Genealogy

Final Resting Place of William C Richmond

ByTerri August 19, 2016August 14, 2016

I can find the final resting place of William C Richmond on Find a Grave. Like many genealogists I use sites like Find A Grave and Billion Graves to see photo’s of the final resting place of their ancestors. For some, seeing the photo might be enough. For me, I need to visit these places and pay my respects to them. To me it’s making the connection from their generation to mine.

While in West Virginia, I had a few cemeteries on my to do list, and I had been to all of them before. For this visit, I added a few new cemeteries in the area the Richmond family came from. The most important one was the Bragg Cemetery. It is where my Revolutionary War Soldier (and thanks to him, my DAR ancestor), William C Richmond is buried.

I had found out on-line that his stone had been changed. The original stone had the wrong regiment on it. I am not sure if that is why it was changed, but I am glad that the original stone is preserved at Richmond Rustic Cabins (this was originally land that belonged to William C. Richmond).

Thanks to a descendant that still lives on the property, I was able to view both stones.

2nd Headstone of William Cody Richmond, Bragg Cemetery, Sandstone, WV ©Terri O'Connell 2016 — 2nd Headstone of William Cody Richmond, Bragg Cemetery, Sandstone, WV
©Terri O’Connell 2016

Original headstone for William Cody Richmond, on display at Richmond Rustic Cabins. ©Terri O'Connell 2016 — Original headstone for William Cody Richmond, on display at Richmond Rustic Cabins. ©Terri O’Connell 2016

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Terri O’Connell is a professional genealogist in the Chicago area, focusing on Midwestern United States Genealogy, with a main focus in Illinois and a special interest in Irish research. She is also the owner of Cruise Planners – O’Connell Cruise and Travel, a full service travel company. Their mission is to encompass the full family: vacations, reunions, and history travel. Terri is a travel enthusiast with a passion for genealogy and enjoys bringing the two together to assist her clients in their travel needs. You can find Terri online at www.facebook.com/cruiseplannersoconnell, www.facebook.com/tracingmyfamily.

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Sondra Richmond Mccain says:

September 19, 2017 at 11:25 am

Hi My name is Sondra McCain(Richmond) I believe I am descendent of Wm Cody Richmond. I think his son born 1779 is my link. His son Samuel David settled in Tenneessee and fathered Thomas Jefferson, my great grandfather. Thomas Jefferson was father to James Franklin who was father to my dad William Fletcher. Thomas and son James both moved to Arkansas just after my dad was born in Tenneessee. John married a ????, Samuel married a Mary???, Thomas Jerrson married a Sarene Webb, James Franklin married a Mattie Lawson, and Wm Fletcher married a Lillie Gipson. I was raised in Oklahoma.

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1. Terri says:
  
  September 19, 2017 at 1:45 pm
  
  The son born in 1779 is John. Unfortunately, I have not completed any research on John or his son. The WV Culture website has many records online for free. If you have not looked there,it would be a good place to start for some of the wholes you have listed above (unless you did that from memory and the ?’s are just names you could not remember at the moment).
  
  Its always good to connect with a cousin, no matter how distant!
  
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