PITTSYLVANIA CO., VA - CEMETERIES – Conways Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Conways cemetery:
                  1937 Oct. 1
                  Research made by Mabel Moses

Cemetery Location:  Go 13 miles south of Chatham, Virginia, on Route #29. 
                    Cemetery on the east side of the road.
                    Pittsylvania Co., Virginia


DATE:

1837.

OWNERS:

Christopher Conway and Son James W. Conway 1837 to present date. (1937)
And their descendants.

DESCRIPTION:

This is just a family burying ground.   There is no fence. Not very well kept. 
Grown up with bushes, berries and all kinds of wild vines, there are a few trees 
here and there, but no flowers.  There are quite a few graves with no markers, 
only old field stones at the head and foot of the graves.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The following inscriptions are found in this cemetery:


Christopher Conway
Married Jan. 17, 1788
Died April 12th, 1854
His age not known


Annie Conway
Wife of Christopher Conway
Died Aug. 1837
Her age not known


James W. Conway
Born Nov. 26, 1805
Died March 25, 1887


Ann B. Conway
Wife of James W. Conway
Born 18th Aug. 1807
Married 13th Nov. 1824
Died July 10, 1844


John T. Conway
Son of James W. and Ann B. Conway
Born 16th Sept. 1830
Died 7th July 1855


Christopher O. Conway
Son of James & Ann B. Conway
Born 18th Oct. 1828
Died 16th July 1853




SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Tombstone Inscriptions

Visit by worker.

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