Rockingham County Virginia Tombstones by Cemetery

CemeteryHoover Family Cemetery 2
LocationFulks Run area, Rockingham County, Virginia. Take Route 259 to Fulks Run Grocery Store and turn left onto Route 612 (Hopkins Gap Road). Go approximately 7 miles to where you cross the Shoemaker River and park by the bridge. Walk 300 yards south on Route 612, then walk west 300 yards through the woods and cemetery is along the bank of the Shoemaker River.
NotesCemetery is not maintained and without fence. River rocks can be seen marking numerous graves. In 1967 J. Robert Swank wrote, "Located on the west side of Road 612 about 1/2 mile south of Owen Phillips home. On the east side of the old road. There were perhaps as many as 40 graves." On September 1, 2004, Garland & Ora Hoover of Lakeland, Florida, erected new stones honoring their ancestors.
Survey Date and Recorder4 Apr 2003
Bennie Getz, Walter Mason, Bob & Lois Emswiler

Cemetery Index

Surname Index

Surnames are sorted by section / plot / row / grave - only sections and rows are shown

SectionRowSurnameGiven Name & MIBirth DateDeath DateHeadstone NotesRemarks
HooverElizabeth Lahm21 Mar 1784185?Mother of David and Abraham Hoover.
HooverDavid15 Sep 18193 Feb 1863Aged 43y 4m 18d; Consort of Mary Hooverhusband of Mary Roadcap d/Emanuel & Eliz. Cherryholmes Roadcap
HooverWilliam29 Apr 18441 Jun 1852Age 8y 8m 2d; s/Abraham & Hannah
HooverAbraham9 Dec 1880Aged 68y 3m 23dNo visible marker-recorded by Swank in 1967; husband of Hannah Roadcap d/Emanuel & Eliz. Cherryholmes Roadcap
HooverHannahNo visible marker; w/Abraham; In Swank's private book he notes she is buried at Trissels Cemetery
HooverMaryabout 1817188?No visible marker; recorded by Swank in 1967; In Swank's private book he notes she is buried at Trissels Cemetery; w/David; d/Emanuel & Eliz. Cherryholmes Roadcap
HooverEffie18791880No visible marker-recorded by Swank in 1967; d/Noah & Laura Wilkins Hoover of Cootes Store
UnknownIllegible marker leaning against tree. "7 Nofamber Anno 1813 NL" may be for Noah Lam / Lahm, grandfather of David & Abraham Hoover.