Newington Cemetery

The Newington property is at the corner of Routes 626 and 627, north of Mountain Run and on the southern mountain plain in Orange County. The property is part of the Taliaferro grant of 1719. The dwelling burned in 1959, the oldest part of which was a tavern before the Revolutionary War. Lawrence Sanford bought the property in 1852 and built an addition in 1856. His widow Lucy Henshaw Sanford conveyed the property to her son Walker Wallace Sanford and his wife Lelia Johnson Sanford. The property was conveyed to the Walters family in 1910.

	The cemetery had become overgrown with brush and large trees which had grown up between the gravesites.
	The cemetery was cleared in the 1990's, thanks to the dedicated efforts of Richard L. and H. Walker Sanford

The cemetery at Newington contains the graves of six Sanford family members. These gravesites are enclosed in an 18'x 30' iron fence made by Steward Iron Works of Cincinnatti, Ohio, which was placed by Lawrence Sanford prior to 1873. His will, dated June 30, 1893, states, "I wish the graveyard reserved for my children and grandchildren." Four of the tombstones are inscribed as follows:

In Memory of	Lucy H.	To The Memory Of	To the Memory of Little
Lawrence	Wife of	Our Dear Child	James
Sanford	Lawrence	Lulie Sanford	Son of
Born	Sanford	Born	R.T. & M.S
June 2, 1817	Sept. 21, 1824	April 12, 1861	Walker
Died	Nov. 27, 1915	Died	Aged 8 years
Nov. 11, 1898	Our mother	Sept. 28, 1880
Blessed are the	Asleep in Jesus
pure in heart for
they shall see God
Matthew 5 chap 8 ver

Also interred in the Newington Cemetery is Mary Susan Sanford Walker, daughter of Lawrence Sanford II. She was born March 25, 1847, and died August 3, 1873. She was married to Reuben T. Walker of Madison County. They lived at the farm "Scottsville." Reuben and Mary are the "R.T. and M.S. Walker," parents of Little James (above.) Their child Marion S. Walker, aged three weeks, is also buried in the cemetery.