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204    PERSON - MITCHEL - JEFFREY FAMILY

Location - off Warrenton-Embro Rd (SR-1509) about 1.3 miles from Hwy 58. GPS location is approximate.

Coordinates: 36d 22m 53.5s N; 78d 05m 20.4s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From Warrenton courthouse on Hwy 158 E Bus, travel 0.5 mile and turn right onto Hwy 58. Travel 2.2 miles and turn left onto SR 1509 (Warrenton-Embro Rd). Travel 1.3 miles to the dairy farm of the late Nick P. Hunt on the right. Travel 0.25 mile to the cemetery diagonally to the right of the home in a wooded area with dense periwinkle. There is an open grave known to have been open since the early 1900s. The interior wall is lined with large rocks - originally it was lined with marble slabs. Race-White

Note: Peter Mitchel, who emigrated from Scotland in 1797, established a mercantile business in Warrenton and owned Elgin Plantation four miles from Warrenton.

There are broken pieces of engraved stones with one possibly "our child".

1. Jeffrey, James   (b. Abt 1779 - d. 7 Apr 1815)
"A native of Scotland who departed this life 7th April 1815 in the 35th year of his age"
2. Mitchel, Peter   (b. Abt 1778 - d. 18 Sep 1846)
age 68 yrs. A native of Scotland (Masonic emblem)
3. Person, Elizabeth   (b. 20 Jan 1763 - d. 1 Mar 1813)
Sacred to the memory of
4. Person, William   (b. 19 Jul 1765 - d. 19 Apr 1856)
Sacred to the memory of