Tappahannock in Essex County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Blake-Brockenbrough Cemetery
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 26, 2021
1. Blake-Brockenbrough Cemetery Marker
Inscription.
Blake-Brockenbrough Cemetery. . This was the family burying ground of Benjamin and Elizabeth Blake who lived nearby on Prince Street. Their graves on the left-hand (north) side date to the early 1830s. Their daughter, Frances Blake married eminent physician and Virginia Delegate, Dr. Austin Brockenbrough in 1824. The couple's home was the McCall-Brockenbrouogh House, now incorporated into St. Margaret's School. Six of their eight children also are buried here, including Gabriella Brockenbrough Chinn, mother of Virginia Supreme Court Justice, Joseph William Chinn and her Confederate veteran broothers, Capt. Austin Brockenbrough, Jr., who died at the Battle of Gettysburgh in 1863 and Benjamin Blake Brockenbrough.
This was the family burying ground of Benjamin and Elizabeth Blake who lived nearby on Prince Street. Their graves on the left-hand (north) side date to the early 1830s. Their daughter, Frances Blake married eminent physician and Virginia Delegate, Dr. Austin Brockenbrough in 1824. The couple's home was the McCall-Brockenbrouogh House, now incorporated into St. Margaret's School. Six of their eight children also are buried here, including Gabriella Brockenbrough Chinn, mother of Virginia Supreme Court Justice, Joseph William Chinn and her Confederate veteran broothers, Capt. Austin Brockenbrough, Jr., who died at the Battle of Gettysburgh in 1863 and Benjamin Blake Brockenbrough.
Location. 37° 55.762′ N, 76° 51.515′ W. Marker is in Tappahannock, Virginia, in Essex County. Marker is on Water Lane just south of Queen Street (U.S. 360), on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 218 Water Ln, Tappahannock VA 22560, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), June 26, 2021
2. Blake-Brockenbrough Cemetery Marker
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