PORTSMOUTH CITY, VA - CEMETERIES – Wilkins Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Wilkins graveyard:
                  1937 Feb. 3
                  Research made by Edna E. Hutcheson

Cemetery Location:  10 miles south from Portsmouth Post Office to Deep Creek on 
                    Route #17, thence east over Canal bridge on Route #166 on 
                    winding road 2 miles to lane on east side to burial ground.
                    Portsmouth, Virginia


DATE:

About 1738.

OWNERS:

About 200 years ago A. Willis Wilkins owned this farm. The present owner 
purchased the property from a bank under a Deed of Trust.  It was bought by a 
Mr. Barnes in 1895. [1937]

DESCRIPTION:

The plat of land is square, one hundred feet by one hundred.  The stones are 
very handsome and massive.  The plat has grown up with under-growth but the 
stones are in good condition.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:


George Washington stayed in this home while the Deep Creek Canal was being 
built.


Susan Wilkins
Born Jan. 27, 1767
Died Aug. 27, 1854
Both Kind and charitable.


Sacred to the memory of Father
Capt. James Davis
Born Feb. 4, 1785
Died Mch. 18, 1883


In memory of
Lydia Cherry
Born Nov. 16, 1779
Died Aug. 20, 1858
A mother lies beneath



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  John Mercer Willey, Portsmouth, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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