West Cemetery in Hampton, Virginia - Find a Grave Cemetery

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Get directions 11 Harlequin Drive
Hampton, Virginia, USA

Coordinates: 37.02577, -76.37706
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it is located "one half mile from Hampton high school on West Queen Street Road in back of Grist Mill housing development, formerly McDonalds Nursery Field."

Background: Benjamin West (1780-1836) was the founder of the cemetery. A plat which bears the date of 12/8/1880 was prepared by E. A. Semple of the Old Family Graveyard which shows the land of George B. West with the family graveyard. The plat shows the graveyard in the center surrounded by the lots of George B. West, John West, Wm. Jones, Robt. Hogg, G. Topping, John Saunders, Jno. Barnes, Wm. Mooting, R. A Davis, Robt. Davis and Wm. Turnbull. The graveyard was circled with 8 foot road. The entrance, with a gate, was between the property of Robt Davis and Wm. Turnbull. Reference is made to the deed from Book 1, Page 331.

The above was gotten from the book "Cemeteries of the City of Hampton, Virginia, formerly Elizabeth City County" author Barry Miles c.1999