Goodwin-Dawson-Williams Cemetery in Dandy, Virginia

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Get directions 411 Dandy Loop Road
Dandy, Virginia 23692 United States

Coordinates: 37.20893, -76.42178
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The cemetery was located on 400, 401, 411 and/or 314A Dandy Loop Road according to multiple sources. Multiple graves with vaulted concrete tops were located near the water. The concrete tops began to crumble. Once there was a small fence around one grave according to the neighbor. There are numerous pertruding bricks along the creek between lots 400 and 411 which is either riprap and/or materials from the disturbance of the cemetery. Rachel Goodwin's tomb was found broken after the 1945 Dandy Loop Road was added. A sewer line was routed around this area as not to further disturb the cemetery grounds. Her headstone was discarded along the side of the new road by highway workers. Some headstones were thrown into the creek. A nearby resident and her husband saw the Goodwin headstone cracked lying on the ground in later years after their home was constructed. A Daily Press photograph in 1952 shows pieces of the stone next to a tree.

The cemetery is associated with Major James Goodwin who representated York County in the House of Burgesses and speaker. He received the title Major in the militia. His first wife is Rachel Porter Goodwin and remnants of her tombstone were seen at this cemetery after the road construction.