Callaway-Steptoe Cemetery
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N 37° 18.308 W 079° 17.631
17S E 651203 N 4130087
Virginia Historical Highway Marker K-135.
Waymark Code: WM9M6J
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2010
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Nearby are buried several prominent area settlers and their descendants. Col. William Callaway, in 1755 one of the first two members of the Virginia House of Burgesses from Bedford County, donated the hundred acres of land on which the town of New London was built. His son Col. James Callaway served as county lieutenant (commander in chief) of the Bedford County militia during the Revolutionary War. James Callaway's son-in-law James Steptoe was a close personal friend of Thomas Jefferson and served for 54 years as the first clerk of Bedford County. Steptoe's home, Federal Hill, stands nearby.
Marker Number: K-135
Marker Title: Callaway-Steptoe Cemetery
Marker Location: West bound US 460
County or Independent City: Bedford (County)
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources, 1997
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