PITTSYLVANIA CO., VA - CEMETERIES – Jones Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Jones graveyard:
                  1937 Oct. 13
                  Research made by Mattie S. Meadows

Cemetery Location:  5.8 miles northeast from Chatham, Virginia, on Route #685, 
                    thence .25 mile (right) east on private road leading to the 
                    graveyard.
                    Pittsylvania Co., Virginia


DATE:

1842

OWNERS:

The original owner of this property was Thomas B. Jones. The graveyard was 
reserved by the Jones descendants.  The property surrounding this graveyard is 
now owned by Mr. Promise Shelton, a descendant of Thomas B. Jones. (1937)

DESCRIPTION:

This graveyard comprises about one square acre and is enclosed by a rock wall, 
four feet high and two feet thick.  The rocks are large, long and flat, and are 
placed together to fit so securely that no mortar was used.  The graveyard is in 
excellent condition showing that every effort has been made by the different 
owners of the surrounding property to keep it in good condition.  There are a 
number of large oak, cedar and pine trees, lilac and old rose bushes, and a few 
small shrubs, which have been planted recently in the graveyard.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

This is the private graveyard of the Jones’ and their descendants, originally 
owned by Thomas B. Jones.  Thomas B. Jones was in the Revolutionary War.

Richard Jones, grandson of Thomas B. Jones, was considered one of the wealthiest 
citizens of Pittsylvania County at the beginning of the War Between the States.  
It is said that Richard Jones had $40,000. which he invested in Confederate 
securities, bonds.  Mrs. James S. Jones and other members of the Jones 
descendants have these bonds today.  Notably a $5,000. bond.

The following inscriptions are on the stones:


In memory of
Richard Jones
Born March 17th, 1789
Died March 2nd, 1870


Sacred to the memory of
Mrs. F. W. Jones
Born 3rd Dec. 1803
Died 2nd Feby. 1858


Sacred to the memory of
Sarah Smith Bennett
Born October 14, 1816
Departed this life February 17, 1842


In memory of
Mrs. Mary F. Jones
Who died Jan. 26, 1868
Age 42 years 10 months 20 days
Her end was peace, saying Glory to God in the highest, my little children follow 
me.


Sacred to the memory of
Eliza A. Jones
Born April 29, 1819
Died May 6, 1844


In memory of
Edward Thomas Jones
Born August 18th, 1826
Died June 4th, 1862




SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informants:  Mrs. James S. Jones, Chatham, Virginia
             Mr. Promise Shelton, Chatham, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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