For over 180 years the search for the treasure left by Thomas Jefferson Beale has fascinated treasure hunters far and wide. It has never been found and the three part code has not been deciphered. For a period of time in the mid 1900's the . . . — — Map (db m179652) HM
These roses have reached their final resting place! Originally, they were in the rose collection of nationally recognized rosarian Carl Porter Cato (1913-1996) of Lynchburg.
Through many years, he had salvaged cuttings or entire plants from . . . — — Map (db m74092) HM
This memorial arch marking the entrance to the Confederate Section was built in 1925 by the Southern Memorial Association. Lynchburg architect S. Preston Craighill designed the arch and specified "...good, clean rubble stone, with concrete center . . . — — Map (db m156586) HM WM
In this area are buried over 2200 Confederate soldiers from fourteen states, most of whom died in Lynchburg’s numerous military hospitals during the Civil War. From the first burial on May 19, 1861, until the last on September 19, 1868, undertaker . . . — — Map (db m155506) HM
In the dell toward the east is the Ronald V. Dolan Memorial Dovecote. A dovecote, or pigeon house, was a common and functional part of life in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Until the mid-1900's a dovecote stood not far from the Chapel, on . . . — — Map (db m179827) HM
These apple trees are antique varieties which are significant in the history of the State of Virginia as well as in apple propagation and development. They continue to be valued today for their hardiness, longevity and delicious fruit.
Duval . . . — — Map (db m179826) HM
In this area are buried seven early Mayors of the City of Lynchburg:
Samuel Jordan Harrison (1768-1846), Mayor 1808, 1814, 1817
John Schoolfield (1766-1831), Mayor 1811
William Morgan (1769-1842), Mayor . . . — — Map (db m179671) HM
In October, 1995, Hillside Garden Club won the prestigious Common Wealth Award from the Garden Club of Virginia for a proposed Information Gatehouse and expanded entry for the Old City Cemetery. The old brick gates, which had been designed by J. . . . — — Map (db m156587) HM
This historic brick wall is all that remains of the Cemetery's original enclosure, which was built in sections beginning in 1827, and extended almost one mile in length.
Most of the wall was demolished by the City of Lynchburg as it . . . — — Map (db m74058) HM
Horses and mules were essential to the operation of the Civil War, and bass numbers of animals were needed. Lynchburg, one of the four quartermaster depots for the Confederacy, was supplying General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. In . . . — — Map (db m74062) HM
Horses and mules were essential to the operation of the Civil War, and vast numbers of animals were needed. Lynchburg, one of the four quartermaster depots for the Confederacy, was supplying General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. In . . . — — Map (db m179832) HM
Shortly after this Veterans' Bench was completed, the following letter was received by Mrs. John H. Lewis, president of the Southern Memorial Association.
Lynchburg, Va., Dec. 22, 1931.
Mrs. John H. Lewis,
Lynchburg, . . . — — Map (db m179776) HM WM
Nearby are ten fieldstones marking the graves of members of the allied Whitlow and Bradley families, buried in their family graveyard between 1850 and 1925, and re-interred here in the Old City Cemetery in 1998.
The old family burying ground . . . — — Map (db m179825) HM
Uncle Sawney (died 1839) was the legendary ferryman of Lynch's Ferry, which crossed the James River near the present Ninth Street Hill.
Judging by Senator John Warwick Daniel's remarks in his Lynchburg Centennial Address in 1886, Uncle . . . — — Map (db m179758) HM
There are many thousands more people buried in this cemetery than there are existing tombstones. Records are not reliable and the location of graves is often speculative. Family records are pieced together from oral history and newspaper . . . — — Map (db m179756) HM
Veterans of
World War I
Buried in the Old City Cemetery
William Harrison Brooks, 1897-1918, Co. L, 330 Regiment Infantry, 82 Division; killed in action on the Meuse River, France •
Henry Brown, 1894-1949, Private, 510 Engineer . . . — — Map (db m179786) HM WM
Virginia M. Cabell Randolph (circa 1872-1962) was an early Negro educator in Lynchburg Public Schools, teaching for 30 years at Jackson Street Elementary School. After her retirement, she founded the Women's Community Club in 1933, which . . . — — Map (db m179679) HM
Among the many prominent early graduates of this institution are three ministers, all from classes circa 1904, who are buried nearby within a few hundred feet of each other. Their pastorates, however, were in Baptist churches across the United . . . — — Map (db m156591) HM
War of 1812 veterans buried in this historic cemetery
Private Parham Adams •
Private James Bailey •
Private Willis Butler •
Private Henry A Christain •
Private Henry Clark •
Matross Charles Cobbs •
Private John Conner • . . . — — Map (db m179656) HM WM
During the First World War, many people across the country knew Lynchhurg as “Lunchburg.” The City earned this nickname because of its famous Red Cross Canteen Service to soldiers traveling by train through Lynchburg. From 1917 to I919, . . . — — Map (db m74069) HM
Billy Rhodes was a well-known tailor and clothing "renovator" in Lynchburg, who died in 1886 and was buried here among the indigent poor (in the city's Potter's Field).
Rhodes was beloved by all, and was remembered for his colorful and . . . — — Map (db m179662) HM
”The whole course of our ordinary life was changed. All our usual avocations were at an end, and a new life began for women.” —Susan Leigh Blackford (1835-1916) Lynchburg nurse during Civil War The Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m156600) HM
The earthwork on the hilltop, two hundred yards to the east, was thrown up as a part of the system of defenses for Lynchburg, 1861-65. The city was an important supply base and railroad center. — — Map (db m54444) HM
The Megginson School was built here ca. 1923 for the African American students in the Pleasant Valley community, then part of Campbell County. Albert Megginson (1831-1923), formerly enslaved, purchased land in this area after the Civil War and later . . . — — Map (db m179861) HM
This was the site of a Confederate training camp and Union prisoner-of-war camp during the Civil War. Before Virginia seceded from the Union in April 1861, the population of Lynchburg doubled
with the influx of soldiers from
other parts of the . . . — — Map (db m155526) HM
Lucille Kent, born near here, was among the first
Virginia women to earn an instructor’s rating
in aeronautics. In 1939 she began teaching
meteorology, navigation, and civil air regulations
at E. C. Glass High School. During World War II,
she . . . — — Map (db m104433) HM
Trees planted 1920
In honor of World War dead
of Lynchburg, Virginia
Lonnie Joseph Bacon •
Howard Thornton Barger •
Charles Minor Blackford •
William Harrison Brooks •
Joseph Benjamin Brown •
J. Beverly Burks •
Robert Lewis . . . — — Map (db m229271) WM
More than 278 Civil War veterans are buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery. Three fought for the Union, and the rest served the Confederacy. Most are identified, but 43 are unknown. Some died in one of the 32 hospitals located in Lynchburg during the . . . — — Map (db m168948) HM
On the crest of the hill just to the south was a redoubt forming part of the defenses thrown up by General D. H. Hill, June, 1864. These works were held by General Imboden's cavalry. A military road was constructed to connect this point with Fort . . . — — Map (db m54445) HM
Helen McGehee was an internationally acclaimed dancer, choreographer, and teacher. From the 1940s until 1970, she was a leading performer in the Martha Graham Dance Company, which revolutionized American modern dance. Having studied Greek and Latin . . . — — Map (db m179615) HM
Internationally known author and humanitarian Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (1892-1973) graduated in 1914 from Randolph-Macon Women’s College, where she wrote for the college’s literary magazine. She was the author of more than 70 books, many of which . . . — — Map (db m54463) HM
Founded by Dr. William Waugh Smith in 1891 and opened in 1893 as a member of the Randolph-Macon System of Educational Institutions, this liberal arts college has been recognized from its opening year for its high standards of scholarship. The scenic . . . — — Map (db m54462) HM
In 1951, the National Gallery of Art established a secret emergency repository (Code named Project Y) for its distinguished collection of art on the campus of Randolph-Macon Woman's College. The specially designed reinforced concrete building, . . . — — Map (db m54464) HM
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