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| Cemetery | Blose Family Cemetery |
| Location | Verbena, near Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia. About one mile due east of the tiny village of Verbena, along Naked Creek, at the junction of Road 609 (Naked Creek Road) and 603 (Blose Road), located on the farm of Reece Dean (dec'd March 2002). From the lane up to the house, the cemetery is beyond the spring fed pond on the left in a clump of cedar trees. |
| Notes | Cemetery is overgrown with brush & briers. In 1936 the WPA recorded their findings & noted "This cemetery area is approximately 50 feet square. Found over a dozen uninscribed fieldstone marked graves, 3 that were likely children as they were short in length. At some time in the past, the inscribed stones have been gathered together and laid, inscription side down, one on another, & surrounded by loose fieldstones." In 1988 Richard Bloss recorded this cemetery and he noted; "Cemetery almost completely ruined by cattle. What stones there were had been collected into a small pile in the center of some cedar trees." |
| Survey Date and Recorder | 1988 Richard Bloss |
Surnames are sorted by section / plot / row / grave - only sections and rows are shown
| Section | Row | Surname | Given Name & MI | Birth Date | Death Date | Headstone Notes | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burner | Christian | 5 Mar 1809 | 16 May 1889 | ||||
| Burner | Cassinda | 29 Oct 1810 | 20 Mar 1867 | w/Christian | |||
| Burner | Mary C. | 28 Dec 1864 | Aged 19y 6m 18d | d/Christian & Cassinda Burner | |||
| Burner | Sally G. | 10 Jun 1818 | 19 May 1874 | w/Christian | |||
| Blose | Jacob | 25 Mar 1791 | 23 Feb 1870 | ||||
| Blose | Elizabeth | 12 Mar 1791 | 16 Apr 1862 | ||||
| Coverstone | Jacob | 12 Mar 1802 | 21 Aug 1847 | ||||
| Blose | Georg Conrad | 1728 | 1774 | In 2002 Richard Bloss believes this person buried here; George Conrad Blows original land grantee | |||
| Blose | Mary | 1787 | w/Georg Conrad | In 2002 Richard Bloss believes this person buried here | |||
| Bloss | John Adam | 1823 | In 2002 Richard Bloss believes this person buried here; he inherited the farm from Georg Conrad Blose | ||||
| Bloss | Mary Hannah Shaffer (Shaver) | w/John Adam | In 2002 Richard Bloss believes this person buried here |
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