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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Charles R. Fortune
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
13 Oct 1899
Cemetery Name:
Athens Cemetery (*)
Grave Location:
1
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Private
Cemetery is known as an African American cemetery which may have slave burials.
Tombstone Note:
Aged 60 y 8m
Tombstone
Remarks:
Stone off base & on ground
Cemetery Location:
Latitude:
38° 30′ 44.1″ N
Longitude:
78° 45′ 47.1″ W
Source Date Remarks :
7-Jun-07
Athens Cemetery. Recording compared against the D.A.R. records done in 1960s.
Cemetery Notes
Cemetery is fenced and maintained. There are many field/limestones in the cemetery without markings on them.
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 go past Route 811 (Fridley's Gap Road) to 2nd house on right (9302 Indian Trail Road). Cemetery is located in a field a short distance behind their buildings. Also may be referred to as Long's Chapel or Zenda.
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