Lincoln Family Cemetery - Rockingham County, Virginia - Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society

Cemetery	Lincoln Family Cemetery
Location	North of Edom, Rockingham County, Virginia. From corner of Route 33 West (W. Market Street) and Route 42 in Harrisonburg, travel 8.3 miles north on Route 42 (Harpine Highway). On the right side of the road in a field just north of the Lincoln home. Get permission to visit cemetery.
Notes	Plot is surrounded by an iron fence and well maintained. In 1933 John W. Wayland noted, "In and around this graveyard, which now is enclosed by an iron fence formerly by a brick wall, were buried some of the Lincoln Negro slaves." He goes on to note that the Lincoln family graveyard is on the original John Lincoln tract of 1768 on Linville Creek.
Survey Date and Recorder	30 Jul 2003 Lois Emswiler & Louise Gilkerson

Cemetery Index

Surname Index

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

Row	Surname	Given Name & MI	Birth Date	Death Date	Headstone Notes	Remarks
001	Pennybacker	Catherine Abigail	30 May 1868	17 Dec 1938	d/Col. John Dyer Pennybacker & His Wife Mary Elizabeth Lincoln	Note by J. W. Wayland-nickname "Kate" and she was the 2nd child of John Dyer & Mary Elizabeth Lincoln Maupin Pennybacker. 1st child was Mary Lee Pennybacker born August 24, 1866. 3rd child was John George Pennybacker born November 18, 1870.
002	Pennybacker	Mary Elizabeth	11 Nov 1827	14 May 1905	d/Abram & Mary Lincoln; w/John D.	Note by J. W. Wayland on June 6, 1942- 1st married Dr. Richard S. Maupin - 2nd married John D. Pennybacker, son of Isaac S. Pennybacker. Isaac was a brother to Joel Pennybacker and others of Pine Forge, Shenandoah Co., Va.
003	Pennybacker	Margaret Muse		17 Apr 1919	Aged 82y 10m 5d	J. W. Wayland note- This was "Miss Doon" Pennybacker, d/Joel Pennybacker of Pine Forge, Shenandoah Co., Va. She was "cousin Doon" to Miss Kate Pennybacker, d/John D. & Mary E. L. M. Pennybacker. Miss Kate probably erected the tombstone.
004	Brock	Edna Earl "Lennie"	24 Aug 1869	26 Nov 1917	d/J. P. & C. A.	d/Joel & Margaret Stribling Pennybacker
005	Brock	John P.	17 May 1823	1 Dec 1892	My Husband	J. W. Wayland shows born May 12, 1823
006	Brock	Caroline A.	9 Oct 1831	5 May 1899	Our Mother	w/John P.; d/Abram & Mary Homan Lincoln; J. W. Wayland note-born C. Amanda Lincoln
007	Lincoln	Abraham	15 Mar 1799	13 Jun 1851	Aged 52y 2m 29d	Col.; 4th son of Capt. Jacob Lincoln (1751-1822)
008	Lincoln	Mary	24 Oct 1802	8 Mar 1874	w/Abram	nee Homan
009	Lincoln	Dorcas Sarah	24 Mar 1837	7 Dec 1852	Aged 15y 8m 13d	J.W. Wayland note- d/Abr. & Mary Lincoln
010	Maupin	Richard S., Dr.	17 Nov 1816	7 Dec 1855		1st husband of Mary E. Lincoln (1827-1905)
011	Maupin	Infant	29 Jul 1873	29 July 1873	ch/A. L. & E. C. Maupin	On same stone
012	Maupin	Infant	1 Aug 1874	1 Aug 1874	ch/A. L. & E. C. Maupin	On same stone
013	M.	Carrie L.			Aged 4y 1m 6d	In 2003-no surname or dates on stones
014	Maupin	Mary D. B.			Aged 2y 7m 17d	In 2003-no surname or dates on stones; Note by J. W. Wayland-Mary D. B. (B=Brock) Maupin child of A. L. & E. G. Maupin
015	R.	Arizona F. V. J.			Aged 47y 10m 19d	In 2003-no surname or dates on stones
016	Brock	Infant Son	17 Jun 1852	17 Jun 1852	s/ J. P. & C. A.
017	Lincoln	Virginia John	1716	1788	Erected 1963 by Massanutten D.A.R., Rockingham Historical Society
018	Lincoln	Rebecca Flowers	1720	1806	w/John Lincoln; erected by Lincoln Descendants
019	Maupin	Infant Daughter		31 Mar 1850	d/R. S. & M. E.	In 2003-stone is broken
020	Lincoln	John		17 Jul 1818	Aged 35y 5m 4d; Sacred to the memory of	Son of Capt. John Lincoln; Note by J. W. Wayland-John was cut with a scythe, while mowing in the meadow by his young brother Abraham (1799-1851) who was then just about 19, and bled to death. This information was given me by Abraham's daughter, Mary Elizabeth Lincoln Maupin Pennybacker (1827-1905) at her home on Linville Creek in or about 1903.
021	Lincoln	Dorcas		25 Jan 1840	Aged 76y 10m 10d; Sacred to the memory of	w/Capt. Jacob Lincoln; nee Robinson
022	Lincoln	Jacob	18 Nov 1751	20 Feb 1822	In the memory of	Capt.; Emblem S.R.A. 1775
023	Lincoln	Infant	19 Oct 1829	21 Jul 1830	d/Abraham & Mary	J. W. Wayland noted-name as Dorcas Lairna Lincoln, d/Abr. & Mary Homan Lincoln
024	Unknown	Uncle Ned & his wife Queen			The last of the Lincoln slaves; Erected by Mary Lee Pennybacker descendants of the Lincolns
025	Maupin	Abraham Lincoln	24 Jun 1845		s/Mary Elizabeth L. Maupin	No visible stone in 2003; Recorded by J. W. Wayland in 1933

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