ROANOKE COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Watts Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Watts’ graveyard:
                  1936 Aug. 21
                  Research made by William C. Sponaugle

Cemetery Location:  3 miles north of Roanoke, Virginia, on the Harshbarger Road, 
                    Route #3, on a knoll over-looking the vast Watts’ estate.
                    Roanoke Co., Virginia


DATE:

1838, date of oldest grave.

OWNERS:

Ellen C. Watts, the widow of William Watts III. (1936)

DESCRIPTION:

This graveyard includes about one eighth of an acre, enclosed with an iron 
fence.  There are a number of very old graves and nothing on them to indicate 
who they were or how long buried.  It is a private graveyard and is kept in a 
most excellent condition in every way.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

These are the inscriptions that may be found on the stones and markers:


To our Father’s Memory
Genl. Edward Watts
Born Apr. 7, 1779
Died  Aug. 9, 1859
After a well spent life he died,
beloved by his family,
honored and respected by all.


In Memory of
Elizabeth
Daughter of Gen. James Breckenridge
Wife of General Edward Watts
Died July 8, 1862
Aged 69 years


In Memory of
Elizabeth Breckenridge Preston
Daughter of Edward & Elizabeth Watts
Wife of Thomas Lewis Preston
Died Feb. 21, 1843
Age 21 years
He giveth his Beloved Sleep


In Memory of
James Breckenridge
Son of Edward & Elizabeth Watts
Died Aug. 20, 1846
Aged 34 years
God’s finger touched him and he slept.


Henrietta Carter
Daughter of Edward and  Elizabeth Watts
Born May 1837
Died Aug. 20, 1846
Aged 34 years
The sacred child of our affection
Tho gone where sleep...(not legible).



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Mrs. Ellen C. Watts

Tombstone Inscriptions

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