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Yancey Family Cemetery This is the oldest known burial ground of the Yancey Family. This family cemetery is located on the grounds of the "Arlington" the home lived in by Lewis Davis Yancey, and his wife Mildred Winifred Kavanaugh, along with their children. It should be noted that Lewis Davis Yancey acquired this land, a total of 20,000 acres from his father-in-law Philemon Kavanaugh, and Mr. Kavanaugh’s wife, Sarah Williams. Philemon Kavanaugh was awarded a 40,000 land grant in 1710, and passed along 20,000 acres to Lewis Davis at the time of his marriage to their daughter. Also important to note here is that some of the property, at least 300 acres of it was still owned by the Yancey family until 1939, when the last Yancey to own the home, J. P. Yancey lost it to the Commonwealth of Virginia. The amount of indebted taxes with interest and penalty was under three dollars ($3.00). What a sacrifice that must have been. J.W. Yancey, in 1910, built the huge concrete wall around the cemetery. His son was J.P., who lost the home in 1939. The property has never been back in the hands of any Yanceys since that time. There is a Deed of Reservation for the family cemetery, and actually, the family cemetery is still an active one which means that Yanceys can still be buried there. It is believed that there is no more room on the inside of the concrete wall, however, the Yancey family does have land, located on the Arlington property and a right-of-way running straight up the existing driveway. The cemetery measurements are 140’ x 140’. The cemetery is only to house Yanceys and their descendants, forever, as this deed runs with the land. The Deed itself is located in the Culpeper County Courthouse, Deed Book 45 at Page 348. It is known that many, many Yancey families had problems with former owners, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Levy. Mr. Levy tried very hard to not allow ‘Yanceys" on his property, nor access to the cemetery. Legal action became necessary. The Levy’s allowed pigs to run in the cemetery causing massive damage to the stones there and to the concrete walls and steps in and from the cemetery. It wasn’t until the current owners, Mr. and Mrs. Craig Malloy bought the property, that an actual "restoration" has begun. The Malloys paid a great price for the property and home, as well as the outbuildings, and their intentions seem genuine to restore the home to its proper and dignified state. The Arlington home is in bad shape, however, they are prepared to take the time and steps to make Arlington into what it once was and promises to be once again. Please note that all stones are in very bad shape. Buried in the cemetery that I could identify are those of: Lewis Davis Yancey [not all children are mentioned on this stone] ------------------------- Charles Yancey ------------------------- Thomas Yancey ------------------------- Major Yancey ------------------------- Susan T. Yancey ------------------------- In memory of ------------------------- In memory of ------------------------- Our father ------------------------- In memory of Florence M. Yancey [note – there is no date after 19__, this is not a typo] -------------------- Edward D. Yancey ------------------------- Charles Kavanaugh
Yancey [the rest of the stone is illegible] ------------------------- William Banks Died Nov. 2, 18__ [the rest of date and the rest of the stone are illegible] ------------------------- Ethel May YANCEY ------------------------- Sarah A. Wiggington ------------------------- Hamilton May 29, 1922 -------------------- Susan Elizabeth
Wiggington ------------------------- These headstone were transcribed by me. Most of the stones are down on the ground. I have done the best that I could do under the circumstances. This has been reviewed twice, and I have not found any errors that I would be passing along. It should be noted that most of the headstones were accompanied by footstones, yet I am not sure which ones belonged to which due to the fact that most of the stones have been moved from their original locations. Less than a handful had initials on the footstones. I am awaiting the photographs to come back to be able to double check my chart here with the photographs. There were photos taken of every stone (at least two), in order to make sure that all were there and accounted for. There may be unmarked stones that I am not aware of, but please know that the undergrowth was tremendous and I was somewhat hurried. I will be returning, most likely within the next two weeks for the beginning of my second visit. If anyone would like to donate money to the Yancey Family Cemetery Trust for improvements, including a rod iron fence encumbering the entire plot of the cemetery with a gate, or help with defraying costs of the old concrete wall, tree removal, etc., please contact: Susan Williams, Trustee, 214 Park Avenue, Culpeper, Virginia 22701 or at her home telephone (540) 829-1099. Susan has helped me a lot. I will be helping her once a month after the initial clean up of the cemetery. I will be helping her with that as well. This information is not intended for the use of anything but for family use. It is not intended for publication other than private, and may NOT be used for any type of financial gain. It is here to help others with their quest for information and to proudly share our heritages with them, no other reason. Thank you. Julie K. Yancey email: julie@visuallink.com
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