This is the cemetery for the hospital that was originally known as Western State Lunatic Asylum, which was established in 1828 and continued until the 1970's. The cemetery has more than two thousand unmarked headstones. In a few cases, the plot numbers appear and, even less frequently, a name. Other information is provided only on those occasional stones that were purchased by family members. The Archives Librarian of the Library of Virginia may be able to provide (for $25) access to state records pertaining to patients at WSH. They require proof of relationship to release records more than 75 years old.