with Christian faith in a happy immortality. Erected to his memory by his son Henry C. Chambers, of Mississippi, A. D. 1859.

Copied by me from the tombstone in Lunenburg County about two miles southwest of Kenbridge on the 8th of October, 1911.

(signed) A. B. Dickinson.

NOTTOWAY COUNTY.

The Dupuy family lived for many generations on or near Flat Creek, from a time long antedating the formation of Nottoway County. In the burial ground of Captain James Dupuythe plantation now owned and occupied by James D. FowlkesI copied the following epitaphs from tombs in good state of preservation on April 5, 1895:

1. In memory of James Dupuy, descendant of the French Huguenots, and officer in the American Revolution, born May 5, 1758, died June 30th, 1823.

2. In memory of Mary, wife of James Dupuy, and daughter of William and Ann Purnell, born Mar. 13th, 1763, died Feb. 15th, 1828.

3. In memory of John Purnell Dupuy, born Feb. 22nd, 1790, died Dec. 27th, 1851.

4. Sacred to the memory of William J. Dupuy, born May 17, 1792, died December 13, 1853.

5. To the memory of William P. Dupuy, born Feb. 6th, A. D. 1819; died September 26th, 1829. (Also a verse)

6. To the memory of Alexander Dupuy, born June 7th, A. D. 1825, died October 18th, 1829.

7.

In memory of Robert Dickinson, born November 25th, 1767, died December 25th, 1818.

Here are also the graves and slabs of three infant children of R. E. and M. J. Shore. Mrs. Shore was an Eggleston, granddaughter of Captain James Dupuy.

Inscription on old tombstone on place near Blackstone:

Sacred to the memory of William B. Smith, born Jan. 18, 1817, died April 18, 1846.

At "Glenmore," the old seat of the Watson family in Nottoway (I don't know what name it bore in old times), there is this burying ground north of the house uninclosed and perhaps one hundred yards or more distant was a horizontal stone, im

ported from England, my great-grandma Robertson used to say, with the following inscription copied by me, April 5th, 1897:

Here lie the remains of Amy Watson, daughter of William and Amy Watson, who departed this life the 20th September, 1769 in the 18th year of her age. All the virtues, graces and shining accomplishments which adorn the sex were united in this amiable, young lady, to make her death sincerely regretted and her memory ever dear to her acquaintance.

At Hendersonville, one mile northwest of Nottoway C. H. in small wooden enclosure between the county road and railroad I copied the following inscription on May 4, 1906:

Sacred to the memory of James Henderson, a native of Scotland and, for upwards of sixty years, an inhabitant of this country, who departed this life the 8th day of November, 1817, aged eighty years.

May 7, 1889, I copied the following from the burial ground at "Mountain Hall," Nottoway, which is at the back of the garden west of the house and enclosed with a substantial stone wall (the work of Charles Hingston, an English stone-mason, who lived and did much work in Nottoway before the war).

1. Sacred to the memory of James Jones, M. D., graduate of the University of Edinburgh, born 11 December, 1772, died 25 April, 1848.

A man whose character none can contemplate without admiration or admire without profit. A statesman honored for his talents, erudition and patriotism. A christian deeply imbued with the spirit of the gospel. In the closing scene of life he exhibited the humble tranquil submission which religion inspires. His devoted wife erects this frail memorial to his virtues.

2. Maria Ann Jones, born Dec. 24th, 1798, died Nov. 24th, 1810.

3. Mary Frances Jones, born July 4th, died October 31st, 1799.

(Some verses below)

NOTE: The dates are not very distinct in the latter two. Flat slab over these graves.

There is also an upright tomb marking the grave of Mrs. Catherine Jones, widow of Dr. Jones, who died 1860, which I neglected to copy.

Major Richard Jones, of "The Poplars," left about a mile. and a half north of Nottoway Courthouse on the southern slope of a hill overlooking the Jones's old mill-pond on Woody Creek a family burial ground, now enclosed with an iron railing. I am informed that the house stood a few yards north of the graveyard, a site now marked by a walnut tree, some ten inches in

diameter. Across the old mill-road toward the southeast is a very large negro burying-ground. I copied, May 10, 1906, the following from the tombstones in the first-mentioned burial ground:

1. In memory of Sarah Campbell, daughter of Col. Freeman Epes, and wife of Dr. A. A. Campbell, of Nottoway County. Born March 23, 1793, and died Nov. 26, 1833. She was twenty years a member of the Methodist church, during which time her life was in strict conformity to the faith she professed.

Davidson fecit, Petersburg.

2. Mary J., wife of B. C. Jones, born April 2nd, 1814, and died August 6th, 1861. (This was copied for me and may not be entirely accurate.)

3.

Catherine Frances Fitzgerald, wife of George Fitzgerald, and daughter of Archibald A. Campbell, born July 22nd, 1817, and died Sept. 24, 1838.

4. Dr. John Patterson, born November 24th, 1800, and died August 31st, 1836.

5. Archibald Campbell, eldest son of Dr. John and Martha E. Patterson, born Dec. 15th, 1835, and died September 29, 1845, age 11 yrs. and nine months.

6. Hamlin E. Patterson, second son of Dr. John and Martha E. Patterson, born August 4th, 1835, and died March 5th, 1837.

7. Martha E. Patterson, wife of Dr. Jno. Patterson, mother of Archibald C. and Hamblin E., infants deceased, and daughter of Archibald A. and Sarah Campbell, was born September 3rd. 1812, died Sept. 27th, 1849.

8. In memory of Richard Tyree Bacon, born March 8th, 1821, and died September 27th, 1825.

9. Also an infant of Dr. A. A. Campbell, the date sunk be-. low the surface.

NOTE: I am informed that Dr. George S. C. Bacon, and his wife, who was a Jones, are buried here. Also Dr. Campbell and his son, Dr. Algie Campbell. The remains and tombstone of Hon. Thomas H. Campbell were taken from here and re-interred in the cemetery at Blackstone about 1903.

IN SHOCKOE CEMETERY, RICHMOND, VA.

Sacred to the Memory

of

Sam'l. Taylor

born in Cumberland Co., Va.

Sept. 15th, 1781

died in this city

Feb. 23rd, 1853..

In Memory of George E. Ward, M. D.
Son of William F. and Rebecca E. Ward
of Nottoway County, Virginia.
Born January 4th, 18-

Died March 25th, 1851.

Amelia Sherwin, wife of Dr. Henry A. Tatum
and daughter of Thomas Vivion Brooking,
born July 15th, 1804;
Died, May 11th, 1865.

Henry Augustus Tatum, M. D.
1798-1862.

Benjamin Watkins Leigh, born June 18th, A. D. 1781; died Feb. 2nd, A. D. 1849. This monument is erected to his beloved and honored memory by his wife, Julia Leigh.

Julia Leigh, wife of Banjamin Watkins Leigh,
born January 2nd, 1801, Died April 15th, 1883
(other side) Daughter of John Wickham

In memory of Major Benjamin Watkins Leigh, Jr.
Born January 18th, 1831.

Died on the field of Gettysburg
July 3rd, 1863.

In memory of Elizabeth Wickham Fry
wife of Chas. Meriwether Fry
born May 5, 1824

Died Jan. 13, 1895.

Also three infant children of Mr. Leigh.

OBITUARIES.

Death of Mrs. Martha Bibb, wife of Hon. George M. Bibb, and daughter of the late Gov. Charles Scott.-Richmond Enquirer, May 8, 1829.

Robert Dickinson, about fifty years of age, died in Nottoway County on December 25, 1818, and was buried at James. Fowlkes's. He was the father of Judge Asa Dickinson.

Mrs. Jane Anthony Miller, consort of Giles A. Miller, died February 23, 1854.-Richmond Enquirer, March 14, 1854. Mr. Buck Newman's family Bible says William Doswell was born 1799.

ARCHER.

GENEALOGICAL NOTES.

Vide Richmond Critic, May 19, 1889.

Richmond Enquirer, May 25, 1814, for obituary of Major Peter F. Archer who died at his seat near Scottsville, Powhatan County, April 25, in the fifty-eighth year of his age. He was the son of Colonel William Archer of Amelia-colonel of the Minute Men of that county-and began to serve under his father in 1776. Afterward he was in the Virginia corps of cadets at Philadelphia, 1776, under General Hugh Nelson. At Brandywine, his brother, Lieutenant Joseph Archer, was killed by a musket ball. His brother John, aide-de-camp to General Robert Lawson, while securing the public stores at Charlottesville, was run through the body several times and left for dead by Tarleton's cavalry. Subsequently his father was made prisoner in Amelia, carried to Portsmouth and died of smallpox. Peter F. Archer served as lieutenant in the Virginia Line under General Greene in the Southern Campaign.

He married Frances Tanner, daughter of Branch Tanner, Esq., of Chesterfield County. This lady brought him four sons and three daughters and died in 1797. Some years afterward he