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Rocktown History Cemetery Report For
Peter Whitzel
20 Oct 1774
Birth Date:
Age:
Death Date:
20 Oct 1864
Cemetery Name:
Whitesels United Brethren Church Cemetery
Grave Location:
10
Section Plot Row Grave
Cemetery Type:
Church
Tombstone Note:
Aged 90 yrs
Tombstone
Remarks:
s/Peter W. Whitzel Sr.; born in Maryland
Cemetery Location:
Latitude:
Longitude:
Source Date Remarks :
6-Jun-07
Whitesels United Brethren Church Cemetery. Recording compared against the D.A.R. 1960s records and the 1987 records of Brett & Judy Nordgren.
Cemetery Notes
Cemetery is well maintained with fence around it. In 1987 Brett & Judy Nordgren provided the data and notes in the Remarks Column. They also noted; The site is presently occupied by a small Mennonite Church, the original United Brethren Church building having been removed in 1976. Inscription on historical monument: "Mary Whitesel, widow of Peter Whitesel Sr. and her eight children came from Maryland to Virginia in 1778. In 1824 her son Peter Jr. donated the land on which a log church building was erected. The first United Brethren Church building in Virginia. The log structure was replaced in 1874 and in 1893 the second building was replaced by a frame building which was removed in 1976. Mother Mary Whitesel is buried in an unmarked grave." Note by Brett & Judy Nordgren: The Widow Mary story is not correct. Peter Weitzel, Sr., his wife Anne and 6 or 7 of their children, who eventually numbered 9, came from Leitersburg, Maryland sometime around 1791.
2023 Rocktown History. For personal use only.
Pleasant Valley area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From the corner of Route 11 south (Main Street) and Route 659 (Port Republic Road) travel east 5.3 miles on Route 659. Turn right onto Route 276 (Cross Keys Road). Go a short distance and turn right onto Route 679 (Battlefield Road). Go to Route 681 (N Whitsel Church Road) and turn left. Cemetery is on the left side of the road.
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