Revolutionary Soldiers Graves

Revolutionary Soldiers Graves is a Virginia historical marker in Albemarle County, dedicated 1976.

Albemarle County · dedicated 1976 · Rte. 250, 50 feet west of intersection with Colonade Drive

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Jesse Pitman Lewis (d. March 8, 1849), of the Virginia Militia, and Taliaferro Lewis (d. July 12, 1810), of the Continental Line, two of several brothers who fought in the war for independence, are buried in the Lewis family cemetery 100 yards south of this marker.

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