Old Graveyard
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Old Graveyard

Also known as Gregg-Turner Family Cemetery , Meadow Cemetery , Occoquan Burial Ground

Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia, USA

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    Woodbridge, Virginia 22192 United States
    Coordinates: 38.68011, -77.25610
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Cemetery Location: To the east of Route #9, .5 mile from Occoquan, Virginia, taking Route #9 at Occoquan and going one fourth mile, thence east towards the river about two hundred feet from any cleared spot to the left on the river's edge.
Prince William Co., Virginia

DATE:
Said to be over a hundred years old. (1937)
"The Old Graveyard", (also called " Occoquan Cemetery ").

OWNERS:

This appears to have been a part of the Champe grant from the Proprietor's Office, later sold to John Ballandine, and then coming into the hands of Henry Selecman. There is a record in Deed Book #37, folio 245, recording the sale of
a tract of land here by William Selecman; the estate of Henry Selecman was sold to Corintha S. Giles; this was in 1887 and the graveyard was reserved. It appears to have been private property.

DESCRIPTION:

It covers a large area, and there are several lots enclosed by iron fences, now rusted, and the gates are impossible to open. One lot is surrounded by a brick wall, but there is not a stone within that has any inscription. The honeysuckle and periwinkle are so thick that many of the stones are completely hidden, and it is only be stumbling over them that they are found. The thick growth and almost semi-darkness make it very difficult to decipher the inscriptions that remain. It is located on a bluff by the side of the river, and directly opposite the Lorton Reformatory across the river.











Cemetery Location: To the east of Route #9, .5 mile from Occoquan, Virginia, taking Route #9 at Occoquan and going one fourth mile, thence east towards the river about two hundred feet from any cleared spot to the left on the river's edge.
Prince William Co., Virginia

DATE:
Said to be over a hundred years old. (1937)
"The Old Graveyard", (also called " Occoquan Cemetery ").

OWNERS:

This appears to have been a part of the Champe grant from the Proprietor's Office, later sold to John Ballandine, and then coming into the hands of Henry Selecman. There is a record in Deed Book #37, folio 245, recording the sale of
a tract of land here by William Selecman; the estate of Henry Selecman was sold to Corintha S. Giles; this was in 1887 and the graveyard was reserved. It appears to have been private property.

DESCRIPTION:

It covers a large area, and there are several lots enclosed by iron fences, now rusted, and the gates are impossible to open. One lot is surrounded by a brick wall, but there is not a stone within that has any inscription. The honeysuckle and periwinkle are so thick that many of the stones are completely hidden, and it is only be stumbling over them that they are found. The thick growth and almost semi-darkness make it very difficult to decipher the inscriptions that remain. It is located on a bluff by the side of the river, and directly opposite the Lorton Reformatory across the river.











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