New Materials Online: Kopp, Virginia by Raymond W. Woolfenden, Sr.

KOPP, VIRGINIA by Raymond W. Woolfenden, Sr.

"Kopp, Virginia", a book regarding the "lost" community of Kopp, Virginia, was formerly only available in a limited-edition printed form, including a copy residing at RELIC (Bull Run Library). The book was started by Raymond W. ("Cousin Ray") Woolfenden, Sr. and completed by his daughter, Casmere Woolfenden Kistner, with a number of people providing source materials.

With many thanks to the Woolfenden family, a digital copy is now free and available online under RELIC's digital archives!

Kopp, Virginia disappeared in the early 1940's when the Federal Government took the land via eminent domain and displaced the families to create Quantico Marine Base. Some of the families that lost their land include Abel, Arrington, Cole, Copen, Davis, Holmes, Keys, Lowe, Lynn, Suthard, Wood, and Woolfenden.

Primitive Baptist Church, Independent Hill

The Primitive Baptist Church at the corner of Aden and Joplin Roads in Independent Hill is no longer standing but the cemetery remains.

MATILDA
Wife of E. Cheshire
Apr 7, 1840
Dec 13, 1901
(Footstone:  MJC)

MILTON
CALVERT
Born Mar 14, 1862
Died Mar 21, 1913
Gone But Not Forgotten
(Footstone:  MC)

EINZA H. GALLAHAN
Born July 20, 1870
Died Dec 31, 1908
38 years 5 mos & 11 das
(Footstone:  EHG)

GURLI PRIDMORE
Wife of
George W. Lowe
Died Jan 1920
Age 85 years
At Rest

VIOLA GALLAHAN
Born Jan 4, 1908
Died Mar 30, 1910

GEORGE W. LOWE
Born Jun 3, 1842
Died Feb 3, 1914

M. N.  LYNN
Born Mar 11, 1827
Died Nov 10, 1906
(Footstone:  MNL)
[Note:  This is Mortimer N. Lynn]

VIRGINIA G. LYNN
Born July 18, 1835
Died June 25, 1911
(Footstone:  VGL)
[Note: Virginia (Holmes) Lynn, M.N. Lynn's wife]

FANNIE LYNN
HOLMES
1858-1943
At Rest Sister With God
(Footstone:  Sister)
[Note:  daughter of M.N. & Virginia Lynn; first married James W.
Lee; remarried William H. Holmes]

SUTHARD
JAMES M.
1865-1938
LULU C. His Wife
1867-1943
(2 Footstones:  Father / Mother)

EPPA F. LYNN
1863-1948
[Note:  daughter of M.N. & Virginia Lynn]

SALLIE E. SUTHARD
August 1, 1872
March 20, 1967
At Rest
(Footstone:  Mother)

ROBERT H. KEYS
Born March 7, 1838
Died Feb 28, 1910
(Footstone:  RHK)

SARAH A.
Wife of R.H. Keys
Born 1853
Died Feb 28, 1910