OLD PORTLOCK FAMILY CEMETERY

OLD PORTLOCK FAMILY CEMETERY

Located in Portlock, a town in Norfolk Co.  Portlock was annexed to South Norfolk in
1951, and South Norfolk was merged with the City of Chesepeake in 1963.  It is located
on the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River, directly across from St. Julian Naval
Depot.  The offramp from 464 is Freeman Ave.  From the intersection of Freeman Ave.
(going East from the freeway) is Franklin St.  One block North on Franklin, East  side of
the street, is an old 2 story house, not in very good repair and with old outbuildings and
“stuff” scattered around behind it.  This home was originally built by Tapley Portlock,
now owned by Simpsons.  The home does not face the street, but faces South, back in off 
of Franklin.  Next door on the North side of this property is a nice brick house facing
West on Franklin.  

Behind the brick house and behind the 2 story, in the corner formed by that L is the
graveyard.  There is a gate on the Southwest corner of the graveyard, but that only gets
you into about 1/3 of it, with a strong picket fence around that.  The rest of it is fenced
with a wire fence, and the only way we could find our way into that was to walk all the
way around to the East end of the old house, through the junk, and find a break in the
fence on the North side of the graveyard.

This cemetery contains PORTLOCK, WILLIAMSON, GIBSON and a couple of
BUTTstones.  Willliamson, Portlock and Butt are related, but the Gibsons bought the
property from Tapley Portlock, or one of his descendants.  Time did not permit a
transcription from all the graves, but here are the ones we did get:

TAPLEY PORTLOCK, son of NATHANIEL PORTLOCK and 
       BARBARA CARSON PORTLOCK, 1809 - 1862
MARGARET HODGES PORTLOCK, wife of TAPLEY PORTLOCK,
1819-1853
ALVAH TAPLEY PORTLOCK, son of TAPLEY II and EMMA S. WISE
PORTLOCK, Nov. 26, 1877 - May 15, 1906
EMMA SCARBURCH WISE PORTLOCK, wife of TAPLEY PORTLOCK,
1855-1930.
MARY EMILY B. PORTLOCK, daughter of  WILLIAM AND ANNE
TATEM PORTLOCK, born April 23, 1833, died Feb. 16, 1859.
NATHANIEL PORTLOCK, born Oct. 14, 1811, died June 9, 1863
TAPLEY PORTLOCK II, husband of EMMA S. WISE - 1849-1943
BARBARA A. WILLIAMSON, wife of HENRY WILLIAMSON and daughter
of NATHANIEL AND NANCY PORTLOCK, born Feb. 10, 1823, died Oct.
12, 1860.
NANCY - NATHANIEL PORTLOCK
  b. April 9, 1782      |   b. May 9, 1773
  d. Oct. 3, 1863       |   d. April 15, 1841




FRANKLIN PORTLOCK of Southern County, born Jan. 18, 1826, died April
6, 1890.
EUGENIA H. PORTLOCK, born April 7, 1839, died Feb. 8, 1918.
FRANK PORTLOCK son of  MARY LOVE & J.Q. HEWLETT, born March
25, 1885, died Oct. 29, 1896.
WILLIAM PORTLOCK, son of  FRANK & EUGENIA PORTLOCK, born
May 7, 1854, died June 17, 1910.
EMMIE A. PORTLOCK, daughter of  FRANKLIN and EUGENIA H.
PORTLOCK, b. Dec. 22, 1855, d. Jan. 24, 1925.
BETTIE F. YOUNG, wife of CHARLES L. YOUNG, daughter of 
FRANKLIN and EUGENIA H. PORTLOCK, born July 21, 1867, died Jan. 20,
1925.
THOMAS WEBB BUTT, son of HENRY AND MARY A. BUTT, born Feb.
14, 1848, died June 6, 1921.
FRANK L(ivingston) PORTLOCK, son of FRANKLIN and EUGENIA
HERBERT PORTLOCK, born at Knells Ridge, Norfolk Co., Sept. 6, 1859,
died Jan. 9, 1932.

Copied by Beverly and George Portlock, 2379-B Via Mariposa West, Lagtuna Woods,
CA  92653 on April 18, 2000.