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White Family Cemetery at Beaverdam Creek

Mechanicsville, Hanover County, Virginia, USA – *No GPS coordinates

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  • Old Cold Harbor Road
    Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111 United States

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Formerly located south of Ellerson's Mill near Beaverdam Creek, the White family burial ground, said to have been in use beginning about 1705, was located on the farmer lands of John White (d. 1744) who patented extensive acreage in Hanover County and whose property at the time extended to the eastern bank of Beaverdam Creek and its confluence with Chickahominy River.

The burial ground was adjacent the site of the Battle of Beaver Dam Creek and was subject to shelling, disturbing the grounds around the cemetery.

Its precise location has been lost to time. Some bodies were potentially reinterred elsewhere after the Civil War but there is no known burial record or gravestone reading of the cemetery itself.

Years of use: From about 1705 to about 1862.
Disposition: Destroyed.
Formerly located south of Ellerson's Mill near Beaverdam Creek, the White family burial ground, said to have been in use beginning about 1705, was located on the farmer lands of John White (d. 1744) who patented extensive acreage in Hanover County and whose property at the time extended to the eastern bank of Beaverdam Creek and its confluence with Chickahominy River.

The burial ground was adjacent the site of the Battle of Beaver Dam Creek and was subject to shelling, disturbing the grounds around the cemetery.

Its precise location has been lost to time. Some bodies were potentially reinterred elsewhere after the Civil War but there is no known burial record or gravestone reading of the cemetery itself.

Years of use: From about 1705 to about 1862.
Disposition: Destroyed.

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  • Added: 20 Nov 2022
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2765509