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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Cecil C., Mrs. Hardin
1900
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
1953
Cemetery Name:
Spring Creek Negro Cemetery (*)
Grave Location:
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Church
Cemetery is known as an African American cemetery which may have slave burials.
Tombstone Note:
Tombstone
Remarks:
Cemetery Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
Source Date Remarks :
8-Jan-08
Spring Creek Negro Cemetery at Briery Branch. Recordings compared to J. Robert Swank's 1967 records.
Cemetery Notes
Cemetery is in the process of being restored. There are many graves marked with fieldstones and more with no markings at all.
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Briery Branch area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 42 South (John Wayland Hwy) and in Dayton turn right onto Route 257 (Ottobine Road which changes name to Briery Branch Road). At Ottobine store, Route 257 turns left (south and now Briery Branch Road.) From the Ottobine Store, go 1.3 miles and turn left onto Route 755 (Lambert Town Road). Go 0.9 miles and cemetery is on the right side of the road just before the M/M Douglas Howdyshell home (yellow).
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