Appomattox Court House National Historical Park cemeteries The Appomattox Court House National Historical Park cemeteries are part of the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park , which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 26 , 1989 . Robinson cemetery . The original Robinson cemetery grave markers is located south of the Jones Law Office , also known as the Kelly House . The cemetery was established in a time that was after the American Civil War by subsequent owners of the Law Office around 1865 to 1870 . It contains the remains of the Robinson Family . John Robinson , a black shoemaker , and his wife were post - Civil War owners of the property and lived in the law office . It is significant under certain criteria of the National Park Service by virtue of its association with the historic events represented by the park . There are five fieldstones marking burial locations of the Robinson family . Each stone is of random cut , shape , and size . A low rough board fence encloses the location . Bohannon - Trent cemetery . The Bohannon - Trent cemetery contains seven visible graves along with other depressions . The cemetery includes the grave of Joel Walker Sweeney ( 1810 – 1860 ) , who popularized the five - string banjo . The grave of Joel Walker Sweeney is marked by a non - historic marker . It also contains the graves of Virginia Sweeney ( died 1877 ) , and Robert Rosser ( died 1888 ) . Rosser ' s grave is marked by a marble head and foot stone . The site is enclosed by a fence . The cemetery lies in a field west of the Charles Sweeney cabin less than a mile north of the courthouse . Patteson - Hix cemetery . The cemetery was present at the time of the American Civil War . It contains the remains of Alexander Patteson and the Wilson Hix families , both original settlers of Appomattox County . The cemetery is located behind the tavern slave quarters and has nine interments consisting of marked headstones and footstones and unmarked fieldstones . The research indicates that thirteen people are buried in this cemetery . The interments are arranged in two rows with depressions located between the rows . Wilson and Lucy Hix ' s graves are marked as are those of two children of Edward Hix . Another grave is marked " A . E . H . " O ' Brien cemetery . The Connor - O ' Brien Cemetery is the original family cemetery for the O ' Brien Family . This is an old southcentral Virginia family with ties to the Sweeny and Conner families . All of the family names were present at the time period of the Civil War . The cemetery has interments from the late part of the 19th century up to present day . Most of the burials are of the O ' Brien family but there are also members of the Conners family buried in the cemetery . The graveyard has headstones and footstones of thirty - two interments . Confederate cemetery . The Confederate cemetery , located on the grounds of the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park , has the remains of 19 Confederate soldiers , of whom only 8 are known . These soldiers were killed in the last few days of the American Civil War . There are 11 graves containing remains of unknown soldiers , one being a Union soldier . Grave of Lafayette Meeks . The grave of Lafayette Meeks is significant under certain criteria by virtue of its association with the site of the surrender of the Confederacy to the north . It is identified as structure number 09D in the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park . It contributes to the story of events of 1865 in the Old Appomattox Court House . Lafayette Meeks died in 1861 while serving in " H " Company , second VA Cavalry of the Confederate Army when he died from typhoid fever . The gravestone reads that he served in the Battle of Manassas . The single marked burial in the field is northwest of Meeks Stable . The grave of Lafayette Meeks is marked by a white marble headstone , twenty four and a half inches wide by fifty high at the springline of the arch . The grave stone was set in concrete by the Civilian Conservation Corps to prevent further deterioration . A gray granite footstone is thirteen inches wide by seventeen inches high . The headstone carries a bas - relief which appears to be the " tree of life " design and is badly deteriorated . The inscription reads :