Blog series
Cemetery Stories
The people buried in St. John’s churchyard, and the story of the churchyard itself.
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Cemetery Stories: Mary Pretty Hair and St. John’s Ministry at Hampton Institute
Between 1879 and 1890, our clergy officiated at thirteen burials of Native Americans at the Hampton University cemetery.
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Cemetery Stories: Conrad Wise Chapman
Along the perimeter of the cemetery as it existed in the early 20th century, in the far northwestern corner, you will encounter the modest gravesite of Conrad Wise Chapman.
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Twenty-Six Previously Unknown Graves Located in Cemetery
Mr. Housand located twenty-six previously unknown gravesites.
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Cemetery News: Cleaning and Restoring the 19th-Century Tombstones
For the past two months, Alan Haines has been cleaning, restoring, and, when possible, repairing the 19th century tombstones and monuments around the perimeter of the church.
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A Window on the Past: The Virginia Laydon Memorial Restored
Your Heritage Working Group invites you to view the restored memorial of Virginia Laydon, the first child born, in 1609, in the colony of Virginia in the new English-speaking world.
