The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
NameHONORABLE George RUFFIN ®2710
Birth1765, Prince William County, Virginia, USA ®2710
Death1810 ®2710
FatherHONORABLE Edmund RUFFIN (1744-1807)
MotherJane SKIPWITH (->1765)
Misc. Notes
He represented Prince George County in the House of Delegates from 1803 to 1805. ®2710
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Ruffin Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Ruffin graveyard at Coggin’s Point:
1937 May 26
Research made by Jennie S. Harrison

Cemetery Location: 4 miles east of Hopewell, Virginia, on Highway #10; thence
1.5 miles north on Route #641; thence 3 miles north of Route
#641, on a private road.
Prince George Co., Virginia


DATE:

1844, date of oldest grave. [marker]

OWNERS:

Hon. Edmund Ruffin owned the estate, on which this graveyard is located, at the
time of his death in 1807. It was inherited by his son, George Ruffin, then it
was inherited by his son Edmund Ruffin (of the War Between the States) then it
was inherited by his son, Edmund Ruffin, Jr. It was then inherited by his son,
George C. Ruffin. The heirs of George C. Ruffin sold it to Kate L. and William
W. Mays, on October 1, 1902, who sold it to David Dunlop, Jr., on October 21,
1902, who sold it to George W. and Josephine S. Endicott on August 14, 1909, who
sold it to Sally Herndon and G. A. Walker on December 30, 1910, who sold it to
Edgewood Realty Corporation on November 1, 1913, who sold it to E.B. and Mary P.
Kelly on March 1, 1923, who sold it to Richard Crane of Westover, the present
owner, on April 22, 1925. [1937]

DESCRIPTION:

This graveyard is on a hill overlooking Powell’s Creek, located in the edge of
an oak forest. It is a beautiful spot nestled closely under the branches of an
oak tree, whose trunk measures six feet and four inches in diameter. The
grounds are nicely cleaned and enclosed with a barbwire fence. There are eight
tombstones and several sunken spots which indicate there were other graves.
Spouses
Misc. Notes
She married her cousin. ®2710
Family ID962
Birthca 1765
Deathaft 1813 ®240
Misc. Notes
She married her cousin. ®2710
Family ID963
Marriage19 Sep 1799, Surry County, Virginia, USA ®2710
ChildrenEdmund (1794-1865)
 Jane S. (1800-1870)
 George (>1799-?)
Last Modified 3 Aug 2013Created 9 Mar 2018 using Reunion v12.0 for Macintosh
Created 1 April 2018 by David L. Moody

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