PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – “Meadow Farm” Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Meadow Farm site: 1937 Sep. 2 Research made by Susan R. Morton Cemetery Location: South of Warrenton, Virginia, Alexandria Turnpike, now Route #211, two miles west of Gainesville, Virginia, to the gate, thence one fourth of a mile by private road. Prince William Co., Virginia DATE: The exact date is not known, but it is said that it was considered an old house seventy-five years ago (1937). The first record that it has been possible to find at the Court House is the transfer from John Tyler to James W.F. Macrea in 1838, and recorded in Deed Book 21, folio 232. The house was standing at that time. OWNERS: The transfer noted under “Date” is the first reference that there seems to be. The Tyler tract was a large one and several farms in the community came from that land originally, but there is no records of it in any of the existing books. The next transfer was in 1898, recorded in Deed Book 58, folio 270. From Maria MaCrea, widow of Dr. James W.F. MaCrea, to James and Jessie Hall of Washington, D.C. and again in 1928 from the latter to Raleigh Strother. It is now owned by the Fauquier National Bank of Warrenton, Virginia (1937). DESCRIPTION: “Meadow Farm” is but the ghost of a beautiful home today, the house having been destroyed by fire some twenty years ago (approx. 1907). The foundation, which is of stone, measures forty by fifteen feet. The chimneys are gone, having been torn down for the stone and brick. There are none of the old buildings left save one crumbling cabin. The striking feature of the place today is the remainder of the grove of unusually fine trees, many of them have been cut down, but the stumps will testify to their size. There still remain several splendid old Kentucky Coffeeberry trees and a large honey locust, also several fine oaks. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: This was one of the noted places of Buckland at the time when the Lees, Washingtons, and Huntons were all residents there. Some three hundred feet to the southeast of the house, is the remains of the old graveyard. There was once a large and pretty cemetery, located in a grove of trees. There are numerous unmarked graves, but only one that has any inscription. I have learned, on good authority, from people who have lived for years in the neighborhood, that one of the late owners took up the stones that were not too close to trees and plowed up the land for a corn field, and from the location of the present corn field and also the graves that are left, it seems as if it could well be a fact. The one stone with any markings is inscribed: Louisa Tyler Died --- (The remainder of the stone chipped off) SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Informants: Miss Lora Glascock, Gainesville, Virginia Miss Josie Delaplane, Buckland, Virginia Mr. George Tyler, Haymarket, Virginia Court Records, Prince William County, Virginia Tombstone Inscription 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. ___________________________________________________________________