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Maj Philip Rootes

Birth	:	1694 Virginia, USA
Death	:	1756 King and Queen County, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Rosewall, Mattaponi, King and Queen County, USA
Description	:	FTM CD#174 "Virginia Vital Records #1, 1600s to 1800s" TOMBSTONE OF PHILIP ROOTES OF ROSEWALL By Rev. Arthur Gray, West Point, VA "Rosewall was situated about two miles above West Point on the Mattaponi river in King and Queen County. It was one of the many fine old mansions existing in this territory. Both Bishop Meade and Charles Campbell, the historian, said that this section was not excelled in Virginia for its wealth and culture, and the magnificence of the homes of many distinguished people. Of the Rootes family, it is recorded that a dancing master was employed for the daughters. There are... Read More	FTM CD#174 "Virginia Vital Records #1, 1600s to 1800s" TOMBSTONE OF PHILIP ROOTES OF ROSEWALL By Rev. Arthur Gray, West Point, VA "Rosewall was situated about two miles above West Point on the Mattaponi river in King and Queen County. It was one of the many fine old mansions existing in this territory. Both Bishop Meade and Charles Campbell, the historian, said that this section was not excelled in Virginia for its wealth and culture, and the magnificence of the homes of many distinguished people. Of the Rootes family, it is recorded that a dancing master was employed for the daughters. There are traces today of the private racetrack on the plantation. The Rootes's were known to have kept a finestring of race horses. Such homes as those of the Corbins, the Merediths, the Thorpes, the Robinsons, the Dudleys, the Taliaferros, the Moores, the Sutherlands, the Foxes, and the Ruffins were a short distance up and down the river. Today the neck of land between the two creeks where Rosewall was situated is entirely deserted. For many years the only activity in this neck has been the cutting of timber. During the last four or five years even that has not been done, and the roads into the place have so grown up that it is almost impossible to reach the site of the old home except by water. A hole in the ground represents the old cellar and a few bricks of the foundations may still be seen. About a hundred yards up the river from the site of the Mansion are traces of an old cemetery. By prodding here, in April of this year (1933), we came upon the above tombstone, broken in two pieces. These were dug from underneath the surface of the ground. No inscription at all was visible at first, but on turning over one fragment there was found to be a very clear inscription, as recorded above. The date "1757 and the age "63" are unmistakable. We made a second visit to this tomb to verify the figures. The date upon the stone is slightly at variance with records that have come down to us from that period. It reads as follows: Underneath this stone lays The Body of Philip Rootes August the 17, 1757 aged 63"

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Maj Philip Rootes death on 1756 in King and Queen County, Virginia, USA

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