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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Martha Rice
14 Jan 1805
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
5 Dec 1881
Cemetery Name:
Rice Family Cemetery
Grave Location:
3
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Private
Tombstone Note:
Aged 76y 10m 21d; Our Mother
Tombstone
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Source Date Remarks :
18-Jul-02
Rice Family Cemetery. Recorded and compared against J. Robert Swank's 1967 cemetery record.
Cemetery Notes
In 1967 J. Robert Swank noted "There is evidence of unmarked graves. Plot surrounded by splendid brick wall. Marriage record: Thomas Rice married May 1797 to Esther Scott, daughter of Jacob Scott." In 1937 Mr. W. A. Byerly, working for the WPA, noted "Graveyard was recently enclosed by a new brick wall & is in good condition. The early Rice family graves are not marked, only the later ones. This is one of three brothers who were among the early settlers in Virginia." Today, 2002, the current owners clean cemetery at least once a year & the brick wall is in good condition.
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
West of Dayton, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg travel south on Route 42 (John Wayland Highway). In Dayton take a right onto Ottobine Road (Route 257). Go 2.4 miles, cross Dry River, and turn right onto West Dry River Road (Route 738). Drive 1.4 miles and take a left onto Honey Run Road (Route 743) and go 6/10th mile to Dan Knicely's farm on left side of road. Cemetery hard to get to and on ridge behind Knicely's home.
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