Park View in Portsmouth, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

War of 1812 Veterans buried in this Cemetery

Portsmouth War of 1812 Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, April 10, 2026

1. Portsmouth War of 1812 Memorial Marker

Inscription.
Private Michael Anderson • Captain John N. Ashton, Jr. • Private Richard W. Baugh • Private Beverly Bayton • Private Ariel B. Benthall • Private William Benthall • Colonel George S. Blow • Private Samuel B. Browne • Private William H. Burton • Private Charles Cassell • Private John A. Chandler • Private Charles Clark • Private Buller Cocke • Sergeant Nathaniel Cocke • Lieutenant William H. Cocke • Private Mordecai Cooke • USN Officer Alexander Cunningham • Captain Arthur Emmerson III • Private Charles A. Grice • Private Daniel Hall • First Sergeant James Jarvis • Quarter Master William M. Jones • Gunner George Marshall • Sergeant William Moffat, Jr. • Private Charles S. Myers • Carpenter Zachariah Owens • Midshipman Hugh N. Page • Lieutenant Robert D. Page • Private Robert Peed • Midshipman Alexander B. Pinkham • Sailing Master James B. Potts • Private James R. Reed • Private John Rutter (Rutten) • Surgeon Joseph J. Schoolfield • Private Thomas Scott • Corporal Benjamin Spratley • Qtr Master Sgt Thomas R. Swift • Private John Talbot • Private

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Robert H. Tatem • Sailing Master William Tee • Captain John Thompson • Major Dempsey Watts • Private Samuel Watts • Private William R. Whidbee • Assist Surg Thomas S. Williamson • Private John H. Wingfield • Sergeant William D. Wood

Erected 2011 by Cedar Grove Cemetery Foundation; Virginia State Society Daughters of 1812; the War of 1812 Society.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War of 1812.

Location. 36° 50.276′ N, 76° 18.47′ W. Memorial is in Portsmouth, Virginia. It is in Park View. It can be reached from Fort Lane north of London Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. The marker is located in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 301 Fort Lane, Portsmouth VA 23704, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Virginia’s Hampton Roads,

specifically 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

Portsmouth War of 1812 Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, April 10, 2026

2. Portsmouth War of 1812 Memorial

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 the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Arthur Emmerson (here, next to this marker); Captain Hugh Nelson Page (here, next to this marker); Captain Arthur Emmerson (here, next to this marker); Thomas Williamson, M.D. (within shouting distance of this marker); Lieutenant William H. Cocke (within shouting distance of this marker); Captain John Julius Guthrie (within shouting distance of this marker); Colonel James Gregory Hodges (within shouting distance of this marker); Captain William Tee (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Portsmouth.

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, April 10, 2026

3. Portsmouth War of 1812 Memorial

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, April 10, 2026

4. Portsmouth War of 1812 Memorial

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, April 10, 2026

5. Portsmouth War of 1812 Memorial

War of 1812 Heritage Trail image. Click for full size.

Photographed by C. Ryan Dodson, April 10, 2026

6. War of 1812 Heritage Trail

Cedar Grove Cemetery is part of the Virginia War of 1812 Heritage Trail.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 7, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 28, 2026, by C. Ryan Dodson of Danville, Virginia. This page has been viewed 16 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 28, 2026, by C. Ryan Dodson of Danville, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.