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Thornton Family Cemetery

Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia, USA

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Coordinates: 36.97756, -79.03354
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The Thornton Family Cemetery is located on the old Thornton family homestead on Golden Leaf Rd. (State Rd. 649) and Tobacco Rd. (State Rd. 647) in Nathalie, Halifax Co., VA.

The cemetery is located approximately 250 feet west-northwest of the main house, and is surrounded by an iron fence with cast iron corner posts featuring Doric column capped with acanthus leaves and elongated pyramids along with wrought iron arrow point balusters. The graveyard is covered by periwinkle (vinca minor), which has spread to an area encompassing an acre or more. Six marked graves (five with labeled stones) are located within the fenced enclosure and a number of graves (at least four, but likely more) marked with field stones are outside of the fence. Three of the graves (those of Rebecca Peters, Mary Peters, and Patrick Peters) within the fence are marked by marble box tombs, and the graves of Elvira and Charles Williams are marked by a single obelisk (made by Alexander Gaddess of Baltimore). At least one of the box tombs was made by John B. Gaddess of Lynchburg. All four of these markers have been damaged by fallen trees, which have recently been removed from the cemetery

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