Index to Locations Private or family graveyardsBoydtonPresbyterian CemeteryChase CityWoodland Cemetery Private or familygraveyards Mecklenburg County, Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Osborne Goode (1798-1859) — also known asWilliam O. Goode — of Boydton,MecklenburgCounty, Va.Born in Inglewood,MecklenburgCounty, Va.,September16, 1798.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1822, 1824-32, 1839-40, 1845-46, 1852;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30;U.S.Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1841-43, 1853-59;defeated, 1832; died in office 1859;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850.Slaveowner. Died in Boydton,MecklenburgCounty, Va.,July 3,1859 (age60 years, 290days).Interment in a private or family graveyard; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Samuel Goode (1756-1822) — of Virginia. Born inChesterfieldCounty, Va.,March21, 1756.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1778-85;U.S.Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1801.Slaveowner. Died inMecklenburgCounty, Va.,November14, 1822 (age66 years, 238days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
PresbyterianCemetery Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia
WoodlandCemetery Chase City, Mecklenburg County, Virginia
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Henry Jeffreys (1871-1938) — also known asWilliam H. Jeffreys — of Chase City,MecklenburgCounty, Va.Born in1871.Member ofVirginiastate senate, 1916-31 (25th District 1916-23, 7th District1924-31); mayor of Chase City, Va.Died in1938(ageabout67 years).Interment at Woodland Cemetery. | | R. L. Jeffreys (d. 1924) — of Clarksville,MecklenburgCounty, Va.; Chase City,MecklenburgCounty, Va.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1912(alternate),1920.Died in1924.Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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