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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Mrs. Dever
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
Cemetery Name:
Dever Family Cemetery 2
Grave Location:
2
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Private
Tombstone Note:
Tombstone
Remarks:
Mother of Mrs. John A. Patterson
Cemetery Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
Source Date Remarks :
1967
Dever Family Cemetery (J. C. Phillips Place). No attempt to find cemetery in 2003. All data from J. Robert Swank’s record in 1967.
Cemetery Notes
No attempt was made to find this cemetery in 2003. In 1967 J. Robert Swank wrote; "There is evidence of a dozen or more graves marked with field stones. Dever - parents of Mrs. John A. Patterson and others including some slaves. Rockingham County Marriage Records: 1799 - Agnes B. Dever married William Phillip 1833 - Lorena Dever married Henry Phillips. Tax Book for year 1856 shows: James A. Dever - 158 a. on Spring Creek; James H. Dever - 207 a. on Briery Branch; Martin Dever - 143 a. on Spring Creek; Polly Dever - est. on Spring Creek; Hugh Dever by patent 8-1-1756 on Beaver Creek."
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Spring Creek, Rockingham County, Virginia. Was located on the hill south of Route 613 and west of junction with Route 750 - now the J. C. Phillips Place.
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