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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Lena Brock
1893
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
1899
Cemetery Name:
Old Athens Church Cemetery (*)
Grave Location:
15
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Church
Cemetery is known as an African American cemetery which may have slave burials.
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Tombstone
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Source Date Remarks :
17-Apr-03
Old Athens Church Cemetery (*). Recorded and compared against the DAR 1960s record.
Cemetery Notes
The church and cemetery have been abandoned. The cemetery is overgrown and there is no fence around it. It appears there are many unmarked graves here.
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Northeast of Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 11 North and turn right onto Route 721 (Fellowship Road). Route 721 intersects Route 717 (Indian Trail Road) and turn left. Continue on Route 717 and take a right onto Route 811 (Fridley's Gap Road). Go a short distance and you will see, on the right side of the road, the abandoned church structure with cemetery behind it.
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