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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Jonathan Crider
11 Sep 1827
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
29 May 1830
Cemetery Name:
Frederick Crider Family Cemetery
Grave Location:
3
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Private
Tombstone Note:
s/Jacob & Magdalene Crider
Tombstone
Remarks:
Cemetery Location:
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Source Date Remarks :
1. 1985 2. 1967
Frederick Crider Family Cemetery. Recorded by Patricia Turner Ritchie. Compared to J. Robert Swank records in 1967.
Cemetery Notes
Notes from Patricia Turner Ritchie in 1985 - "There are approximately 15 graves marked by river rocks. Four have extensive carving of names, dates, and religious verses. There was a fence once, and two large cedar trees probably mark the original gate." Notes in "Remarks Column" were furnished by Mrs. Ritchie. Mrs. Ritchie added the following note - "A son of Frederick Crider, Jacob Crider, born about 1787, married Magdaline Waggoner in Rockingham County, VA in 1815. She was the daughter of John Waggoner. Three of their sons are buried in this cemetery, Ephraim, Henry, and Jonathan. Mr. Yankey recently learned that Jacob & Magdaline had moved west to be with some of their children and died there." In 1967 J. Robert Swank noted "Crider family plot on Shaver Mountain about 2 miles past Post Office. Mr. & Mrs. Riley Crider, Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Crider and others buried here."
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Criders area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, take Route 42 north. In Broadway turn left onto Route 259 (Brocks Gap Road). Continue on Route 259, through Fulks Run, and turn left onto Route 820 (Bergton Road). In Bergton turn left onto Route 826 (Criders Road) to town of Criders. Travel past Criders Post Office and past Valley View Mennonite Church. Turn left at the old Ben Lantz home, a two story frame house, and continue on the dirt road about 1 mile until you reach the two story log home now owned by Bruce Dove. Cemetery is on the side of the ridge above the house and can only be reached by foot.
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