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West Family Cemetery (Fort Pickett)

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Location	:	Blackstone, Nottoway County, USA
Description	:	"This family cemetery was located approximately 100 meters south of Wilcox Road and east of Range Road (Training Area 46) in what was Tract H-626 owned by Minnie V. Brown in 1944 (see Table 1 and Figure 1). It is marked as "relocated" on the 1944 map and included on Godburn's list of cemeteries relocated to Butterwood Church where 18 individuals are listed: Henry West, Mrs. Jane West, Miss Rebecca West, Sallie West and 14 Unknowns (Godburn 1977: G-7). The location is heavily overgrown but identifiable as a 25 meter square area containing approximately 12 east-west oriented grave depressions (Plate 24). There... Read More	"This family cemetery was located approximately 100 meters south of Wilcox Road and east of Range Road (Training Area 46) in what was Tract H-626 owned by Minnie V. Brown in 1944 (see Table 1 and Figure 1). It is marked as "relocated" on the 1944 map and included on Godburn's list of cemeteries relocated to Butterwood Church where 18 individuals are listed: Henry West, Mrs. Jane West, Miss Rebecca West, Sallie West and 14 Unknowns (Godburn 1977: G-7). The location is heavily overgrown but identifiable as a 25 meter square area containing approximately 12 east-west oriented grave depressions (Plate 24). There is no fence enclosure and the remains of an historic farmstead, dating from the 19th to early 20th century, are located east of the cemetery. This area was included in the Fort Pickett Cultural Resource Program's 2005.01 archaeological survey of the Range 20 and Wilcox Road project area (Boyko et al. in press)." 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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