Shockoe Cemetery
Information about Shockoe Cemetery in Richmond, VA during the Civil War

Written Accounts

1896-02-15, Richmond Planet; more on controversy over the burial of a “colored mammy” at Shockoe Cemetery
1896-03-21, Richmond Planet; editorial comment on “colored cemeteries” – notes the lack of outrage about the “desecration of the burial ground on Poor-house Hill, North 5th Street”
1898-08-16, Richmond Dispatch; Shockoe Cemetery has gotten so overgrown that the grave of John Marshall cannot be found. City council taking action
1899-06-29, Alexandria (Va.) Gazette; report of the neglected condition of John Marshall’s grave in Shockoe Cemetery has led to a proposal to remove the grave to Hollywood.
1899-08-10, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond;” part four of serial account. Describes John Minor Bott’s stay in “a negro jail in Lombard Alley” [Castle Godwin], the economic situation in Richmond, the Battle of First Manassas
1900-03-11, Richmond Times; lengthy description of Shockoe Cemetery, history and current conditions
1900-06-02, Richmond Dispatch; complaint to City Council about the “neglected condition” of Shockoe Cemetery – cemetery responds by declaring that the condition is the fault of the section-owners
1900-06-02, Richmond Times; complaint of two “trash piles” at Shockoe Cemetery
1900-07-17, Richmond Dispatch; workers at Shockoe are nominated to be retained because “it was very important to have a man thoroughly acquainted with the ranges and sections in the cemetery, so that no mistake might occur in locating graves, the books no
1900-08-12, Richmond Times; City Council committee on cemeteries visits Shockoe, Oakwood and Hollywood – little doubt that Shockoe will “undergo many improvements” soon

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