Alexander Marshall

• Death Notes
  • CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES � Marshall Cemetery
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    Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection
    
    
    LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Marshall graveyard:
                      1936 Nov. 13
                      Research made by Craig Romaine
    
    Cemetery Location:  6 miles east of Chester, Virginia, 1.8 miles northeast of
                        Route #37.
                        Chesterfield County
    
    
    DATE:
    
    1743
    
    OWNERS:
    
    (blank)
    
    DESCRIPTION:
    
    Guarded by immense oaks whose strong boughs reach high over the surrounding
    forest, these two graves of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Marshall lie together,
    overlooking the James River.
    
    Next to the grave of Richard Kennon, who is buried at �The Brick House�, these
    graves are perhaps the oldest in Chesterfield County.
    
    These two graves share the same tombstone.  This is approximately three feet in
    height, and nearly as wide.  It is not of the conventional type of tombstone,
    and perhaps the only one of its kind in the county, having been made of slate
    instead of the customary granite or marble.
    
    HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
    
    Despite its age, this tombstone is in an excellent state of preservation, and
    the inscription, though partly buried beneath wood�s mold and dead leaves, is
    nevertheless very clear.  This is as follows:
    
    
    Here lyeth the Body of
    Mr. Alexander Marshall
    Who Departed this Life May 3, 1743
    Age 67 years
    
    
    Here lyeth the Body of
    Mrs. Alexander Marshall
    Wife of Mr. Alexander Marshall
    who Departed this Life Feby. 9th 1743/4
    Aged 64 years
    
    
    
    SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
    
    Court Records, Chesterfield County, Virginia
    
    Tombstone Inscriptions
    
    Visit by worker.
    

• General Notes
  • http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&id=I00770
    
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