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Christopher Family Cemetery (Fort Pickett)

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Location	:	Blackstone, Nottoway County, USA
Description	:	"This family cemetery was located southwest of Birchin Lake and north of Wilcox Road in the controlled access danger area of Fort Pickett in what was Tract H-270 owned by John J. Christopher et ux. in 1944 (see Table 1 and Figure 1). It is marked as "relocated" on the 1944 map but not included on Godburn's list of cemeteries relocated to Butterwood Church (Godburn 1977: Appendix G). Although the information on the metal markers at Gills Bridge cannot be directly connected with this cemetery it is quite possible that these graves were relocated there as there are a number of... Read More	"This family cemetery was located southwest of Birchin Lake and north of Wilcox Road in the controlled access danger area of Fort Pickett in what was Tract H-270 owned by John J. Christopher et ux. in 1944 (see Table 1 and Figure 1). It is marked as "relocated" on the 1944 map but not included on Godburn's list of cemeteries relocated to Butterwood Church (Godburn 1977: Appendix G). Although the information on the metal markers at Gills Bridge cannot be directly connected with this cemetery it is quite possible that these graves were relocated there as there are a number of markers at Gills Bridge with the "Christopher" surname (see Gills Bridge Cemetery). The location of this cemetery had not been verified at the time of this survey." Source; Fort Pickett Historic Cemeteries Brunswick, Dinwiddie & Nottoway Counties, Virginia Fort Pickett Cultural Resource Management Project 2005.06 Prepared by; Conservation Management Institute Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Cultural Resources Program 200 W 10th St, Pickett Park, Blackstone, VA 23824 Author: James G. Parker - February 2007 Works referenced by: Beverly A. Boyko, Wayne C.J. Boyko & Katherine E. Sutton; Terry Clouthier; Doug Colebum; Pamela Hurak; Clifton A. Huston, Charles M. Downing & Anne S. Beckett; Mary Cecilia Godburn; Matthew Laird; Michelle MacCarthy; Carol D. Tyrer, Jen Green & Matthew Laird; Len Winter, Brad Botwick & Debra A. McClane; Wayne Stith; Isham E. Hargrave. ***AVAILABLE at the Brunswick, Dinwiddie & Nottoway County Public Libraries

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