Baskerville - Dennis Family Cemetery
This African-American cemetery is located approx. 500 ft south of Forksville Road, at a point 1 mi east of Tanner Town Road. This cemetery is approx 50 ft. x 50 ft. There is no obvious evidence of graves other then the ones listed here and one obvious grave marked only by a fieldstone. The physical address of the wooded gravel path leading to the cemetery would be 1368 Forksville, Road, Brodnax, VA 23920.
Latitude:36º 45' 36.5" N   (36.760139)
Longitude:78º 0' 19.3" W   (-78.005361)
Transcribed:2019



Ruth ? Howard? ?, 1895 —9 - ? - 1988

Jesse Baskerville5 Aug 1898 —30 Sep 1966

Hilda Baskerville? - ? - 1903 —? - ? - 1966

Josephine A. Hill12 Mar 1900 —2 Aug 1975

Nancy J. Baskerville8 Apr 1862 —15 Aug 1919wife of
Rev. J.L. Baskerville
I will soon be where the wicked
Cease from troubling and the
Weary are at rest.



Annie Banks1871 —1921wife of
Rev. J.C. Dennis
Asleep in Jesus
Husband's middle initial could be incorrect on this stone. A Rev. John O. Dennis is buried here also.



John Baskerville8 Jan 1896 —23 May 1958Virginia
Pvt
U S Army
World War I
This is a govt. issued military headstone.



Lucy E. Baskerville1905 —1966

John Henry Baskerville3 Dec 1927 —2 Jan 1993Pvt
U S Army
World War II
This is a govt. issued military headstone.



Minerva B. Dennis1904 —1976

Rev. John O. Dennis26 Oct 1865 —28 Apr 1925

John O. Dennis Jr.21 Dec 1897 —22 May 1933

 

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