The DeJarnette family cenotaph is located approximately 20 yards east of Route 301 in the woods in Caroline County, VA just north of the town of Frog Level. It is a granite marker sitting by itself in the woods off the highway and is not protected by a fence. Unfortunately, the marker has been somewhat vandalized but all text was still readable when photographed on 3 September 2009. The area around the cenotaph is obviously a gathering place for young people to party and the area is littered with empty beer bottles. Such a shame.

The front of the memorial reads:

DeJarnette
Jean deJarnette (deJarnat – de Journette) French Hugenot
Immigrant to Virginia – Naturalized April 18 1705 in
Williamsburg – M. Mary Munford 1683 – 1765 – Issue 7.
"Spring Grove" Plantation – 5000 acres – From Mattaponi River
To Maracossic Creek – Caroline County
Established by
Joseph DeJarnette, Circa 1740
M. Mary Pemberton – Suceedingly owned by*
*Joseph DeJarnette, Jr. Oct. 9, 1747 – 1824
M. Mary Hampton – Commissioned Lieutenant
Revolutionary War, McAllister's Militia – Issue 8.
*Daniel DeJarnette Jan. 9, 1783 – Sept. 22, 1850
M. (1) Jane T. Coleman May 17, 1790 Mar. 22, 1815 – Issue 3.
M. (2) Huldah Hawes Coleman Sept. 17, 1793 – July 1, 1861 – Issue 9.
Elliott DeJarnette, born at "Spring Grove" Dec. 9, 1788
Died at "Pine Forest" Sept. 7, 1857 – Officer in War of 1812
M. Elizabeth Coleman Jan. 8, 1796 – Aug. 5, 1863 - Issue 10.
James Coleman DeJarnette "Poplar Grove" Sept. 21, 1817 – Mar. 9, 1894
M. Lucy M. Herndon Dec. 21, 1843, Sept. 15, 1821 – May 13, 1896
Jane T. Goodwin DeJarnette, Jan. 6, 1820 – Dec. 26, 1841
M. Oct. 5, 1837 George Tyler Dec. 13, 1817 – Nov. 11, 1889
M. (2) Eliza Hoge – M. (3) Jane C. Quisenberry (4) Julia Magruder

The back of the memorial reads:
DeJarnette (Cont'd)
*Daniel Coleman DeJarnette (Builder of present home 1856, the third)
Oct. 18, 1822 – Aug. 20, 1881 – M. Louisa J. DeJarnette of "Pine Forest"
Mar. 9, 1824 – Dec. 19, 1892 – Issue 8.
Served in House of Delegates – Two Terms – Served in U. S. Congress 1859-1861
Reelected to 37th Congress – Decline election
Elected and Served Confederate Congress 1862-1865
In 1871 was sent to England relative to boundaries between
Virginia and Maryland
*Daniel Coleman DeJarnette, Jr. May 14, 1864 – Feb. 21, 1926
M. Nancy DeJ. Willis, of Kentucky Dec. 8, 1879 – Dec. 30, 1974 – Issue 1
*Joseph Willis DeJarnette, Aug. 29, 1898 –
M. Alice P. Richards, Oct. 27, 1920, April 21, 1899
Issue – Nancy R. DeJarnette, July 2, 1923 -
M. George W. Hansen Nov. 8, 1947, Sept. 8, 1922 –
Issue – Jo DeJarnette Hansen July 23, 1953 –
Daniel Iler Hansen Aug. 8, 1956 –
*Edmund T. DeJarnette, Jr. Jan. 15, 1938 –
M. Katia Escartin Feb 7, 1941 - Issue 2.

Ron Stewart
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