Corinth Methodist Church and Cemetery

Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Corinth Cemetery, Photo Credit: Unknown submitter 2008.
Photo location: http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/dinwiddie/photos/tombstones/corinthunitedmet/corinthumchurch.jpg.

In the heart of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, just a stone's throw from the bustling Route #460, lies the quiet, hallowed ground of Corinth Methodist Church. Established in 1867, the church stands as a steadfast beacon of faith for the small community of Ford. Its graveyard, nestled to the northeast of the simple yet enduring church building, tells a story of time, memory, and reverence.

The year was 1867, a time when the nation was stitching itself back together after the Civil War. The people of Ford, seeking solace and community, founded Corinth Methodist Episcopal Church. The church became a cornerstone of their lives, a place where families gathered to worship, celebrate, and mourn. The graveyard, established alongside the church, became the final resting place for many of the area’s earliest settlers and their descendants.

By 1936, when Bettie B. Powell meticulously documented the site, the graveyard had grown into a patchwork of memory. Located just a tenth of a mile east of Ford and a short walk north from Route #460, the cemetery was a quiet expanse of grass and stone, shaded by old trees that whispered stories of the past. Not all graves were marked with grand monuments; only some sections, or "squares," were enclosed, perhaps denoting family plots or those of particular prominence. The simplicity of the graveyard mirrored the humility of the rural congregation, yet each headstone carried the weight of a life lived in faith and community.

The Corinth Methodist Episcopal Church and its graveyard stood as a testament to resilience. Through decades of change—wars, economic hardship, and the slow march of progress—the church remained a constant. The graveyard, with its weathered stones and carefully tended plots, became a place where the people of Ford could honor their dead, reflect on their shared history, and find comfort in the continuity of their faith.

Even today, the church and its graveyard remain a quiet sentinel in Dinwiddie County, a reminder of the enduring spirit of a small Virginia community that, since 1867, has found strength in togetherness and solace in the sacred ground just northeast of the church.

Tombstone Transcriptions

The WPA Historical Inventory of Corinth Cemetery transcript by Joan Renfrow can be found here.

The data below is sourced from tombstone transcriptions compiled by Irvin and Mildred Flinn and published on the USGenWeb Archives website here. Images are hosted on the USGenWeb Archives site.

Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Notes	Image Link
LINER, Cecil M.	1904	1950		📷
LINER, Victor E.	Aug. 20, 1860	March 11, 1943	on stone with Nevada E. LINER	📷
LINER, Nevada E.	March 25, 1872	Feb. 25, 1922	on stone with Victor E. LINER	📷
REAMES, Robert L.	Jan. 19, 1881	Jan. 13, 1955		📷
REAMES, Rosa H.	July 18, 1890	Sept. 16, 1968		📷
REAMES, Thomas Glynn	May 31, 1935	April 25, 1998		📷
REAMES, Thomas L.	May 10, 1911	Sept. 17, 1995	on double stone with Fern S. REAMES	📷
REAMES, Fern S.	Oct. 4, 1941	July 2, 1998	on double stone with Thomas L. REAMES	📷

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