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| Cemetery | Arey Family Cemetery 1 |
| Location | Dry River area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From the Courthouse in Harrisonburg, travel Route 33 West. Go 4.5 miles and turn left onto Route 734 (Bank Church Road). Go 1.2 miles and Route 734 turns right. Go 1/10 mile and Route 734 turns left. Continue on Route 734 for 1.4 mile. Turn left onto Route 752 (Rushville Road) going past the Bank Mennonite Church. Go a short distance and house/barn/farm is close to the road on the left side. Cemetery is behind house in a field. |
| Notes | Cemetery is well maintained and has recently been worked over. The broken brick wall has been replaced by a white board/brick fence. The property is now owned by Roy Burkholder. Two new stones have been put up for slave burials. In 1967 J. Robert Swank noted; There are unmarked graves - also said to be slaves buried here. |
| Survey Date and Recorder | 12 Apr 2005 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arey | Samuel | 5 Jan 1799 | 1 Jan 1846 | Aged 46y 11m 26d | |||
| Unknown | A slave | ||||||
| Unknown | Aunt Jenny | A slave | |||||
| Arey | Joseph Luther | 11 Apr 1870 | Aged 9m 3d; s/Wm & L. | ||||
| Arey | William | 27 Aug 1808 | 5 Jul 1885 | Aged 76y 10m 8d | |||
| Arey | Elizabeth | 6 Nov 1800 | 12 Aug 1858 | Aged 57y 9m 6d | |||
| Arey | David A. | 19 Nov 1836 | 13 Apr 1848 | Aged 11y 4m 24d; s/John & J. | |||
| Arey | Samuel H. | 5 Dec 1815 | 27 Aug 1877 | Aged 61y 8m 22d | Stone broken off base and face down on ground in 2005; recorded by J. Robert Swank in 1967 | ||
| Arey | Philip | 13 Nov 1811 | 16 Jul 1854 | Aged 42y 8m 3d | Aged is below ground-recorded by J. Robert Swank in 1967 | ||
| Arey | John | 13 Oct 1797 | 13 Jun 1847 | Aged 49y 8m | |||
| Robinson | William H. | 3 Mar 1840 | 14 Feb 1890 | husband/Lucy C. Robinson; Pvt Co G 10th VA Vol Inf; Co 17 VA Cav | Military marker legible; old marker is standing but in bushes 2011 | ||
| Arey | George | 15 Mar 1772 | 1 Jun 1858 | Aged 86y 2m 15d | |||
| Arey | Mary | 5 Mar 1775 | 29 Jun 1830 | Aged 55y 3m 24d | |||
| Arey | Mary | 23 Feb 1822 | Aged 19 yrs | Age recorded as 19y 1m 20d by J. Robert Swank in 1967 | |||
| Arey | Ephraigm | 27 Jul 1806 | 8 Jul 1833 | Aged 26y 11m 12d | |||
| Arey | L.A. | 27 Oct 1848 | 15 Nov 1868 | No visible marker in 2011 | |||
| Arey | Clara | 30 Oct 1874 | 13 Mar 1875 | d/John W. & Kate | No visible marker in 2011 | ||
| Arey | George W. | Dec 1826 | 2 Oct 1878 | Illegible marker-in bushes 2011 | |||
| Arey | Mary Catherine | 2 Mar 1868 | 13 Dec 1870 | d/Geo. W. & Cath. | Partial illegible-broken and flat on ground in 2011 | ||
| Arey | Jahiley A. | 19 Dec 1804 | 26 Apr 1882 | Aged 77y 3m 17d; w/John |
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