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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Gertrude Allen
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
1988
Cemetery Name:
Newtown Cemetery (*)
Grave Location:
4
5
13
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Community
Cemetery is known as an African American cemetery which may have slave burials.
Tombstone Note:
Tombstone
Remarks:
No visible marker-data taken from cemetery records
Cemetery Location:
Latitude:
38° 27′ 11.3″ N
Longitude:
78° 51′ 31.4″ W
Source Date Remarks :
19-Sep-05
Newtown Cemetery. Compared against the D.A.R. 1960s records. Also compared Section 4 against Mr. Elon Rhodes's cemetery records.
Cemetery Notes
Well maintained. There are 4 Sections in cemetery and all sections are recorded, facing headstones, from right to left (west to east). Section 1 is the oldest and has very few headstones standing. Starting at the drive in cemetery and going towards Sterling Street. Section 2 starts across drive from Section 1 and is recorded going towards Sterling Street. Section 3 starts at Hill Street, at the cemetery driveway, and goes towards Section 2. Section 4 starts at the northwest corner of Kelley and Hill Streets and goes towards Section 1.
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia. Cemetery is located on Kelley Street, between Sterling Street and Hill Street, in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
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