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In addition to the three infants, this cemetery contains the remains of Col. John W. Gilliam and wife, Mary, of “Burnt Quarters,” and their daughter Mary Eliza Gilliam and her husband Capt. Robert Nathaniel Neblett, CWS f BCV, pp. 397-98. |
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| 12 Dec 1841 — | 20 Dec 1841 | Infant Daughter of
John W & Mary E.C. Gilliam
Was born at Burnt Quarter |
This has a beautifully carved rose on stone.
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| 11 Nov 1855 — | 28 Nov 1855 | Infant son of
R.N. & M.E. Neblett |
Stone depicts a carved lamb sleeping at base.
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| Col. John W. Gilliam | 10 Jun 1810 — | 15 Nov 1853 | Only son of
Samuel & Susan Gilliam
Who was born
At Poplar Hill Brunswick County
June 10, 1810
and died at Burnt Quarter
his residence in Dinwiddie
Nov 15, 1853
“Tho lost to sight to memory dear” |
Very large monument at least 8 ft tall, with detailed carvings a carved cross on top.
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| Mary Eliza Neblett | — | 2 Jun 1865 | Wife of R.N. Neblett
of Nottoway Co. Va
Died June 2, 1865
Aged 32 years
“This lovely flower so young so fair
Called home by early doom
Thus given to show how fair a flower
In paradise would bloom” |
This has a beautiful, large hands carved stone.
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| Robert N. Neblett | 1824 — | 1898 | Captain 1st Regiment Va
Artillery C.S.A. |
Monument is a large cross with footstone marked R.N.N.
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| Samuel Gilliam | July ?, 1846 — | Oct ?, 1847 | Son of John W & Mary E C Gilliam
Was born
at Burnt Quarter
Jul 1846
and died
Oct 1847 |
Dates worn and hard to read.
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