1853
1888



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  J. Lawson Carter, Chatham, Virginia

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