Payne Family Cemetery Clifton in Warrenton, Virginia

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Get directions Warrenton, Virginia, USA

Coordinates: 38.74396, -77.84888
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This "Family Burying Ground" sits on a 400-acre private estate that was once called "Clifton", but has more recently become known as "Dunnottar" after the castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The address of the main living quarters is 7088 Dunnottar Lane (Warrenton VA) which connects to Cannonball Gate Road (VA 628). At the entrance to the estate, stand a pair of stone pillars, each with 3 Civil War cannonballs perched on top.

In 1932, roughly 100 of Captain William Payne's descendants gathered to build and dedicate the 9 by 12 foot stone wall as a memorial. Although there are 11 names listed on the bronze tablet, only 7 persons are buried within the 4-foot tall stone wall. There are no headstones remaining.