North Newport News , Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
The Cemetery
The Civil War at Endview
| | A living history museum | |
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 11, 2008
1. The Cemetery Marker
Located near a circa 1630 house site, this graveyard has held the mortal remains of the Harwood family and other persons since the seventeenth century. Southern plantations typically had a private plot containing the graves of several generations of family members. However, the Endview cemetery has only a few markers left that clearly identify the deceased.
Humphrey K. Harwood was the nephew of the last Harwood who owned Endview Plantation and the first cousin of Dr. Humphrey Harwood Curtis, Jr. Humphrey Harwood is buried here with his wife Lucy (who died in childbirth), sons Daniel and Newton, and daughter Ellen. The three childrens graves underscore the high childhood mortality rate in the antebellum era.
Sidebar: John L. Harwood, the brother of Humphrey K. Harwood, was a Confederate veteran. Harwood enlisted on May 27, 1861, in Company H of the 32nd Virginia Infantry Regiment. His cousin, Dr. Curtis, organized and drilled Company H on Endviews lawn. Private Harwood was slightly wounded at Antietam on September 17, 1862, and was later captured at Saylors Creek on April 6, 1865. He died in Norfolk, Virginia in 1890.
Erected by Endview
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1850.
Location. 37° 12.627′ N, 76° 34.046′ W. Marker is in Newport News, Virginia. It is in North Newport News. It can be reached from Yorktown Road (Virginia Route 238) south of Lebanon Church Road, on the right when traveling north. Marker is on the grounds of the Endview living history museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 364 Yorktown Rd, Newport News VA 23603, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Virginias Peninsula, in Hampton Roads, in Coastal Virginia, and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Tidewater, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 11, 2008
2. Marker at the Endview Plantation
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Virginia Indians (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Endview Plantation (about 600 feet away); Endview (about 600 feet away); The Dairy House (about 700 feet away); a different marker also named Endview (approx. Ό mile away); a different marker also named Endview (approx. Ό mile away); Lebanon Church (approx. Ό mile away); Aviation Field Yorktown (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Newport News.
Other markers no longer nearby. The Endview Spring (was about 500 feet away but has been permanently removed); The Endview Landscape (was about 600 feet away but has been permanently removed); The Dairy Building (was about 800 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
More about this marker. The sidebar on the left of the marker contains a photograph by Gary Borland, TBE Group, Inc. of the grave of John L. Harwood.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Markers
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 11, 2008
3. The Endview Cemetery
Only a few grave stones remain in the cemetery at Endview.
Also see . . . History of Endview Plantation. Endview Plantation website. (Submitted on March 1, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 11, 2008
4. The grave of John L. Harwood
This is the grave that is mentioned in the sidebar of the marker.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 1, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,575 times since then and 34 times this year. Last updated on February 15, 2026, by Evan Dwyer of Richmond, Virginia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 1, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
