Cemetery | Old Athens Church Cemetery (*) |
Location | Northeast of Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 11 North and turn right onto Route 721 (Fellowship Road). Route 721 intersects Route 717 (Indian Trail Road) and turn left. Continue on Route 717 and take a right onto Route 811 (Fridley's Gap Road). Go a short distance and you will see, on the right side of the road, the abandoned church structure with cemetery behind it. |
Notes | The church and cemetery have been abandoned. The cemetery is overgrown and there is no fence around it. It appears there are many unmarked graves here. |
Survey Date and Recorder | 17 Apr 2003 Bennie Getz, Walter Mason, Bob & Lois Emswiler |
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 |
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Grant | James B. | 21 Mar 1898 | Aged 22y 3m 4d; s/M. & H. L. Grant | ||||
Jackson | Dennis | 1850 | 1930 | All Jacksons on one stone | |||
Jackson | Jane | 1853 | 19-- | His Wife | Appears to be buried here; w/Dennis | ||
Jackson | Sooniah | 1880 | 1910 | ||||
Jackson | Andrew | 1884 | 1902 | ||||
Jackson | William | Aged 16 yrs | |||||
Strother | James | 6 Oct 1910 | All Strothers on one stone | ||||
Strother | Jane | 10 Sep 1925 | His wife | w/James | |||
Strother | Lewis L. | 12 Apr 1906 | |||||
Strother | James E. | 16 May 1904 | |||||
Broadus | Mary A. | 14 Jul 1903 | Aged 76y 6m 18d; w/Frank; A member of the U.B. Church for 50 years | ||||
Bibbs | Mary E. | 22 Feb 1893 | Aged 2y 1m 21d; d/C. & L. Bibbs | ||||
Bibbs | Jett N. | 2 Jun 1897 | Aged 27y 5m 5d; s/C. & L Bibbs | ||||
Brock | Alice | 15 May 1916 | Partially illegible-cannot read birth date | ||||
Brock | Lena | 1893 | 1899 | ||||
Johnston | Maria | 22 Feb 1881 | Aged about 85 yrs | ||||
Richardson | Jones Franklin | 17 Jun 1876 | Aged 1y 10m 23d | ||||
Richardson | William Hardy | 10 Dec 1874 | Aged 7 Feb 1920 |