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The collection contains supporting documentation for the book James City County, Virginia Cemeteries . The documentation was originally housed in binders, which were disbound. The original order, however, remains. The collection
includes photographs, graphs, maps, history, newspaper articles and other descriptive information for all known cemeteries
in James City County, Va., including African-American cemeteries. The cemeteries were researched, photographed, and documented.
The collection also includes a manuscript of the book.
James City County, Virginia cemeteries : family, historical, Indian, military & slave Other Authors: Boelt, Frederick
W. 1940-, Higgs, Patricia V., Hull, Karol W., Kaufmann, Barbara W., Meyers, Terry L., 1944- Material Type: Book Language:
English Published: Yorktown, VA : John Henry Printing, Inc., 2011
Directions to Access James City County Property Information System
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 17 id263305
Primary Service Area (PSA) Map and Information Williamsburg Memorial Park
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 18 id263310
Resolution for 2005 Award
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 19 id263315
Release Form(?)
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 20 id263320
Contact at GIS System JCC Real Estate Assessments Office
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 21 id263325
Detailed Cemetery Map and Info for Williamsburg Memorial Park
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 22 id263330
List of JCC and City Williamsburg Elected Officials-Year Not Included
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 23 id263335
Intentions for Future Research in Williamsburg Memorial Parl and Eastern State Hospital
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 24 id263340
Forms for Use in Identifying Graves
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 25 id263345
Newspaper Article About the 1922 Rural Map at the Circuit Clerk's Office, Court House
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 26 id263350
Locator Map
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 27 id263355
Newspaper Article About Rerouting Rt. 60 Grove Area
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 28 id263360
Cemetery List by Kim Shockey, from TN for some SE Graveyards
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 29 id263365
Tools to Use to Record a Cemetery From the Internet, Rootsweb, etc.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 30 id263370
Correspondence and Grave Forms(?) and Project Description(?)
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 31 id263375
Books Titles and Dewey Decimal Numbers Used in Research From City Williamsburg Library
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 32 id263380
Photos of Gravestones at Eastern State
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 33 id263385
Map and Some Names of Burials at James River Baptist Churhc North Side of Church and Info and Photos of Warburtons on South
Side of Church
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 34 id263390
Booklets of Burials in Cedar Grove; Pt. 1 and 2, and Colonial Williamsburg Cemeteries with Photos
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 35 id263395
Copy of Article from Rootsweb, Regarding Old Tombstones in York and James City County, William & Mary Quarterly, Vol. 2, No.
2
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 36 id263400
2003 Owner Proposed Land Use Map Changes
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 37 id263405
Additional Info and Notes on JCC Cemetery Project
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 99 id263425
Olive Branch 175th Anniversary DVD, October 26, 2008
Mixed Materials Box: 4 id263440
Box 4
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id263410
Newspaper Article from 2004 about Frederick Boelt from VA Gazette
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id263415
Photo Proofs of Cemeteries
Scope and Contents
Includes Barnes Rd., Jones Sherman, Robb-Taylor, Jamestown Presbyterian, Cowlesville, Variety Grove, Sunnyside, Martin, Fred
Boelt-Perkins, Hankins, James City Chapel, Brickbat Church (aka Jerusalem Baptist Church), Spencer-Cowles, James City Chapel
(II[?]), Slater/Stewart, Busch Gardens-French Parking Lot, Jamestown Island, Jimmerson, Waltrip Booker, Lewis, Jamison, Wallace
(aka Jerusalem Baptist Cemetery, aka Brickbat Church), Hill Pleasant Farm, Jones-Nunn, Hicks Island, Allen Family, Cemetery
at Peach Park, Chickahominy Baptist Church (Originally Episcopal Church Site), 5 Forks, Busch Gardens French Parking Lot (II[?]),
Travis, Jamestown, Jamestown Presbyterian Church, Lewis, Zion, Richardson, Freedom Park, W.A. Thompson Family, Thompson at
JRBC, King of Glory Lutheran Church, and Marston Family Cemetery-Roslyn Farm.
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id263420
Miscellany
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id256692
Olive Branch DVD
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5 id263450
Manuscript Title Page
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id263455
Dedication, Table of Contents, and Forward
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id263460
Acknowledgements
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id263465
Introduction
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id263480
Allen-Taylor Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 10 id263485
Armstead Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 11 id263490
Billups Grave Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 12 id263495
Boswell Graves and Slave Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 13 id263500
Bradby-Canaday Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 14 id263505
Burnett-Hazelwood Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15 id263510
Bush-Branch Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 16 id263515
Carter's Grove Plantation Burials
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 17 id263520
Civil War Burial Sites Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 18 id263525
Coleman-Jones Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 19 id263530
Cowles-Spencer-Durand Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 20 id263535
Cowlesville Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 21 id263540
Dicie Hill Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 22 id263545
Drewry Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 23 id263550
Eggleston Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 24 id263560
Fort MaGruder Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 25 id263565
Freedom Park Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 26 id263570
Governor's Island Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 27 id263580
Hankins Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 28 id263585
Hankins Family and Slave Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 29 id263595
Harris Familiy Cemetery and Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 30 id263600
Hazelwood, Henry Jiles Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 31 id263605
Hazelwood-Jones Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 32 id263610
Hazelwood, Robert L. Gravesite Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 33 id263615
Hicks-Otey Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 34 id263620
Howard Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 35 id263625
Hubbard Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 36 id263630
Jamestown Island Burial Sites Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 37 id263635
Jamison Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 38 id263640
Jester Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 39 id263645
Jimmerson Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 40 id263650
Jones Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 41 id263655
Jones, Matilda Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 42 id263660
Jones-Nunn Family Cemetery
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 43 id263665
Lewis Family Cemetery
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 44 id263670
Lightfoot-Henley Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 45 id263675
Marston Family and Slave Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 46 id263680
Martin Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 47 id263685
Moore Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 48 id263690
Murdoch-Austin Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 49 id263555
Flemming Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 id276640
Box 5
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id263695
New Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id263700
Nightengale-Bulifant Family Cemetery
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id263705
Pasbehegh Indian Burials Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id263710
Peleg's Point Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id263715
Perkins Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6 id263720
Richardson Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7 id263725
Richardson Family Cemetery Section 2(?)
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8 id263730
Robb-Taylor Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9 id263735
Russell Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10 id263740
Saddletown Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11 id263745
Scott Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 12 id263750
Slater-Stewart Familiy Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 13 id263755
Spencer Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 14 id263760
Sweeney Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 15 id263765
Taylor-Canaday Family and Jackson Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 16 id263770
Taylor Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 17 id263775
Taylor Gravestone Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 18 id263780
Thompson Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 19 id263785
Travis Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 20 id263790
Utopia Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 21 id263795
Variety Grove Slave Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 22 id263800
Wade-Curtis Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 23 id263805
Waltrip-Booker Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 24 id263810
Warburton Family Graves Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 25 id263815
Ware Gravesite Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 26 id263820
Warren Family Cemetery
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 27 id263825
Wheatland Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 28 id263830
Wilson Family Cemetery Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 29 id263835
Further Graves in Williamsburg Section
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 30 id263840
Global Positioning System Raedings For Some James City County Cemeteries Section