Gruesome discovery made underneath a "Lincoln oak" tree

[BettyO]

Gene -

They could have been church oriented OR family oriented. I know for a fact that a LOT of the old farms and plantation houses both around here where I live and in other rural areas in Virgina and Maryland had their own private family cemeteries a short distance from the house.

The Watt House right down the road here at Cold Harbor had their private family cemetery almost right in their front yard practically. It's still there!
The cemetery at Granville Tract where Powell lived while serving with Mosby also has a family cemetery right across the yard and field.... Lewis' girlfriend's younger sister, Alice, is buried there with her family.