Living in Nelson County

Nelson County Cemeteries -listed below

Tombstone Symbols

Anchor: Hope.
Angel: Rebirth or resurrection; spirituality, agents of God, guardians of the dead
Clasped hands: Marraige, close bond, unity, affection even after death.  The person who died first holds the other’s hand, guiding the spouse to heaven.
Daisy: Gentleness, youth.
Dove(flying): Resurrection.
Fern: Sincerity, sorrow.
Garland: Victory of the redemption.
Ivy: Immortality, fidelity, undying affection.
Lamb: Usually marks the grave of a child. Purity, innocence, sacrifice.
Lily: Majesty, often used on women’s graves, innocence, purity, resurrectuion. Restored innocence of soul at death.
Lily of the Valley:  Purity, humility
Morning Glory: Youth, resurrection, mourning, farewell, brevity of life.
Obelisk: From an Egyptian form; power, lard over all, creator.
Roses: Completion and the brevity of earthly exisitence. Love, beauty, hope unfailing love.
Bud of rose: Normally a child under 13.
Partial bloom: Usually a teenager.
Full bloom:  Deceased died in prime of life.
Rosette: The Lord, hope, promise and love.
Scroll: Scriptures.
Scythe: Death.
Thistle: Earthly sorrow; Christ’s corwn of thorns, Scotland = country of origin.
Torch/Flame: Immortality of the sprit, resurrection. Inverted tourch: Extinction of life. Death.
Tree: Life.
Trunk = shortened life.
Severed branch = immortality.
Weeping Willow:  Sorrow and moruning.
Wheat sheaves: Divine harvest; often represents the aged.

Location for these cemeteries may be found in the Nelson County Historical Society files in the Nelson Memorial Library ñ Lovingston, VA
Castle Hill
Berkhampstead
Arrington (Oak Ridge)
Beech Grove
Coxís Creek
Grape Hill
Jonesboro
Locust Grove
Midway Mills area
Mountain Cove (Stevens Cove)
Mountain View
Riverside
Sandy Ridge
Rose Isle
Rock Spring
Schuyler
Soldierís Joy
Tyro
White Rock

Interesting website on Nelson County cemeteries:
http://interment.net/us/va/nelson.htm

Cemeteries ñ Churches*
Adial Baptist *
Aeriel
Beech Grove Christian *
Bethel Church of the Brethern *
Bethlehem Methodist *
Bright Hope Baptist *
Centenary Church (Nelson United Methodist caretaker) *
Centenary Memorial
Christ Episcopal *
Christ Temple Holiness
Fairmount Church *
Fellowship Pentecostal
Hebron *
Jonesboro*
Little Zion Baptist*
Montreal Baptist *
Mt. Airy Baptist *
Mt. Eagle Baptist (cemetery ñ no address)
Mt. Paran Baptist *
Mt. Pleasant Baptist *
Mt. Shiloh Baptist *
Mountain Top Christian *
Oak Hill Baptist *
Oak Ridge Chapel
Pleasant View (New Mount) *
Poplar Flat Baptist *
Ridgecrest Baptist *
Rockfish Presbyterian *
Rock Springs Methodist *
St. Hebron Baptist *
St. John Baptist *
St. Joy Baptist *
St. Stephens Baptist *
Trinity Episcopal *
Union Baptist*
Walnut Grove Baptist
White Rock Baptist *
Woodland Baptist *

Family Cemeteries Files in Nelson Memorial Library

Alexander
Anderson
Baker
Ballowe (Willie)
Bell
Berryman
Bethel
Blair (Royal)
Bolton
Bolton II
Bowling
Bradley
Bramham/Spencer
Brent
Brittle
Brown
Brown (Samuel)
Bryant
Bryant/Jones
Burnley
Cabell (Edgewood)
Cabell (Forkfield)
Cabell (Inglewood)
Cabell (Liberty Hall)
Cabell (Soldiers Joy)
Cabell (Struman)
Cabell (Union Hill)
Campbell
Campbell/Averill
Campbell/Harvie
Carr
Carrico/Carter/Whelan
Carter
Carter
Carter/Thornhill
Carter/Tyro
Cashewell
Clarkson
Calrkson I
Clarkson (Roseland)
Calrkson/Meeks
Coffey (Tyro)
Coffey (Andrew)
Coffey/Hatter
Coffey, James
Wintergreen (Coleman)
Cottrell/Terrrel
Curd
Dameron
Dawson (Charles)
DeMasters
Denton
Dickinson
Wm. Diggs
Dodd
Dolan
Dudley
Dudley/Walker
Dunn
Edgewood/Cabell
Elsom
Elson
Evans
Evans/Wright
Farrar
Farrar/Micklem
Ferguson
Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald/Crabtree Falls
Fitzgerald/ Crabtree Falls I
Fitzgerald (Montebello)
Fitzgerald
Fleming (Coleman)
Fortune
Fortune
Fox (George)
Fulks
Glenthorn
Goodwin/Coco
Old Goolby
Old Goolsby Place
Hamilton
Hamner
Harewood
Hargrove
Harlow
Harris (Benjamin)
Harris (No. 2)
Harvey/Stevens ìRed Hillî
Harvey/ Stevens ìWindy Topî
Harvey /Wright
Hatter
Henderson
Hill
Hill, Coffey, Lunsford
Horsley (Stewart)
Howard
Hubard/Slaughter
Hubard/ Somerville
Huffman/Jordan/Taylor
Hughes (Harry)
Hughes (Joseph)
Irving
Irving
Jackson (Lemuel)
Jefferson/Burl Jackson
Johnson
Andrew Johnson
Johnson-Carter
Johnson/Harris
Jones (Charles)
Old Jones
Jones
Jones
Jones (Bryant)
Jordan
Kemp
Kidd
Kidd-White
Knight
Lawhorne/Fitzgerald
Leak
Ligon
Loving
Loving/Alexander
Lovings (Gap)
Lunsford
Lyon
Lyon
McAlexander
McClellan
McCuse
McKinney
Macon Place
Massie (Bland)
Massie, T.
Level Green (T. Massie)
Mays
McCue
Meeks (John)
Melton
Micklem
Moore
Morris
Morse
Nash
Nash/Woody
OíBrien
Pamplin
Patrick/Anderson
Peebles
Peters
Pettit
Proffatte
Puckett
Purvis
Purvis/Edward)
Radcliffe (Gabriel)
Rider
River Bluff (Goodwin)
Rives
Robertson
Robertson
Robinson/Irving
Rock Cliff (Cabell)
Rodgers/Baker
Ross (Jacob)
Oak Ridge – Ryan Mausoleum
Saunders
Seay
Old Shelton
Old Shipman
Simpson
Smith
Smith ñ Harris
Smith (Wm. N.)
Snead
Sneed
Snow
Spencer
Stevens (Epp. H.)
Stevens/Showalter
Stevens (Wm. T.)
Stewardson
Stratton
Summit Cut
Taylor
Taylor
Taylor
Terrell/Cottrell
Thacker
Thomas
Old Thomas
Thompson/Bartley
Thompson
Thompson, J.
Thompson (William)
Tillman
Tillman
Thurmond
Tinnell
Tinnell/Bonham
Tompkins
Turner
Turner
Vaughan (George)
Vaughan
Vaughan (Arrington)
Vaughan
Vaughan
Venable
Venable (William)
Warren
Watts
West
West
Wheeler
Whitehead
Williams
Willis-McKinney
Willow Brook
Wills
Wills/Dillard
Wilson
Witt
Wood-Hudson
Wood
Wood-Banton
Wood
Wood (Davis Creek)
Wood (Woods Mill)
Wood (Woodís Mountain)
Wray, Chester
Wray Earl
Wright (Oak Ridge)
Wright
George and Bill Wright
Wright / Evans