The Monticello Graveyard

The Monticello Graveyard (HM1092)

Location: Charlottesville, VA 22902
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 0.508', W 78° 27.348'

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This graveyard had its beginning in an agreement between two young men, Thomas Jefferson and Dabney Carr, who were school-mates and friends. They agreed that they would be buried under a great oak which stood here.

Carr, who married Jefferson's sister, died in 1773. His was the first grave on this site, which Jefferson laid out as a family burying ground. Jefferson was buried here in 1826.

The present monument in not the original, designed by Jefferson, but a large one erected by the United States in 1883. Its base covers the graves of Jefferson, his wife, his two daughters, and of Governor Thomas Mann Randolph, his son-in-law.

The graveyard remains the property of Jefferson's descendants, and continues to be a family burying ground.
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HM NumberHM1092
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Date Added Monday, October 20th, 2014 at 1:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 723366 N 4209809
Decimal Degrees38.00846667, -78.45580000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 0.508', W 78° 27.348'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 0' 30.48" N, 78° 27' 20.88" W
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Area Code(s)434
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 949 Monticello Loop, Charlottesville VA 22902, US
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