Blake-Brockenbrough Cemetery

Blake-Brockenbrough Cemetery was the family burying ground of Benjamin and Elizabeth Blake, who lived nearby on Prince Street, and their graves on the left-hand north side date to the early 1830s. Their daughter Frances Blake married the eminent physician and Virginia Delegate Dr. Austin Brockenbrough in 1824. The couple's home was the McCall-Brockenbrouogh House, now incorporated into St. Margaret's School. Six of their eight children are also buried here, including Gabriella Brockenbrough Chinn, mother of Virginia Supreme Court Justice Joseph William Chinn, and her Confederate veteran brothers, Capt. Austin Brockenbrough, Jr., who died at the Battle of Gettysburgh in 1863, and Benjamin Blake Brockenbrough.

Tappahannock, Virginia · United States