PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – “Snow Hill” Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Snow Hill: 1937 Mar. 2 Research made by Susan Rogers Morton Cemetery Location: 4.75 miles north of Haymarket, Virginia, on Route #625, thence .5 mile east on a private road. Prince William Co., Virginia DATE: 1774. OWNERS: ----- Whiting ---- to 1793 Edmund Brooke 1793 to ---- William Hobbs ---- to 1848 Richard Stuart 1848 to ---- Richard Stuart’s heirs ---- to 1875 Fairfax Lynn 1875 to ---- Henry Lynn ---- to ---- Otis T. Latham 1929 to present date (1937) DESCRIPTION: (A description of the house and gardens has not been recanted in this space but can be located in the original document at the Library of Virginia.) HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: “Snow Hill” has many interesting traditions, that the place was once an Indian camping ground is substantiated by the numerous arrow heads in the surrounding fields, in fact there have been various other relics besides arrow heads found in the vicinity. There is a story told that on the particular spot where the house now stands was a poplar tree of gorgeous proportions, and that the wood from this tree supplied the interior woodwork for the entire house, be that as it may, the paneling is poplar and from the sizes of some of the panels in the doors and wall coverings, it came from an unusually large tree. It is said that the right to use that particular spot as a home site was disputed by an Indian chief, and that he was killed in the ensuing argument, and buried beneath the tree, and the house built over his grave. I have been told that the roots of the tree were to be seen in the cellar, which has now crumbled with time, but the supposed grave is still there, a distinct mound, marked by a stone, placed upright. Needless to say such a spot has the reputation of being haunted, and even today none of the servants will go in the cellar alone, and it is impossible to get any one from the neighborhood to do any work in the three rooms that form the basement. There is an unusually large graveyard on the place to the south, possibly an eighth of a mile from the house. This is located in what was once a beautiful locust grove but the trees are badly scarred and broken. It is very hard to tell much from the stones, which are broken and misplaced and as cattle were allowed to stay in there in years past, it is in a bad condition. The only inscriptions of any interest that I could make out, are as follows: Mary Stuart born December 4th, 1822 died February 12, 1875 Asleep in Jesus Helen A. Streshley born May 16, 1841 died August 7th, 1877 In Memory of W. E. Carter died December 24th, 1874 age 17 years There is one stone evidently very old, crudely cut in a semi-triple arch, no inscription but two crosses potent at each end. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Informants: Mr. Robert Lewis Miss Maud Ewell, Haymarket, Virginia Mr. Otis Latham Court Records, Clerk’s Office, Prince William County, Virginia. Deed Book T, page 43 Deed Book Y, page 215 Will Book X, page 483 Deed Book 87, page 246 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. ___________________________________________________________________