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| Cemetery | Lewis Ritchie Cemetery |
| Location | Fulks Run area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Fulks Run Grocery store, go west on Hwy 259 for 1 mile. At Valley Land store, turn left onto Route 818 (Little Dry River Road). Watch for Route 631. About 1 mile after you pass Route 631, the road from Carr Hollow will enter Dry River Road from the right. Around the next turn is the old Ritchie land. The cemetery is on the left side of the road on the hill next to the road. |
| Notes | The hillside, where the cemetery is located, is covered with perIwinkle. There are no stones marking the site. For more details on the Ritchie family refer to book "Isaac Ritchie of Virginia" by Vergie Carr Lantz. Directions and notes were furnished by Patricia Turner Ritchie in 1999. In 1967 J. Robert Swank noted "space would indicate 35 to 50 graves. No inscribed stones." |
| Survey Date and Recorder | 1. 1999 2. 1967 1. Patricia Turner Ritchie 2. J. Robert Swank |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ritchie | Jacob | 1762 | 1850 | No visible marker-buried here per Mrs. Vergie Lantz's book "Descendants of Isaac Ritchie of Virginia" & Miss Ruth Ritchie of Fulks Run; s/Isaac Ritchie & Maria Catharena Wolfe Ritchie, father of John Ritchie who married Magdalene Elizabeth Fawley (d/George & Magdalena Wolf Fawley) | |||
| Ritchie | Maria Turner | 1764 | 1859 | No visible marker-buried here per Mrs. Vergie Lantz's book "Descendants of Isaac Ritchie of Virginia" & Miss Ruth Ritchie of Fulks Run; w/Jacob Ritchie, d/James Turner I & ___ Zetty, mother of John Ritchie who married Magdalene Elizabeth Fawley (d/George & Magdalena Wolf Fawley) | |||
| Ritchie | Eva | 1852 | died young | No visible marker-buried here per Mrs. Vergie Lantz's book "Descendants of Isaac Ritchie of Virginia" & Miss Ruth Ritchie of Fulks Run; d/Levi Ritchie Sr. & Susannah Caplinger Ritchie, great-grandchild of Jacob & Maria Turner Ritchie. | |||
| Ritchie | Berryman | 1852 | 29 May 1878 | No visible marker-buried here per Mrs. Vergie Lantz's book "Descendants of Isaac Ritchie of Virginia" & Miss Ruth Ritchie of Fulks Run; s/Absolam Ritchie & Hannah Custer Ritchie, great-grandchild of Jacob & Maria Turner Ritchie, Absolam & Levi Ritchie were brothers | |||
| Ritchie | Addie | Died at age 27 years | No visible marker-buried here per Mrs. Vergie Lantz's book "Descendants of Isaac Ritchie of Virginia" & Miss Ruth Ritchie of Fulks Run; d/Absolam & Hannah Custer Ritchie, great-grandchild of Jacob & Maria Turner Ritchie | ||||
| Ritchie | Martha | 1856 | 20 Jul 1878 | No visible marker-buried here per Mrs. Vergie Lantz's book "Descendants of Isaac Ritchie of Virginia" & Miss Ruth Ritchie of Fulks Run; d/Absolam & Hannah Custer Ritchie | |||
| Ritchie | Benjamin R. | 1875 | 7 Apr 1893 | No visible marker-buried here per Mrs. Vergie Lantz's book "Descendants of Isaac Ritchie of Virginia" & Miss Ruth Ritchie of Fulks Run; s/Lewis & Sarah C. Dove Ritchie, Lewis Ritchie was the s/Levi Ritchie Sr. & nephew of Absolam Ritchie | |||
| Ritchie | Polly Susan | 5 Apr 1877 | 26 Apr 1877 | No visible marker-buried here per Mrs. Vergie Lantz's book "Descendants of Isaac Ritchie of Virginia" & Miss Ruth Ritchie of Fulks Run; d/Lewis & Sarah C. Dove Ritchie | |||
| Ritchie | Sampson | 20 Dec 1884 | 23 Dec 1884 | No visible marker-buried here per Mrs. Vergie Lantz's book "Descendants of Isaac Ritchie of Virginia" & Miss Ruth Ritchie of Fulks Run; s/Lewis & Sarah C. Dove Ritchie | |||
| Ritchie | Absolom | No visible marker-buried here per Mr. Swank in 1967 | |||||
| Ritchie | Absolom, Mrs. | No visible marker-buried here per Mr. Swank in 1967 | |||||
| Ritchie | Barry | No visible marker-buried here per Mr. Swank in 1967 (note: Maybe same person as Berryman Ritchie) | |||||
| Ritchie | Child | No visible marker-buried here per Mr. Swank in 1967, brother of Brewer Ritchie | |||||
| Roadcap | Child | No visible marker-buried here per Mr. Swank in 1967, s/Edward Roadcap | |||||
| Carr | No visible marker-buried here per Mr. Swank in 1967, Swank note-thought to be some of this family here |
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