Surry-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hargrave, George L., 1959 

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IN HONOR OF: IN MEMORY OF 
   GEORGE MOODY HARGRAVE AND SARAH WILKERSON DAVIS HARGRAVE CARROLL 
   - STAINGLASS WINDOW IN ROCKY HOCK CHURCH. 

  George Moody Hargrave was in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and 
served in the Surry Light Artillery at the rank of sergeant.  During much of 
the War, he served around the defenses of Richmond and saw action several 
times.  His first wife died and had no children*.  He then married Sarah 
Wilkerson Davis in 1880.  Sarah's mother was the second wife of John Hawkins 
Pond - please refer to the December 30th, 2007 bulletin.  The first minister 
of the newly created Wakefield Charge, Dr. J.T. Mastin, married them.  He is 
in the group picture of past ministers displayed in Rocky Hock Church. 

  George was a farmer after the war, and his farm is where Moyler Pond lives 
today.  George and Sarah had three children; Bernard, who lived in Franklin 
most of his life; Bessie, Mrs. Harry L. Harris, lived in Wakefield on Wilson 
Avenue; and Garland M., who married Ray Bailey, one of Robert Bailey's 
daughters, and lived in Petersburg most of his life, but moved back to 
Wakefield shortly before his death.  After George died, Sarah married Hosea 
H. Carroll, who was the overseer of her farm while she was married to George. 
They had no children. 

  Sarah and George are both buried in Rocky Hock Cemetery.  They were the 
grandparents of the late Elwood L. Harris of Wakefield. 

  Thanks to Verna Harris for the pictures and to Fay Savedge for the 
information. 


Sgt. George Moody HARGRAVE, farmer, Confederate veteran, 
b. 27 Mar 1838, Cherry Grove, Surry Co., d. 9 May 1893, Surry Co., 

Sarah Wilkerson (DAVIS HARGRAVE; Mrs. Hosea Hudson) CARROLL, 
b. 10 Apr 1858, Southampton Co., d. 10 Sep 1922, Surry Co., 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 39**), Surry Co., 
Rocky Hock Church memorial 

**Rocky Hock list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

*George 1m. Mary Elizabeth ROGERS, 15 Jan 1868, in Sussex Co.  They had 1 son, 
   George Lloyd HARGRAVE (1876 - 1959), buried in the same plot, although his 
   D.Cert. 21980 (Newport News #694) erroneously gives his mother as 
   Martha ROGERS. 

A photo of Sgt. HARGRAVE's gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial 
   #23403859. 

A photo of Sarah's gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #23403908. 

Sarah's second husband, Hosea H. CARROLL, is buried with his second wife in 
   Wakefield Cemetery, Sussex Co. 
   Wakefield list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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