Other than a Xerox copy of the cemetery, there is little information on 'Poplar Plain'.

 

 

 

 

 

~ Interments ~
1.   Benedict Walker
      Son of Samuel and Mary Walker
      Who was Mary Stanley
      Was born in Westmoreland County Virginia
      October 17, 1783
      And Died at Poplar Plain
      August 8, 1861
      In the Seventy-eighth year
      Of his life
10.  William Middleton
      Son of
      William George Middleton and Elizabeth
      His wife
      Who was Elizabeth Sanford
      Was born in Westmoreland County
      February 12, 1845
      And died at Poplar Plain
      April 21, 1882
2.   Hannah
      Daughter of
      William Wright and Mary Presley
      His wife
      (Who was Mary Presley Claughton)
      Was born at Locust Hall
      April 4, 1803
      Married
      Benedict Walker
      January 20, 1825
      And died May 4, 1883
11.  In Memory of
      Hannah Elizabeth
      Daughter of
      Benedict and
      Hannah Wright Walker
      Born at Poplar Plain
      October 16, 1844
      Married to
      William Middleton Walker
      February 21, 1869
      Died at Montross
      March 31, 1934
3.   Harriet
      Daughter of W.M. and C. Walker
      And twin sister of Juliet, his wife
      Born April 19, 1860
      Died August 3, 1880
12.  William Wright Walker
      Son of W. W. and C. R. Walker
      Born at Poplar Plain
      August 29, 1855
      Entered into Rest
      January 7, 1891
4.   Clara Rebecca
      Daughter of
      Cyrus and Juliet Harding
      And wife of W. W. Walker
      Born September 24, 1832
      Died December 27, 1881
13a. Julia Lilia
      Daughter of
      W. W. and Clara R. Walker
      Born April 19, 1860
      Died November 10, 1893

13b. Hannah Clara
      Daughter of
      W. W. and Clara R. Walker
      Born February 2, 1857
      Died March 16, 1893
 5.   Henry Ritchie
      Son of
      Benedict Walker and Hannah
      His wife
      Daughter of William Wright and Mary Presley
      Was born at Poplar Plain
      February 19, 1841
      And was killed in battle
      At Union Mills, near Manassas
      August 27, 1862
14.  In Memory of
      Samuel Walker
      Born
      February 15, 1834
      Died June 26, 1897
6.   Louisa
      Daughter of
      Peter C. Claughton and Hannah
      His wife, born in Baltimore
      August 27, 1841
      Married January 27, 1876
      To Samuel Scott Howison
      Who died January 13, 1885
      Married to W. W. Walker
      December 2, 1886
      Died at Poplar Plain
      June 3, 1911
15.  In Memory of
      Clarissa
      Beloved wife of
      Samuel Walker
      Born
      March 3, 1842
      Died
      April 25, 1898
16. Samuel Blackwell Walker
      1865 – 1934
7.   James
      Son of
      James and Anna Beale Walker
      Born March 14, 1871
      Married Irma May Hall November 2, 1898
      Died April 27, 1932
17.  Milton M. Walker M.D.
      1848 – 1914
 
18. William Wright Walker
      Son of Benedict Walker and Hannah his wife
      Born November 16, 1825
      Died January 20, 1910
8.   Cora V.
      Beloved wife of
      Jas. R. Snort (Short?)
      Daughter of
      Jas. and Anna Walker
      Born
      September 7, 1860
      Married
      March 30, 1832 (this is what it says!)
      Died
      Baltimore Maryland
      April 19, 1883
19.  Tucker S. Walker
      1888
      July 5, 1896

 

 
20.  Sallie Shackford Walker
      1875 – 1943

 

 
21.  F. Griffith Walker
      1878 – 1916
9.
Robert Henry Poythress Crabbe
Son of
William Middleton Crabbe and Sallie Lee
His wife
Who was Sallie Lee Randolph
Born in Westmoreland County
July 6, 1811
A good man and universally esteemed He was for many years sheriff and Justice of peace of his county Though not connected with the Confederate Government of the Army And without office, he was taken From his home by federal Troops on kept in prison at Old point comfort where he Died of sound sleep and exposure

Poplar Plain Cemetery
Westmoreland Virginia

Transcribed © 2006  F. H. Taylor

with additional information provided by copy [G. M. Gouldman, Jr.] from the Northern Neck Historical Society, Oct. 2006

 
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