Holland - Payne Family Cemetery

Narrative

This cemetery served the Holland and Payne families. Henry and Mary Holland were immigrants from England. At his death in 1852, Henry Holland had two parcels of land. One was 173 acres and the other was 91 acres. It appears Mary continued to live on the farm with her seven children. Mary died in 1897, some 39 years after her husband. In 1907 their childeren sold the remaining land of 135.5 acres for $1,500 but reserved the cemetery. (deed linked below)

In the book Prince William, Its People and Its Places published in 1941 the farm is mentioned as being called Bowling Green but known locally as the Holland Place. It states near the ruins of the house is the burring ground containing tombstones memorializing Henry Holland, Mary F. L. Holland, and Annie E. Lipscomb.

The 1937 aerial image below shows the farm area. The cemetery is noted as #1, #2 is the access road to the cemetery which exists as a trail as of 2025, #3 is modern day Haversack Lane which follows the same path as it did in 1937, #4 is likely their farm.

1907 Deed reserving the cemetery including right of ingress and egress.

1897 Deed following the death of Mary Holland

Survey Details

Classification:	Family
Status:	Maintained
Condition:	Very Good
Approx. Size:	75 x 75 feet
Approximate Number of Burials:	9
Earliest Burial Date:	1852
Latest Burial Date:	1973
Markers:	Tombstone, fieldstone
Surnames Listed on Markers:	Holland, Mary F. L., Wife of Henry Holland, Born Feb. 12, 1809 Exeter, Devenshire, England, Died Feb. 21, 1897 Prince William County Holland, Henry, Died Jan. 25, 1852 at age 49 leaving a wife and 7 children to mourn his loss, He was a native of England, landed in New York Oct. 7, 1832 Calderhead, Charles William, Son of Garth and Margaret Holland Calderhead, 1914 – 1937 Payne, Annie Martha, Beloved Wife of James Arthur Hedges, Born Feb. 12, 1896, Died Dec. 13, 1948 Lipscomb, Annie E., Beloved wife of Colin H. Payne, Born April 24, 1874, Died Dec. 2, 1925 Payne, Colin Hunter, Born Dec. 27, 1868, Died Nov. 22, 1945 Payne, Estelle C., Daughter of Colin & Annie Payne, August 12, 1905, July 22, 1968 Goad, Margaret Victoria Spencer, wife of Elwin Kyle Goad and mother of six, Sept. 1, 1941 - May 22, 1973 Unmarked fieldstone with matching footstone
Comments:
Surveyed By:	David Cuff, Sept. 28, 2025
Latitude / Longitude:	38.66070069032747, -77.32666920399946

Site Visits

Visited by:	Date:	Comments:
David Cuff	Sept. 28, 2025	Cemetery is maintained and fenced.

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