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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Negro Unknown
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
Cemetery Name:
Thomas Family Cemetery
Grave Location:
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Private
Tombstone Note:
Tombstone
Remarks:
Also is said to be buried here.
Cemetery Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
Source Date Remarks :
7-Jan
Thomas Family Cemetery. Verified against Robert J. Swank's 1960s records.
Cemetery Notes
Cemetery is enclosed by an iron fence & overgrown. Only two headstones visible. In 1967 J. Robert Swank noted, "Cemetery on Mrs. Oliver E. Baker farm. There is a slave burial plot, with eight to ten graves outline visible, across the road near large oak. The last three buried were Nelson Nash, his brother Jerry Nash, & Dick Black about 65 years old." Slave plot was not visible in 2002.
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Near Timberville, Roackingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg take Route 42 to Timberville & turn right onto Route 617 (Evergreen Valley Road). Go approximately 3.0 miles & turn left onto Route 617 (Ridge Road). Cross railroad tracks & go 0.3 miles. Cemetery is along the left side of the road.
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