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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Edward (or Peter Rader?) Bowman
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
1864
Cemetery Name:
Old Criders Cemetery
Grave Location:
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Private
Tombstone Note:
Tombstone
Remarks:
killed 1864 in Radar Camp Hollow. This is Lewis Yankey’s version of the story: During the Civil War Peter Rader was a "Swamp" who stole horses and cattle and took them to WV and sold them. He had a hideout camp in what is now known as Rader Camp Hollo
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Source Date Remarks :
30-Jul-05
Old Criders Cemetery. Compared against 1967 records of J. Robert Swank and Lewis Yankey records.
Cemetery Notes
Notes in remarks column are taken from Patricia Ritchie records. Patricia Ritchie notes: This cemetery is bordered on three sides by the Gail and Shirley Smith Hupp farm. There is one large monument to mark this cemetery in the field. He had hoped to engrave the names of those buried there but was not able to complete the project. Mrs. Hupp reports that there used to be some carved markings along fence on the upper end of the cemetery. According to the notes of Lewis Yankey, these people are buried in the old cemetery down the hill from the present-day Caplinger Cemetery at Criders, Virginia. Most dates are from his notes, census records, the 1850 mortality schedule for Rockingham County, or the Rockingham County Death Register. In 1967 Mr. J. Robert Swank noted: It is said there are some slaves and possibly Indians buried here.
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Criders, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 42 North to Broadway. Pick up Route 259 (Brocks Gap Road) and go west. Travel past Fulks Run Grocery store and continue on Route 259 to Route 820 (Bergton Road) and turn left. Continue on Route 820 to Route 826 (Criders Road) and turn left. Go about 5 miles. The cemetery is below the hill of the current Caplinger Cemetery at Criders.
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