PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Foster Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Foster cemetery: 1937 July 12 Research made by Christine F. Fansler Cemetery Location: 3.8 miles northeast of Farmville, Virginia on Route #460; thence 4 miles east on Route #135; thence 2.1 miles northwest on Route #636. Cemetery on the north side of the road. Prince Edward Co., Virginia DATE: 1834, date of the oldest grave [marker] OWNERS: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hughes, 1937 present owner. DESCRIPTION: This is a small family cemetery with about twenty graves, enclosed with a wire fence. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: The following two markers are the only ones bearing a date previous to 1860. These are large upright granite, about two inches thick; eighteen inches wide and about thirty-six inches high. In memory of Mary K. Foster consort of Col. John Foster Born May 27, 1806 Died Dec. 21, 1834 In memory of Elizabeth Foster consort of Col. John Foster Born Sept. 16, 1801 Died July 19, 1851 Col. John Foster was a Colonel in the War of 1812. He was born May 23, 1787 and died Dec. 8, 1874. He is buried in this family cemetery, there is only a rock for a marker, this bears no dates. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Informant: Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Hughes, Green Bay, Virginia Tombstone Inscriptions Visit by worker. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joan Renfrow NOTICE: I have no relationship or further information in regards to this family. ___________________________________________________________________