POPLAR GROVE NATIONAL CEMETERY.
This reservation is situated about 4½ miles from Petersburg, in Dinwiddie County, and contains an area of 8.65 acres.
Title.—1. Deed from Bradley T. Johnson, special commissioner, dated April 3, 1868, conveying 8.13 acres of land. Recorded in the clerk's office of the Dinwiddie County court December 15, 1868, in deed book No. 12, page 159.
Decree of condemnation for above land with appraisement and appointment of Bradley T. Johnson as special commissioner to convey, etc., in the cause of George Vickers, guardian, etc., et al., v. The United States, rendered April 3, 1868, in the district court of the United States for the district of Virginia. Filed with the record in the clerk's office of said district court.
2. Deed from J. Wesley Friend, special commissioner, dated April 30, 1877, conveying 0.0919 of an acre of land. Recorded in deed book No. 14, page 428, of said county records.
Decree of condemnation of above land with appraisement and appointment of J. Wesley Friend as special commissioner to convey, etc., in the cause of J. Wesley Friend, guardian, etc., v. Fannie E. Farley et al., in the circuit court of Dinwiddie County, April term, 1877. Rendered at said term and filed with the record in the clerk's office of said court.
3. Deed from J. Wesley Friend, special commissioner, dated April 30, 1877, conveying 0.5019 of an acre of land and right of way. Recorded in deed book No. 14, page 429, of said county records.
Decree of condemnation of the above land with appraisement and appointment of J. Wesley Friend as special commissioner to convey, etc., in the cause of J. Wesley Friend, guardian, etc., et al., v. Rebecca D. Flower et al., in the circuit court of Dinwiddie County, October term, 1876. Rendered at said term and filed with the record in the clerk's office of said court.
(Source: U.S. Military Reservations, National Cemeteries, and Military Parks, By Judge Advocate General, U.S. Army, Pub. 1916, Transcribed by: Chris Davis)

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