Date:  July 2007

Image Number:  CG04cdCG01

Comments:  Union Baptist Church is the oldest African-American congregation in the Scottsville area and was organized in 1865 by the Reverends Henry Smith and John A. Doll.  Located on Hardware Street, this church was designed by Rev. Houston Perry and constructed by Perry and John Dickerson of nearby Columbia, VA.  The building was completed in 1954 and replaced the congregation's smaller, woodframe church further down the hill near the church's cemetery (just south of the current Union Baptist Church on Hardware Street). 

Following is a July 2007 listing of the extant gravestones at Union Baptist Church Cemetery as prepared by Rob Manoso, an intern at Scottsville Museum from the Institute for Public History at the University of Virginia.  Women are listed by their married names.  Also, asterisks (*) that appear before names denote veterans.  In 2007, approximately twelve graves are marked with stones or temporary markers whose inscriptions are now illegible.  In 2017, information from four additional gravestones or temporary markers were added to the listing below, and the latest gravestone in the cemetery is dated 2015.

Following the list of extant gravestones at Union Baptist Chiurch is another list that contains information from official certificates of death for the Commonwealth of Virginia of individuals whose place of burial is listed as Union Baptist Church.  Copies of these death certificates were provided to Scottsville Museum by Lenora McQueen, who has conducted extensive research on her family in Scottsville and Albemarle County, VA.  Thank you so much, Lenora!

Adams, Emily A.
November 1, 1888-March 19, 1990

*Agee, George R. February 16, 1922-April 30, 1993

Allen, Emma J.
1950-2006

Allen, Florence
1922-2002

*Allen, John Hervie
US Army, WWII
1919-1976

Anderson, Valdosia B.
May 21, 1930-February 18, 1995

Anderson, William A.
January 4, 1922-July 15, 1989

Banks, Doris M.
March 15, 1916-January 19, 1998

*Barber, Philip
PVT, US Army, WWI
November 15, 1891-November 21, 1961

Barnett, Frank
1867-1920; see also death certificate information below.

Barnett, Lillie B. Carroll
1872-1947; see also death certificate information below.

Barnett, Marguerite Ross
Mother, Mary D. Eubanks
Daughter, Amy D. Barnett
Husband, Walter E. King
May 21, 1942-February 26, 1992

Bowles, Blanch D.M.J.
October 29, 1937-February 2, 1992

Brown, Alice Jones
November 29, 1917-August 7, 2004

Burrell, Arthur L.
September 17, 1893-June 28, 1961

Burrell, Leonilda E.
August 1, 1903-March 23, 1972

Burrell, Mary E.
December 6, 1878-January 12, 1947

Gaines, Ashley Nicole
August 27, 1989-February 5, 1990

Gaines, Bennie
November 16, 1919-May 8, 1992

*Gaines, Bennie, Jr.
SGT, US Army
January 25, 1949-February 2, 1980

Gaines, Sallie J.
May 3, 1930 - October 9, 2009

Gilbert, Gertrude
1919-2003

Harrison, Alene Nannie
1902-1993

Hedgeman, John J.
April 10, 1869-May 11, 1916

Hedgeman, Philip P.
March 27, 1887-August 20, 1914

Hickson, Gladys B.
September 20, 1907-February 22, 2001

Hickson, Joseph Robert
July 10, 1950-December 2, 2012

Hickson, Ralston J.
November 4, 1916-March 6, 1965

Jackson, Andrew
1911-1978

Jackson, Elizabeth
1914-

Jackson, Ernest M.
January 20, 1960-February 17, 2004

Jackson, Etta
1911

*Jackson, John E.
US Army, WWII
January 25, 1920-August 4, 1994

Jackson, Julian J.
May 17, 1903-February 27, 1970

Jackson, Katty P.
April 18, 1923

Jackson, Mary L.
June 23, 1908-July 16, 1982

Johnson, Bertha
1916 - 2013

Johnson, Blanche
1901-1978

Johnson, Ella Randolph
May 1884-July 1939

Johnson, Jacob T.
1891-1977

*Johnson, John H.
US Army, WWII
May 25, 1920-November 7, 1982

Johnson, Mary Belle
October 20, 1886-February 28, 1955

Jones, Annie Irene Coles
January 12, 1907-March 20, 1991

Jones, Annie Mae
July 7, 1924-May 26, 1988

Jones, Bertha D.
March 20, 1890-December 3, 1976

*Jones, Bing Frankie
SP5, US Army
1946-1993

Jones, Charlie R.
February 26, 1912-September 30, 1962

Jones, Cora L.
January 20, 1910-April 28, 2000

Jones, Frank R.
July 13, 1934-April 5, 1996

*Jones, James E.
March 25, 1926-May 6, 1987 WWII

Jones, Katie Coles
1897-1995

Jones, Lacy
March 12, 1892-September 24, 1969

Jones, Maggie Marie
September 5, 1909-April 17, 1992

*Jones, Robert James
US Army, WWII
July 27, 1918-December 31, 1990

Lenaham, Amelia
April 8, 1962

Lenaham, Charlie Albert
"Citizen Charlie"
1902-1993

Lewis, Henry W.
1862-1929

Lewis, Mittie
1880-1932

Lucas, Cora B.
Died 1928

Lucas, George Alfred
1923-1999

*Lucas, James W.
PVT, US Army, WWI
July 5, 1896-January 18, 1966

*Lucas, John W
CPL, US Army, WWII
August 23, 1920-November 26, 1986 WWII

Lucas, Julia J.
April 19, 1898-April 28, 1987

Lucas, Leslie E.
July 13, 1900-December 28, 1965

Lucas, Minerva A.
Died 1952

Lucas, Moses D.
Died 1937

*Mack, Frederick
PVT, US Army, WWI
April 15, 1896-March 26, 1976

Mundy, Bertha C.
September 7, 1921

Mundy, Everett G.
August 7, 1906-January 2, 1985

Murphy, Joyce Rush
June 29, 1942-July 27, 1995

*Murphy, Warren Edward
GMC, US Navy, WWII and Korea
January 16, 1922-January 19, 1986

Page, Celia Lewis
February 22, 1879-September 13, 1965

Peck, Viola Mae Burdell
1917-2006

Perrin, Mable J.
March 16, 1893-June 24, 1977

Perrin, Thomas H.
December 25, 1908-January 21, 1978

Porter, Franklin L.
March 7, 1970-March 3, 2004

Randolph, Henry M.
September 11, 1878-March 18, 1913

Randolph, Hudson
1860-1926

Randolph, Hudson
March 16, 1860-December 19, 1926

Randolph, Mary Grooms
1864-1929

Randolph, Sarah
1835-January 17, 1922

Rose and Jefferson Family
No dates listed

Rush, Martha Jane
February 23, 1915-July 10, 1988

Rush, Rufus Lee
May 22, 1911-March 19, 1986

Scott, Louise C.
February 24, 1925

Tinsley, Iris M.
August 6, 1970-November 23, 1989

Turner, Charles W.
October 18, 1968-July 13, 1991

Turner, Corey D.
July 30, 1976-November 29, 1996

Turner, George L.
1949-2004

Turner, John Ellis
1929-2012

Wood, Augustus Gordon
August 25, 1893-January 24, 1987

Wood, Beatrice L.
November 9, 1918-August 6, 1990

Wood, John Wesley
October 25, 1889-November 19, 1973

Wood, Lindsay M.
September 26, 1915-March 2, 1990

Wood, Maxine Jones
February 20, 1925-August 6, 1985

Woody, Dorothy W.
May 9, 1917-April 20, 2015

Woody, Fitzhugh M.
November 13, 1909-April 19, 1982

*Young, James Austin
PVT, US Army, WWI
October 10, 1893-May 9, 1984

Banks, Harry
Date and place of birth:  February 14, 1916, VA
Date and place of death:  October 14, 1918, Scottsville, VA
Father's Name:  Unknown
Mother's Maiden Name:  Laura Banks
Wife's Name: none
Burial Location: Union Baptist Church, Scottsville, VA
VA State File No.:  24713

Barnett, Frank
Date and place of birth:  January 20, 1867, VA
Date and place of death:  June 13, 1920, Scottsville, VA
Father's Name:  Tytus Barnett
Mother's Maiden Name:  Moriah Bryant
Wife's Name: Lillie Barnett
Burial Location: Union Baptist Church, Scottsville, VA
VA State File No.:  14613
Also see gravestone above.

Barnett, Lillie Belle
Date and place of birth:  December 2, 1880, VA
Date and place of death:  January 4, 1947, Scottsville, VA
Father's Name:  Henry Carroll
Mother's Maiden Name:  Sallie Payne
Husband's Name: Frank Barnett
Burial Location: Union Baptist Church, Scottsville, VA
VA State File No.:  1520
Also see gravestone above.

Coles, Emma
Date and place of birth:  June 29, 1892, VA
Date and place of death:  June 29, 1916, Scottsville, VA
Father's Name:  Anderson Harris
Mother's Maiden Name:  Cinthia Harris
Husband's Name: not provided; death certificate lists her as 'married'
Burial Location: Union Baptist Church, Scottsville, VA
VA State File No.:  13701

Coles, Silas
Date and place of birth:  1855, VA
Date and place of death:  March 19, 1925, Scottsville, VA
Father's Name:  Anderson Coles
Mother's Maiden Name:  not provided
Wife's Name: not provided, likely Willie Minor Coles whose death certificate below lists 'Silas Coles' as her husband
Burial Location: Union Baptist Church, Scottsville, VA
VA State File No.:  5148

Coles, Willie Minor
Date and place of birth:  Birthdate not provided but certificate informant, T.C. Coles, provided Willie's age at her death as 67, born in VA
Date and place of death:  November 8, 1941, Scottsville, VA
Father's Name:  Ben Wicks
Mother's Maiden Name:  Maria Miller
Husband's Name: Silas Coles
Burial Location: Willie Coles' death certificate said that she was buried in Scottsville, VA, but did not provide the cemetery's name.  Given her husband, Silas Coles is buried at Union Baptist Church cemetery, it is probable that Willie, his wife, is also buried at that cemetery.
VA State File No.:  26356

Jackson, Catherine
Date and place of birth:  October 4, 1915, VA
Date and place of death:  March 12, 1917, Scottsville, VA
Father's Name:  John E. Jackson
Mother's Maiden Name:  Emily McCantes Lewis
Husband's Name: none
Burial Location: Union Baptist Church, Scottsville, VA
VA State File No.:  5631

Jackson, Celia
Date and place of birth:  December 1924, VA
Date and place of death:  March 10, 1925, Scottsville, VA
Father's Name:  John E. Jackson
Mother's Maiden Name:  Emily McCantes Lewis
Husband's Name: none
Burial Location: unknown, Scottsville, VA
VA State File No.:  5147

Jackson, Emily McCantes Lewis
Date and place of birth:  September 14, 1891, Richmond, VA
Date and place of death:  March 14, 1957, Scottsville, VA
Father's Name:  Robert David Lewis
Mother's Maiden Name:  Katherine Hamner
Husband's Name:  John Edward Jackson
Burial Location:  Union Baptist Church, Scottsville, VA
VA State File No.:  6705

Jackson, Etta Scott
Date and place of birth:  January 25, 1863, VA
Date and place of death:  January 31, 1913, Scottsville, VA
Father's Name:  Patrick Scott
Mother's Maiden Name:  Fannie Scott
Husband's Name: none listed
Burial Location: Union Baptist Church, Scottsville, VA
VA State File No.:  75

Johnson, Ellen
Date and place of birth:  January 2, 1853, VA
Date and place of death:  January 2, 1923, Scottsville, VA
Father's Name:  John L. Harris
Mother's Maiden Name:  Betsy Montgomery
Husband's Name: Lewis Johnson
Burial Location: Union Baptist Church, Scottsville, VA
VA State File No.:  148

Lewis, Beulah S.
Date and place of birth:  unknown (per 1870 U.S. Census, she was born ca. 1864; estimated age: about 55 years)
Date and place of death:  July 18, 1920, Scottsville, VA
Father's Name:  George Washington Lewis
Mother's Maiden Name:  Minerva Bell Lewis
Husband's Name: Levi Wriffins
Burial Location: Scottsville, VA
VA State File No.:  16761

Lewis, George W.
Date and place of birth:  March 10, 1841, VA
Date and place of death:  December 24, 1916, Scottsville, VA
Father's Name:  Daniel Lewis (*the Albemarle Co. marriage license for George Washington Lewis and Minerva Lewis lists his father as Howell Lewis, and in his will, Howell Lewis did claim George W. Lewis as his child.  Daniel Lewis is actually the brother of Howell Lewis and uncle of George W. Lewis.)
Mother's Maiden Name:  Cinthia Moon
Wife's Name: not provided (Minerva Lewis as listed on the Albemarle Co. marriage license for Minerva Lewis and George Washington Lewis)
Burial Location: Union Baptist Church, Scottsville, VA
VA State File No.:  28718

Lewis, Minerva Bell
Date and place of birth:  October 21, 1844, VA
Date and place of death:  June 21, 1916, Scottsville, VA
Father's Name:  John Harris (*the Albemarle County marriage license for Minerva Bell Lewis and George Washington Lewis lists Richard Bell as Minerva's father.  John Harris is the stepfather of Minerva Bell Harris.)
Mother's Maiden Name:  Bettie Montgomery
Husband's Name: not provided
Burial Location: Union Baptist Church, Scottsville, VA
VA State File No.:  13702

Lucas, Minerva Snead
Date and place of birth:  unknown; Fluvanna Co., VA (estimated age:  75 years)
Date and place of death:  January 28, 1953, Charlottesville, VA
Father's Name:  Isaac Snead
Mother's Maiden Name:  Nannie Wells
Husband's Name:  Joses Dyer Lucas
Burial location:  Union Baptist Church, Scottsville, VA
VA State File No.: 1433

Page, Celia Jackson
Date and place of birth:  February 27, 1879, Albemarle Co., VA
Date and place of death:  September 13, 1965, Palmyra, VA
Father's Name:  John Scott
Mother's Maiden Name:  Etta Jackson
Husband's Name:  Rev. James E. Page
Burial location:  Union Baptist Church, Scottsville, VA
VA State File No.: 65 026192

Ross, Fannie Jackson
Date and place of birth:  December 18, 1888
Date and place of death:  October 19, 1980, Charlottesville, VA
Father's Name:  John Jackson
Mother's Maiden Name:  Etta (unknown)
Husband's Name:  Alonza Ross
Burial location:  Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Scottsville, VA
VA State File Number:  80-032895