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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
L.A. Arey
27 Oct 1848
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
15 Nov 1868
Cemetery Name:
Arey Family Cemetery
Grave Location:
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Private
Tombstone Note:
Tombstone
Remarks:
No visible marker in 2011
Cemetery Location:
Latitude:
38° 26′ 15.2″ N
Longitude:
78° 59′ 00.8″ W
Source Date Remarks :
23-Mar-11
Arey Family Cemetery. Recording compared against recording in 1976 by J. Robert Swank.
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 The broken brick wall has been replaced by a white board/brick fence.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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