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Ancestor in Fairfield Cemetery - 10 years ago

My ancestor, Christopher Shaw, is buried in the "Old Burying ground of the New Hope Baptist Church" there in Fairfield, Bedford County. He died in 1832. I am told there is a fine monument at his grave with his Revolutionary War Record carved on it. Also, that his wife Mary and two sons are buried there with him. I have recently come across information that his father, Thomas Shaw, c