Hanover Co. was formed in 1720 from New Kent County. Many early records were destroyed during the Civil War. (This information from PLACE search on the Family History Library catalog at _www.familysearch.org_ (http://www.familysearch.org) Always a good place to start to determine genealogy of the counties and parishes in the US, at least.) Dabney - it is highly unlikely that any cemeteries, as we think of them nowadays, existed when the eldest Cornelius Dabney died. Most people were buried on their own property. Stone may have been scarce, and therefore a wooden cross may have been erected. Here is some information from another search - Surname = on the URL given above for the FHL catalog. This is a brief description of one of the many books held by FHL concerning the Dabney family. Cornelius Dabney was born ca. 1640 in France and died in Virginia before 1701. He married in England about 1668 to Susanne (surname unknown). She was born about 1640 in England or Wales. They lived in France before coming to America and settling in New Kent County, Virginia. After her first husband died she married a Mr. Anderson. She died in 1724. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, Mississippi, Iowa, Missouri and elsewhere. Includes ancestors in France. Comment: My experience with searching--but not very hard--for information about the Dabney family is that there were several generations of men named Cornelius Dabney. My ancestor, Christopher Harris (d. ca 1794 or so) of Madison Co., KY, previously of Albemarle Co., VA, mentions in his will, recorded Mar 1794 in Madison Co., KY, the will of one Cornelius Dabney, who must have been of a different generation than the man whom you research [note the gap in years]. The deduction is that Christopher's first wife was Mary Dabney, and that a later Cornelius Dabney may have been her father [not much if any of this tradition has been proved adequately]. Indeed, the will of Harris lists the children of his first marriage (wife unnamed) and the children of his second marriage. The eldest son was named Dabney Harris. It was in connection with the children of the first marriage that the will of Cornelius Dabney was mentioned. Here is an extract of an early land grant as found on the Library of Virginia website - Land Records I cut and pasted it and the formatting may be garbled. Look at the LVA website yourself. Quite a few Dabneys, including at least one female, are listed, either as patentees or as neighbors. It seems that several patented land on or near Pamunkey River. _Dabney, Cornelius._ (javascript:open_window("http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us:80/F/UDAPA6AY3I5KHPNU88D76921V111JQGXBIPP7413626AQPDN7H-02297?func=service&d oc_number=000743557&line_number=0006&service_type=TAG");) Publication 10 December 1724. Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. Note Location: Hanover County. Description: 400 acres on the north side the Southanna adjoining Richard Phillips. Source: Land Office Patents No. 12, 1724-1726, p. 123 (Reel 11). Good luck in your search. E.W.Wallace .