ROANOKE COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Nathaniel Burwell Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Nathaniel Burwell cemetery:
                  1937 Jan. 21
                  Research made by Ernest H. Weaver

Cemetery Location:  1 mile southeast of Salem, Virginia
                    Roanoke Co., Virginia


DATE:

1835, date of oldest grave.

OWNERS:

(Blank)

DESCRIPTION:

This is a private cemetery.  It is without a fence and is not well kept. (1937)

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Nathaniel Burwell was a man of means.  His will of January 28, 1862 makes 
mention of 1000 acres near Salem, 18000 acres north of Salem and 15000 acres in 
Floyd, Carroll and Patrick Counties.  To Dr. Carter Berkley he devises $24,000 
in trust for his wife, Lucy (Carter).  He was a member of the House of Delegates 
from 1842-1843.  He was the son of Nathaniel and Martha Burwell of King William 
County, and married Lucy Carter.  Lucy (Carter) Burwell was the aunt of General 
Lee.

Andrew Lewis was buried near here in 1781

Inscriptions:

Nathaniel Burwell
Died July 21, 1966
Aged 81 yrs.


Lucy Burwell
1865



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informants:  Miss Lucy Burwell, Salem, Virginia
             Mrs. Lizzie McClung, Salem, Virginia

History of Virginia by McCauley.

Tombstone Inscriptions

Visit by worker.

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