PITTSYLVANIA CO., VA - CEMETERIES – Shockoe Church Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Shockoe Church graveyard:
                  1937 Feb. 4
                  Research made by Mabel Moses

Cemetery Location:  Take Route 57 from Chatham, Virginia, go east 10 miles, turn 
                    into Route #702 on the south side, thence down same route 
                    about .25 mile to Shockoe Church, Virginia, on the west side 
                    of the road.
                    Pittsylvania Co., Virginia


DATE:

1833

OWNERS:

Shockoe Church

DESCRIPTION:

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HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

In the church yard at Shockoe Church is laid to rest John Weatherford, who 
suffered much persecution in his day.  The following inscription was taken from 
the tombstone marking his grave.


Elder
John Weatherford
a devoted Baptist Minister
Born in Charlotte Co. 1740
Lay in Jail in Chesterfield Co., in 1773 five months for preaching.
Moved to Halifax in 1813, to Pittsylvania 1823
Died Jan. 23, 1833
A sufferer for conscience sake
An earnest and faithful minister of the Gospel
Erected in 1906 by churches of the Roanoke Association.




SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Tombstone Inscriptions

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