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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Jacob Bear
15 Nov 1724
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
12 Feb 1783
Cemetery Name:
Bear Lithia Spring Cemetery
Grave Location:
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Private
Tombstone Note:
Tombstone
Remarks:
possibly 17 May 1827
Cemetery Location:
Latitude:
38° 26′ 05.3″ N
Longitude:
78° 37′ 05.5″ W
Source Date Remarks :
1960s
Bear Lithia Spring Cemetery. In 2011 not re-recorded. This is original recording done by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1960s.
Cemetery Notes
In 2011 no attempt was made to locate this cemetery. This cemetery has been documented by numerous sources, which have conflicting recordings. Some of them are: the WPA Record of 1936; Daily News Record Harrisonburg, Virginia, article 18 Nov 1966; Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society Newsletter Vol. I No. 3 Winter 1979; and the 1937 record of John W. Wayland, 26 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, Virginia. Mr. Wayland noted-the old graveyard is out in a field, unfenced. Two or three other graves are marked with rough stones. Doubtless a number of persons are buried there whose graves are not marked. The plat is about 200 yards (maybe 150) SW of the great spring.
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Elkton area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Elkton, Virginia, go north on Route 340 (East Side Highway) to Route 607 (Bear Lithia Lane) and turn left.
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