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Spooky Adventure Through RiverView Cemetery

The land for Riverview Cemetery was given around 1844, by Judge Joseph Donaldson. About the same time, Judge Donaldson also gave land to establish the Canton First United Methodist Church, but there is no indication that the cemetery ever operated as part of the Church. Susan Moss, the infant daughter of Felix and Eady Moss, whose birth date is unknown, died in May 1844 and appears to be the first documented person buried in Riverview. Mary Dickerson appears to be the next recorded burial in July of 1844, supporting the claim that Judge Donaldson donated the property for the cemetery in 1844. The cemetery currently has between 800-900 gravesites and is owned and maintained by the non-profit Riverview Cemetery Association, which is dedicated to the preservation of this historic cemetery. The tallest and one of the most impressive monuments in Riverview is this one, built for Thomas & Fannie Teasley Hutcherson. Mr. Hutcherson’s father, also named Thomas, settled in the Salacoa area during the 1840s. He and other Virginia families who moved into the area at this time began planting tobacco, which remained a staple crop for the Salacoa Valley for many years. Thomas Hutcherson, Jr. served in the State Legislature and was considered one of the brightest legal minds in the area when he died at the age of 36. This monument was originally 15 feet taller than it currently stands, but it was broken as it was being placed by mule & wagon.