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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Elenorah Skelton
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
9 Jan 1863
Cemetery Name:
Northern Methodist Cemetery
Grave Location:
7
5
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Church
Tombstone Note:
Aged 8y 3d; d/W. E. & A. M.
Tombstone
Remarks:
Age illegible; J.W. Wayland showed age as 3y 9d
Cemetery Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
Source Date Remarks :
27-Aug-02
Northern Methodist Cemetery. Compared walk through with records of J. Robert Swank in 1967, John W. Wayland in 1934 and WPA in 1937.
Cemetery Notes
Cemetery recorded from front (street side) to back & left to right. In the southwest corner there are illegible broken stones. In 1934 John W. Wayland noted "A 'Northern' Methodist church used to stand here, but was removed years ago." In 1937 the WPA noted "One of the first grave yards located in this section. No special history only the resting place of some of the first settlers in this part of Virginia." In 1967 J. Robert Swank noted "Many stones broken & down and probably as many or more unmarked then those with markers." In 2002 we found cemetery well maintained & a lot of stones were repaired.
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Mt. Crawford, Rockingham County, Virginia. From downtown Harrisonburg, take Route 11 south to Mt. Crawford. In town turn right onto Route 867 (Old Bridgewater Road), go 1/10th mile & cemetery is on left side of road.
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