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

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Roland site:
                  1938 Apr. 8
                  Research made by Susan R. Morton

Cemetery Location:  3 miles west of Occoquan, Virginia, taking Route #9 from 
                    Occoquan to Route #641, thence wood road about a mile 
                    towards the river. (This was once a public road, now a wood 
                    path).
                    Prince William Co., Virginia


DATE:

Late 18th century. [home site]

OWNERS:

William Selecman, and had been in the same family until a few years ago when it 
was bought by the Occoquan Hydro-Electra Power Company, recent owners. [1938]

DESCRIPTION:

The old house is now entirely gone, in fact there is nothing left to indicate a 
home save a table of honeysuckle, which has even overgrown the trees.  The old 
house of frame with central hall, three stories high, with large chimneys at the 
ends, is said to have contained some very fine interior woodwork.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

This was the home of one of the first owners of the iron forge at Occoquan, 
Virginia, and a family who have been prominent in the life of the community for 
many years.

In the thick woods, possibly five hundred rods from the probable house site, is 
the graveyard, a large one, but many of the stones without any inscription or 
too worn to read.  The legible inscriptions follow:


At Rest
Robert Allen
died April 29, 1883
aged 70 years


Margaret Conner
wife of Edward Conner
born February 5th, 1846
died March 3rd, 1907


Edward Conner
Born June 7, 1833
died February 9, 1892


Margaret Conner
born January 10, 1869
died November 5th, 1873


Jane M. Conner
Born March 18, 1871
Died January 28, 1873


Robert D. 
Son of Robert and Catherine Allen
Born February 12, 1848
Died May 5, 1892
Remember reader, as you pass by,
As you are now, so once was I;
As I am now, so must you be,
Prepare for death and follow me


A. H. C.
The day is past and gone, the evening shades appear,
Oh may we all remember well the night of death is near.
We lay our garments upon our beds at rest,
so death will soon disrobe us all 
Of what we here possess.




SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informants:  Miss Gertrude Selecman, Occoquan, Virginia
             Mr.  William Lynn, Occoquan, Virginia

Court Records, Prince William County, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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