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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Abraham Hess
7 May 1829
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
25 Jun 1912
Cemetery Name:
Custer Family Cemetery
Grave Location:
2
1
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Private
Tombstone Note:
Tombstone
Remarks:
s/Peter Hess & Elizabeth Romack Hess
Cemetery Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
Source Date Remarks :
1. 1967 2. 1999
Custer Family Cemetery. Cemetery records printed by J. Robert Swank in 1967. Patricia Turner Ritchie's book "Old Family Cemeteries at Fulks Run, Virginia" published September 1999. Typed 02 February 2002 by Lois A. Emswiler
Cemetery Notes
Fenced erected in 1995 by Custer descendants who also placed the memorial marker with several names. Notes in "Remarks" column were taken from Pat Ritchie's book in 1999. In l967 J. Robert Swank indicated the cemetery is on the old Abe Hess farm. Pat Ritchie's book notes the land was owned by the Custer family from about 1750 to 1870's.
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Fulks Run, Rockingham county, Virginia. From Fulks Run Grocery, continue west on route 259 for 1 mile. Turn left at the Valley Land Store onto Route 818 (Little Dry River Road). After crossing the bridge, turn right onto the private gravel and go as far as you can. The cemetery is on top of the hill and is fenced.
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