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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Joshua A. Allen
1850
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
1909
Cemetery Name:
Linville Creek Ch of Brethren Cem - Negro Section (*)
Grave Location:
1
15
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Church
Cemetery is known as an African American cemetery which may have slave burials.
Tombstone Note:
Tombstone
Remarks:
Section 1 Row 015
Cemetery Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
Source Date Remarks :
Jun-04
Linville Creek Church of the Brethren Cemetery - Negro.section
Photos taken and corrections submitted by Judith M Boyers - August 2006
Cemetery Notes
Refer to Linville Creek Church of the Brethren Cemetery Recordings. In Section 1 at the beginning of Row 20, there is a memorial that reads: "In Gratitude to the Church Fathers who dedicated this parcel of land for the burial of Black People- Marker placed by M. R. Zigler & S. D. Lindsay 1980." And in Section 1 at the beginning of Rows 15 & 16, J. Robert Swank noted there are 5 Negro graves. There were others said to be buried here-no markers. The caretaker of the cemetery does not have good records of early graves and the church uses J. Robert Swanks recording for it's records.
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Broadway, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 42 north (Harpine Highway) to Broadway. Turn right onto Route 1421 (E. Springbrook Road). Go 5/10th mile and go right onto Brethren Road. Go 2/10th mile and cemetery is located by the church.
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