PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – “Calvert or Bailey House” Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Calvert, or Bailey, house:
                  1937 Jan. 30
                  Research made by Susan Rogers Morton

Cemetery Location:  To the north of Dumfries, Virginia, on Route #666, or take 
                    woods road which leads from Dumfries-Manassas road 3 miles 
                    from Dumfries, about 1 mile in from road.
                    Prince William Co., Virginia


DATE:

Unknown.

OWNERS:

This rather indirect reference to the first owner seems to be about the only way 
that a line can be established, and is to be found at the Court House at 
Manassas, in Deed Book Z, folio 539; “Deed between Wickliffe and Executors and 
Trustees of William Carrs’ estate, 1799, Arrington Wickliffe, and Catharine, his 
wife, sold to Thomas Chapman for the use and benefit of the heirs and assigns of 
William Carr, agreeable to the will of the said Carr, that tract or parcel of 
land which William Calvert, now Wickliffe, lives on 179 acres, 114 acres of 
which was purchased by William Calvert in 1779 of Robert Kay, the same being 
part of a tract granted to William Champe from the Proprietor’s Office in the 
year 1712, the other part of the aforesaid tract being 65 acres which was given 
William Calvert by his father, George Calvert, in the year 1745, bounded on the 
one side by the rolling road that runs from Moses Bland’s Ford, now Davis’ to 
Dumfries”.

Callenders have lived there, who are said to be of the same family, Baileys have 
lived there, but there is no record of such a transfer, unless it took place and 
was recorded in some of the books which have been lost or have pages missing.

There is no one interested in the place now (1937) as the owner, Miss Ada 
Bailey, lives in Connecticutt, and the house is occupied by tenants.

DESCRIPTION:

(A description of the house and surrounding area has not been placed here but is 
available to be viewed at the Library of Virginia.)

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The history which might be associated with this p lace in the past is so hazy as 
to be useless.  There are several tales in connection with this house and the 
people who have lived there which could their truth be vouched for would be most 
interesting.

There was considerable skirmishing about the place, and only a short distance 
from the house to the east can be seen numerous graves that various people have 
assured me are those of Confederate soldiers.  This is only about 1.5 miles from 
“Battery Hill”, in Dumfries, by going through the woods.

To the south is the family graveyard, now a mass of creeper and roses.  It is 
very difficult to reach the graves, and the oldest ones from appearances have no 
inscriptions whatever, and some few are so worn that it is impossible to read 
them.

The following are the readable ones, but there are many more in the enclosure:


In Memory of
Naomi Callender
who departed this life Nov. 30th, 1861
in her 68th year
Behold and see when here you look, the dearest ties of friendship broke.


In Memory of
Dr. Hiram Eastman
who departed this life August 30th, 1863
in his 61st year


(These two graves are side by side)
Margaret Eastman
Wm Callender, 1828
(These two names and date are all that is on this stone)


In Memory of
David Eastman
who departed this life, Sept. 23d, 1863
in his 92nd year


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informants:  Mr. Charles Brawner, Dumfries, Virginia
             Mr. Keys, Dumfries, Virginia
             Mrs. Milstead, Dumfries, Virginia

Prince William County Court Records.

Tombstone Inscriptions

Visit by worker.

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