PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – “Mayfield” Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Mayfield:
                  1937 Apr. 19
                  Research made by Florence Lion

Cemetery Location:  1.5 miles northeast of Manassas, Virginia on Route #616
                    Prince William Co., Virginia


DATE:

Prior to 1832 (house).

OWNERS:

John Hooe inherited the land from this father, Robert H. Hooe, in 1832.
John Hooe died prior to 1870, and the land was divided among his children, Mary 
C., Robert, Susan F., Jennie, Fannie Nutt and Virginia Iden.
Henry Fletcher, present owner (1937), bought the “Mayfield Quarry Tract”, from 
the heirs.

DESCRIPTION:

The entire house is a complete ruin.  There are no trees left except one large 
pear tree.  The yard is a tangle of matrimony vines.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The family refugeed during the War Between the States in Fluvanna County, 
Virginia.

The following are the inscriptions on the tombstones in the family burying 
ground:

In Memory of
Sarah Hooe
who was born in 1794
and died in 1799
She faded like a flower.  By her brother.


Edmonia B.
wife of H. B. 
born May 27, 1850
died March 30, 1887


In Memory of
Robert Hooe
who was born in 1772
and died March 30, 1832
Rest in peace, dear father


Jane F. Nutt
died February 1872
age 72 years


Maggie Hall Hooe
wife of H. B. Hooe
born 1857
died 1900

(Epitaph illegible)
in 1791 and died in 1799


Nellie
daughter of T.M. and S.C. Metz



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Prince William County Court Records

Tombstone Inscriptions

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