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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For

William Edward Gaines

1798

Birth Date:

Age:

Death Date:

1875

Cemetery Name:

Greenwood Family Cemetery (*)

Grave Location:

1

7

Section Plot Row Grave

Cemetery Type:

Private

Cemetery is known as an African American cemetery which may have slave burials.

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Source Date Remarks :

Nov-01

Greenwood Family Cemetery (*).

Cemetery Notes

Row 6 - These graves are buried near the brick wall. Row 7 - There is a small section that is enclosed by a brick wall and this is the original portion of the cemetery and has a plaque erected that reads: Wiilliam Edward Gaines 1798 - 1875; Elizabeth Shotwell Gaines 1803 - 1884; Erected by Edward Christian Gaines - 1935. * Records show "this is a colored cemetery".

2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.

Runkles Gap, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, take Route 33 East to Route 602 and turn left, then left at the residence of Gene Good, 4945 East Point Road, who is the owner of the property on which the cemetery is located.

Rocktown History Cemetery Report For

William Edward Gaines

​

1798

Birth Date:

Age:

Death Date:

1875

Cemetery Name:

Greenwood Family Cemetery (*)

Grave Location:

​

1

7

Section Plot Row Grave

Cemetery Type:

Private

Cemetery is known as an African American cemetery which may have slave burials.

Tombstone Note:

​

Tombstone Remarks:

​

Cemetery Location:

Latitude:

​

Longitude:

​

Source Date Remarks :

Nov-01

Greenwood Family Cemetery (*).

Cemetery Notes

2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.

Runkles Gap, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, take Route 33 East to Route 602 and turn left, then left at the residence of Gene Good, 4945 East Point Road, who is the owner of the property on which the cemetery is located.

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Remarks: