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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Demetrius M. Jones
1927
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
2004
Cemetery Name:
Mt. Paran Baptist Church 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:
Kyger Funeral Home Marker
Cemetery Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
Source Date Remarks :
14-Aug-08
Mt. Paran Baptist Church Cemetery (Negro). Recording compared against the D.A.R. 1960s records.
Cemetery Notes
Cemetery in good condition. Note By Deb Wake: I tried to meet with Mr. Fields several times when I surveyed the cemetery in July and again August 15th, but his health was not good. He died 24 Aug 2008. In the 1960s the D.A.R. noted there were 16 illegible undertakers grave markers.
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 33 East to town of Elkton. In Elkton go north on Route 340 (East Side Hwy aka Stuart Avenue). Then turn right on Rockingham Street, continue on to Furnace and this changes to Route 759 (Newtown Road). Continue on Route 759 and turn left onto Route 891 (Mt. Paran Church Road). Cemetery is located behind the church on the left hand side of the road.
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