Place:Saint Johns Episcopal Churchyard, Richmond (independent city), Virginia, United States

Saint Johns Episcopal Churchyard is a cemetery located in Richmond City, Virginia, USA.

Address: 2401 East Broad St., Richmond City, VA 23223-7128
Tel: 804-649-7938

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History

St. John's Episcopal Church is the oldest church in Richmond city, Virginia. It was built by Col. Richard Randolph in 1741 and gives the name to Richmond's oldest neighborhood, Church Hill. It was the site of two important conventions in the period leading to the American Revolutionary War, and is most famous as the location where Patrick Henry gave his closing speech at the Second Virginia Convention with the famous quotation "Give me liberty or give me death!"
(for more see St. Johns Church Foundation)

A few notable interments include:

• Col. James Wood, 11th Governor of Virginia, USA
• Mrs. Elizabeth (Arnold) Poe, mother of Edgar Allan Poe
• George Wythe, one of the signers of the USA's Declaration of Independence