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Poorhouse Cemetery

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Location	:	Buckingham, Buckingham County, USA
Description	:	(1819-1887) According to "Stewards of the Poor: Buckingham's County Farm" by Joanne L. Yeck, published in the Aug 3, 2012 Buckingham Beacon, the Buckingham Poorhouse was first established in 1819 to provide for those poor, disabled, or elderly who were unable to care for themselves. At least some, perhaps most, of the indigents who died at the Poorhouse would have been buried in a cemetery established on or near the premises. "Year in and year out, paupers’ accounts were presented at Buckingham Courthouse. Blankets, shoes and, occasionally, coffins were provided for the county’s poor." The Poorhouse was located "about three miles... Read More	(1819-1887) According to "Stewards of the Poor: Buckingham's County Farm" by Joanne L. Yeck, published in the Aug 3, 2012 Buckingham Beacon, the Buckingham Poorhouse was first established in 1819 to provide for those poor, disabled, or elderly who were unable to care for themselves. At least some, perhaps most, of the indigents who died at the Poorhouse would have been buried in a cemetery established on or near the premises. "Year in and year out, paupers’ accounts were presented at Buckingham Courthouse. Blankets, shoes and, occasionally, coffins were provided for the county’s poor." The Poorhouse was located "about three miles east of Maysville, near Troublesome Creek, not far from today's State Route 665 (Fanny White Road) in the Octavia neighborhood." It was close to both Maysville and Buckingham Courthouse (now just Buckingham). This Poorhouse was not the same as the later one established in 1887. "In 1887, Rev. Spencer was still concerned with the welfare of the poor and proposed turning the poorhouse into a larger working farm, suggesting that the county purchase Wells Farm from Pattie B. Gantt. The price was $3,600, to be paid in five installments. Supervisors A.C. Garnett, Charles A. Scott, W.E. McCraw and E.G. Cobbs approved the purchase and, on July 11, 1887, the Buckingham clerk of court recorded the deed of conveyance from Mrs. Gantt to the county. The Wells Farm was five to six miles north of Buckingham Court House, adjoining the land of George W. Patteson, Thomas S. Bocock and others. This considerably larger poor farm, containing about 750 acres, was established on State Road 659 (Ransons Rd.), at Ripley’s Creek, near Walton’s Fork." This later Poorhouse, also known as a Poor Farm or County Home, had its own cemetery: "Remains of a graveyard off of Ransons Rd. (State Road 659) contain a few pauper burials; all are marked only by field stones. Spending public funds on tombstones would have been unthinkable." In 1850, Baptist Minister John Spencer was overseer of the Poorhouse and charged with caring for those living there. He served in this capacity for many years.

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