Ridgeway Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Aspen, Charlotte County, Virginia, USA
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church founded in 1876 by Rev. Abel Davis.
According to his grandaughter, Lorna Hassell, Abel Davis was a slave on Ridgeway Plantation in Roanoke District, owned by the Carringtons. Shortly before the end of the Civil War, Mr. Carrington told his slaves that they were free and owned by no one but themselves. He told them that they weren't Carringtons, so they should choose new names. Some of them took Davis and others took Canada as their new surnames. During slavery the Carrington slaves attended Presbyterian services at nearby Roanoke Church.
Abel Davis already had a reputation as a preacher among his people, and after freedom he continued preaching. Finally, Mrs. Carrington went to him and told him that if he was going to continue preaching he needed a church; she offered to give him an acre of Ridgeway plantation if he would build a church. The result was Ridgeway Presybeterian.
In the late 20th century the congregation merged with Gethsemane United Presybeterian church in Drakes Branch, and the church building was abandoned. It fell into disrepair and was razed several years ago, but the cemetery remains and is still in limited use. It is located on Coles Ferry Road (Route 649) in the Aspen area of Charlotte County. There are maybe a dozen unmarked graves --- some have fieldstones, others probably had wooden markers that rotted. There are 27 marked headstones or metal markers; the list follows (I have tried to group the names as the graves are grouped).
Kathy Liston
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church founded in 1876 by Rev. Abel Davis.
According to his grandaughter, Lorna Hassell, Abel Davis was a slave on Ridgeway Plantation in Roanoke District, owned by the Carringtons. Shortly before the end of the Civil War, Mr. Carrington told his slaves that they were free and owned by no one but themselves. He told them that they weren't Carringtons, so they should choose new names. Some of them took Davis and others took Canada as their new surnames. During slavery the Carrington slaves attended Presbyterian services at nearby Roanoke Church.
Abel Davis already had a reputation as a preacher among his people, and after freedom he continued preaching. Finally, Mrs. Carrington went to him and told him that if he was going to continue preaching he needed a church; she offered to give him an acre of Ridgeway plantation if he would build a church. The result was Ridgeway Presybeterian.
In the late 20th century the congregation merged with Gethsemane United Presybeterian church in Drakes Branch, and the church building was abandoned. It fell into disrepair and was razed several years ago, but the cemetery remains and is still in limited use. It is located on Coles Ferry Road (Route 649) in the Aspen area of Charlotte County. There are maybe a dozen unmarked graves --- some have fieldstones, others probably had wooden markers that rotted. There are 27 marked headstones or metal markers; the list follows (I have tried to group the names as the graves are grouped).
Kathy Liston
[email protected]
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- Added: 4 Dec 2012
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2475797
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