Harris Family Cemetery
Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA
Harris, and is about .1 mile northeast of Dewitt, Va. 14144 Boydton Plank Rd. Also known as Butterworth Family Cemetery and is at Ridgeway, aka Shell House.
RIDGEWAY, the house, has the initials W. E., evidently those of the mason or architect, and the date 1812 are cut high in its chimney. The house was built by Archibald Thweat and passed to Kidder Meade, to two Doctors Anderson, and in 1847 to Major Isaac Roney, who named it for his former home, Ridgeway—two miles from the village. The next owner was John Y. Harris, who married Major Roney's daughter Ella. Set back from the street, behind shrubs and flowers, the simple and spacious white frame structure presents a hospitable façade to passersby.
The house was part of Stony Creek Plantation, originally a land grant, that once spanned a large area along Stony creek and included a grist mill, Roney's Mill. There are at least 3 cemeteries associated with the original area. Names associated with 1800's burials include but are not limited to Tucker, Roney, Shell, and Harris. Later descendants there include Butterworth, Chappell, Lippitt, and Netherland. The exact location of these cemeteries is known by reference to online research, however the locations are very general and the current maintenance may be poor to none (?). Exact GPS coordinates would be welcomed.
Harris, and is about .1 mile northeast of Dewitt, Va. 14144 Boydton Plank Rd. Also known as Butterworth Family Cemetery and is at Ridgeway, aka Shell House.
RIDGEWAY, the house, has the initials W. E., evidently those of the mason or architect, and the date 1812 are cut high in its chimney. The house was built by Archibald Thweat and passed to Kidder Meade, to two Doctors Anderson, and in 1847 to Major Isaac Roney, who named it for his former home, Ridgeway—two miles from the village. The next owner was John Y. Harris, who married Major Roney's daughter Ella. Set back from the street, behind shrubs and flowers, the simple and spacious white frame structure presents a hospitable façade to passersby.
The house was part of Stony Creek Plantation, originally a land grant, that once spanned a large area along Stony creek and included a grist mill, Roney's Mill. There are at least 3 cemeteries associated with the original area. Names associated with 1800's burials include but are not limited to Tucker, Roney, Shell, and Harris. Later descendants there include Butterworth, Chappell, Lippitt, and Netherland. The exact location of these cemeteries is known by reference to online research, however the locations are very general and the current maintenance may be poor to none (?). Exact GPS coordinates would be welcomed.
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- Added: 9 Jun 2017
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2643598
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