Jessamine Hill Cemetery
Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA
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Washington, Virginia 22747 United StatesCoordinates: 38.67946, -78.13252 - Cemetery ID:
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Jessamine Hill Cemetery is located on a knoll in Tiger Valley on the Jessamine Hill Farm which is located about 2 miles east of Washington, VA in the rolling countryside below the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains with a commanding view of Mt. Marshall. Permission is needed to visit this cemetery - you may need to check for contact information or contact the courthouse or local newspaper in Washington, VA. To get there you follow Tiger Valley Road Route 626 for 2.2 miles before turning right onto Jessamine Lane, then follow this lane to the palatial brick manor house.
The cemetery was obviously thoughtfully located to the left of Jessamine Hill Manor House and within easy walking distance for family, friends and guests. It is surrounded by a cement covered stonewall with an ornate iron gate as the only entrance. This cemetery is located on the private property of Rappahannock County native, John Kinsey Anderson who purchased the property in 1996.
John Anderson hired a skilled and talented carpenter who spent 16 years lovingly restoring, enlarging, and updating the spectacular historic manor house. According to the Historic Garden Week brochure, the Jessamine Hill Manor House was built in the 1830's for Thomas Fletcher by James Leake Powers, a master craftsman, who worked under Thomas Jefferson on the University of Virginia, along with Dinsmore and Neilson Powers who are credited with a number of other historic buildings in Rappahannock County. James Leak Powers also was the master craftsman who is credited with building the Trinity Episcopal Church, the Courthouse, The Clerks office, and the Town Hall in Washington, VA according to local newspaper reports. Bricks made on the property are in a Flemish bond pattern and numerous other original architectural features including the heart-pine floors and a collection of outbuildings make this property a prime example of a mid-19th century Virginia Central Piedmont farm complex.
The cemetery is beautifully maintained and is a great example of how all Virginia historic cemeteries should be cared for. John Kinsey Anderson has said that he plans to be buried in this cemetery behind the headstone of the man for whom he shares the same name.
The cemetery lovingly shelters the remains of the Fletcher/Kinsey families and now the brother of John Anderson who was recently (2012) buried in this well-cared for beautiful, historic cemetery. Mr. Anderson told visitors that in order for his brother to be buried in this cemetery, his grave had to be hand dug since the single small iron gate is too small to accommodate a backhoe.
If you are looking for the resting place of relatives who may have been buried somewhere on the Jessamine Hill estate; any former tenants who may have worked for the Fletcher/Kinsey families would have been buried elsewhere on the estate, perhaps near one of the tenant houses. It did not occur to me to check out the possibility of other cemeteries while visiting there.
With permission of John Anderson, this cemetery was photographed on Saturday, April 29, 2017 during the Historic Garden Week Tour which was sponsored by the Garden Club of Virginia and hosted by The Garden Club of Warren County, VA.
Jessamine Hill Cemetery is located on a knoll in Tiger Valley on the Jessamine Hill Farm which is located about 2 miles east of Washington, VA in the rolling countryside below the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains with a commanding view of Mt. Marshall. Permission is needed to visit this cemetery - you may need to check for contact information or contact the courthouse or local newspaper in Washington, VA. To get there you follow Tiger Valley Road Route 626 for 2.2 miles before turning right onto Jessamine Lane, then follow this lane to the palatial brick manor house.
The cemetery was obviously thoughtfully located to the left of Jessamine Hill Manor House and within easy walking distance for family, friends and guests. It is surrounded by a cement covered stonewall with an ornate iron gate as the only entrance. This cemetery is located on the private property of Rappahannock County native, John Kinsey Anderson who purchased the property in 1996.
John Anderson hired a skilled and talented carpenter who spent 16 years lovingly restoring, enlarging, and updating the spectacular historic manor house. According to the Historic Garden Week brochure, the Jessamine Hill Manor House was built in the 1830's for Thomas Fletcher by James Leake Powers, a master craftsman, who worked under Thomas Jefferson on the University of Virginia, along with Dinsmore and Neilson Powers who are credited with a number of other historic buildings in Rappahannock County. James Leak Powers also was the master craftsman who is credited with building the Trinity Episcopal Church, the Courthouse, The Clerks office, and the Town Hall in Washington, VA according to local newspaper reports. Bricks made on the property are in a Flemish bond pattern and numerous other original architectural features including the heart-pine floors and a collection of outbuildings make this property a prime example of a mid-19th century Virginia Central Piedmont farm complex.
The cemetery is beautifully maintained and is a great example of how all Virginia historic cemeteries should be cared for. John Kinsey Anderson has said that he plans to be buried in this cemetery behind the headstone of the man for whom he shares the same name.
The cemetery lovingly shelters the remains of the Fletcher/Kinsey families and now the brother of John Anderson who was recently (2012) buried in this well-cared for beautiful, historic cemetery. Mr. Anderson told visitors that in order for his brother to be buried in this cemetery, his grave had to be hand dug since the single small iron gate is too small to accommodate a backhoe.
If you are looking for the resting place of relatives who may have been buried somewhere on the Jessamine Hill estate; any former tenants who may have worked for the Fletcher/Kinsey families would have been buried elsewhere on the estate, perhaps near one of the tenant houses. It did not occur to me to check out the possibility of other cemeteries while visiting there.
With permission of John Anderson, this cemetery was photographed on Saturday, April 29, 2017 during the Historic Garden Week Tour which was sponsored by the Garden Club of Virginia and hosted by The Garden Club of Warren County, VA.
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- Added: 3 May 2017
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2641024
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