Patteson-Hix Cemetery
The cemetery was present at the time of the American Civil War. It contains the remains of Alexander Patteson and the Wilson Hix families, both original settlers of Appomattox County. The cemetery is located behind the tavern slave quarters and has nine interments consisting of marked headstones and footstones and unmarked fieldstones. The research indicates that thirteen people are buried in this cemetery. The interments are arranged in two rows with depressions located between the rows. Wilson and Lucy Hix's graves are marked as are those of two children of Edward Hix. Another grave is marked "A.E.H."
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