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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Joseph Cromer, Sr.
28 Dec 1784
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
24 Aug 1871
Cemetery Name:
Cromer Family Cemetery
Grave Location:
2
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Private
Tombstone Note:
Tombstone
Remarks:
No visible marker-recorded by Swank in 1967; 1st wife Mary Harshbarger; 2nd wife Harriet Smootz
Cemetery Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
Source Date Remarks :
18-Feb-02
Cromer Family Cemetery. Recorded and compared against J. Robert Swank's 1967 records.
Cemetery Notes
Cemetery is enclosed by a stone wall and overgrown. In 1967 J. Robert Swank noted "There are indications of a number of other graves unmarked." He also wrote "Known children of Joseph Sr. and Mary Harshbarger Cromer; Emanuel married Miss McLeod, Mary Catherine married Jesse Ralston Jr., Benjamin married Ellen Ralston, John H. married Lucretia Ralston, Joseph Jr."
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Antioch area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 42 North, then turn left onto Route 765 (Cromer Road). It is located on the left side (south) of the road, in a field, on private property owned by the Burgess family.
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