Located off of Highway 78; turn at Brown Road to Washington-Wilkes County Animal Shelter; follow road to the shelter then turn left into driveway/road (unpaved); cemetery on left – surrounded by dry laid rock wall.
Recorded by Tilmon and Anne Barrett Chamlee of Milledgeville, Georgia, Sunday, January 31, 2010:
In memory of
MISS ELIZABETH WADDEY
born August 18, 1791
and departed this life
March 12th, 1847
Sacred
to the memory of
WILLIAM JONES
born in Northumberland County, VA
February 2__th, 1770
died May 23, 1830 (1850?)
Let me die the death of the Righteous
and let my last end be like his
Sacred
to the memory of
JUDITH JONES
The wife of
CHARLES JONES
of Northumberland County, VA
who departed _____ _____
in 1810 (?)
aged about 80 years
_____more than twenty years a
member of the M.E. Church
_____the profession by ______ _____
_____ Godly conversion and _____in the triumph of faith
______ the dead who die in the Lord
In memory of
Mrs. Luanna Ruddle
born October 13th (18th?) 1776
and departed this life
May 12, 1837
In memory of
Mrs. Penelope Terrell
who was born the 9th
day of November, 1776
and departed this life
August, 1827
Other graves now destroyed are evident (field stones, granite pieces, “sinks”).
Penelope Terrell was the wife of Peter Buford Terrell (1784 VA – 1821
GA),
ancestors of Anne Barrett Chamlee thru her mother, Juanita Terrell Barrett
(1911-2002).
Penelope’s mother was Judith (Waddey) Jones.
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