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Historical Highway MarkersOakwood CemeteryA-125
The Town of Martinsville chartered Oakwood Cemetery in 1883 and deeded it to the Martinsville Cemetery Association in 1887. Buried here are about 80 Confederate soldiers, at least one Union soldier, and veterans of World Wars I and II. Also interred here are George Waller, Revolutionary War officer and a founder of Henry County; John R. Brown, member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Thomas G. Burch, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate; Sallie Cook Booker, the third woman elected to the General Assembly of Virginia; and Stafford G. Whittle and his son, Kennon C. Whittle, both justices of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
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References/Bibliographic Citation: “Roster of the Confederate Soldiers Buried in Oakwood Cemetery” www.oakwoodcemeterymartinsville.com www.findagrave.com Hening’s Statutes, Oct. 1791, p. 297. “Booker, Sallie Cook,” Dictionary of Virginia Biography 2: 86-87. “Burch, Thomas Granville,” Dictionary of Virginia Biography 2: 395-396. “Brown, John Robert,” Dictionary of Virginia Biography 2: 307-308. |