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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Ephraigm Arey
27 Jul 1806
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
8 Jul 1833
Cemetery Name:
Arey Family Cemetery
Grave Location:
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Private
Tombstone Note:
Aged 26y 11m 12d
Tombstone
Remarks:
Cemetery Location:
Latitude:
38° 26′ 15.2″ N
Longitude:
78° 59′ 00.8″ W
Source Date Remarks :
12-Apr-05
Arey Family Cemetery. Recordings compared against J. Robert Swank's 1967 records and against the Roy Burkholder ledger book (page 78-79) which had a recording of the Arey Cemetery dated 16 Jan 1933.
Cemetery Notes
Cemetery is well maintained and has recently been worked over. The broken brick wall has been replaced by a white board/brick fence. The property is now owned by Roy Burkholder. Two new stones have been put up for slave burials. In 1967 J. Robert Swank noted; There are unmarked graves - also said to be slaves buried here.
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Dry River area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From the Courthouse in Harrisonburg, travel Route 33 West. Go 4.5 miles and turn left onto Route 734 (Bank Church Road). Go 1.2 miles and Route 734 turns right. Go 1/10 mile and Route 734 turns left. Continue on Route 734 for 1.4 mile. Turn left onto Route 752 (Rushville Road) going past the Bank Mennonite Church. Go a short distance and house/barn/farm is close to the road on the left side. Cemetery is behind house in a field.
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