Tinbridge Hill in Lynchburg, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
In Memory of Lucy Kirkwood Scott Hotchkiss
1904 - 2001
| | A Member of the Southern Memorial Association For Forty Years | |
August 14, 2021
1. In Memory of Lucy Kirkwood Scott Hotchkiss Marker
"Sugar Maple"
Great-granddaughter of
Lucy Mina Norvell Otey
Granddaughter of
Colonel Kirkwood Otey, CSA
and
Lucy Dabney Norvell Otey
President of the Southern Memorial Association,
1881-1913
Daughter of
Anne Norvell Otey Scott
President of the Southern Memorial Association,
1913-1948
In the 1880's Colonel Kirkwood Otey, a disabled Confederate veteran, and his wife, Lucy Norvell Otey, supervised the planting of the original sugar maple trees in the Confederate Section. Using his crutches, Colonel Otey packed dirt around the tree roots.
This maple tree was planted by the Southern Memorial Association in honor of Lucy Kirk Hotchkiss and the many generations of her family who cared for the Confederate Section and memorialized the soldiers who sleep there.
Erected 2001.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Horticulture & Forestry • War, US Civil • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1881.
Location. 37° 24.933′ N, 79° 9.43′ W. Memorial is in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is in Tinbridge Hill. It can be reached
this page online
Regionally, this memorial is in Central Virginia. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in 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 the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Ancient Sugar Maple Tree (here, next to this marker); Confederate Smallpox Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Women In Lynchburg's Confederate Hospitals (a few steps from this marker); The Confederate Section (a few steps from this marker); Lynchburg, Virginia (a few steps from this marker); Lucy Mina Otey and the Ladies' Relief Hospital (a few steps from this marker); Samuel Brice (Bryce) (a
August 14, 2021
2. In Memory of Lucy Kirkwood Scott Hotchkiss Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2021. This page has been viewed 356 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 18, 2021.
