Cemeteries of the City of Newport News, formerly Warwick County, Virginia

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Prepared under the direction of the Hugh S. Watson Jr. Genealogical Society of Virginia, a priceless collection of rapidly vanishing tombstone inscriptions which date from the 1600 s to the present. In addition to the inscriptions, this work provides historical background, where available, about the individual cemeteries, the plantations and the surrounding settlements. Includes the family cemeteries of Cary, Cole, Curtis, Gambol, Garrow, Harwood, Lee, Maney, Wilber and Young. Mulberry Island cemeteries include the families of Crafford, Curtis, Fitchett and Nettles. Cemeteries "destroyed, moved, not found or access denied" have been described in historical sketches. Barry W. Miles and Gertrude Stead (1999), 2007, 8.5" x 11", paper, index, 164 pp.ISBN: 9780788443961 101-M4396 Show more