RICHMOND COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Carter Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Carter graveyard:
                  1937 July 7
                  Research made by B. G. Garner

Cemetery Location:  1 mile northwest of Richmond, Virginia, on Forest Lawn 
                    Cemetery Road, 75 yards north of the road.
                    Richmond Co., Virginia


DATE:

1823 is the earliest date of burial on any of the stones.

OWNERS:

This plot has been owned by the Carter family for over one hundred years. (1937)

DESCRIPTION:

There are eight graves in this graveyard, all under perpetual care.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The tombstones are inscribed as follows:


In memory of
William Adolph Carter
Born Dec. 18, 1819
Died Feb’y 2, 1855
Sleep on Brother dear, enjoy our rest
God called you home, he thought it best
Though hard indeed to part with thee
But Christ’s strong arm supported me.


In memory of
Abraham Douglas Carter
Born Dec. 12, 1811
Died March 18, 1855


In memory of
Mary Martha Carter
Born May 24, 1815
Died July 6, 1859


In memory of
John Carter
Born June 6, 1773
Died Oct. 13, 1855


In memory of
Samuel S. Carter
Born Nov. 27, 1789
Died April 13, 1852


Annie N. Carter
Consort of Samuel H. Carter
Born Dec. 29, 1785
Died Jan. 30, 1870


In memory of
L. Elizabeth
The wife of W. Joseph Kimbrough
Who was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania
on the 29th, day of March 1792
and departed this life in the 
City of Richmond
Sept. 28, 1823
In the 32 year of her life.



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  S. J. Cheatham, caretaker Forest Lawn Cemetery

Tombstone Inscriptions

Visit by worker.

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