Cemetery | Mt. Moriah United Methodist Church Cemetery (*) |
Location | Grottoes, Rockingham County, Virginia. In Harrisonburg, from the intersection of Route 11 (South Main Street) and Route 659 (Port Republic Road), turn left (east) onto Route 659 and go 12.1 miles on Route 659. Turn right onto Route 340 (South Eastside Hwy) and go 2.0 miles. Turn right onto Route 256 and go 8/10 mile and then turn right onto Holly Avenue. Go 2/10 mile and church/cemetery is on the right side of road. Corner of 6th St. and Holly Ave. |
Notes | Fairly well maintained. There are many unmarked graves and many with rocks or limestones that have no writing on them. |
Survey Date and Recorder | 17 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 |
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Goens | John T. | 12 Mar 1854 | Jun 1919 | No visible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s | |||
Johnson | Charles A. | 14 Aug 1918 | 3 Aug 1919 | s/C. E. & V. V. | No visible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s | ||
Johnson | Matthew | 1950 | 1969 | No visible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s | |||
Johnston | Mary Ann | w/Warren | No visible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s; no dates | ||||
Jones | Josie | 14 Jul 1934 | No visible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s | ||||
McCarthy | Infant Boy | 1964 | No visible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s | ||||
McCarthy | Theodore Curtis | Dec 1962 | No visible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s | ||||
McCarthy | Wade | 1898 | 1969 | No visible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s | |||
Poindexter | Bernice | 1927 | 1958 | No visible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s | |||
Shreckhise | Son | Mar 1894 | Aged 15y 7m; s/M. M. & Selena | No visible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s | |||
Solomon | Tina | 1961 | 1962 | No visible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s | |||
Veney | Sallie | No visible marker-recorded by DAR in 1960s | |||||
001 | Veney | Benjamin H. | 28 May 1889 | 3 Oct 1987 | |||
001 | Martin | Charles C., Rev. | 1 Oct 1885 | 27 Oct 1934 | |||
001 | Bell | Franklin J. | 7 Jul 1932 | Virginia Pvt 347 Serv. B. N. | No age shown | ||
001 | Jones | Marshall | 9 Sep 1910 | 16 Oct 1979 | M Sgt U.S. Air Force WWII | ||
002 | Veney | Charles H. | 30 Jul 1950 | ||||
002 | Veney | Shelia T. | 7 Jul 1951 | 9 Mar 2000 | |||
002 | Nickens | E. C. | 10 Jan 1843 | 24 Feb 1908 | w/Rev G. D.; aged 65y 4m 14d | ||
002 | Yancey | Sherman W. | 1925 | 1959 | Funeral Home marker only-name missing | ||
002 | Yancey | James E. | 1931 | 1970 | Lindsey Funeral Home marker only | ||
003 | McCarthy | Wade | 1899 | 1973 | |||
003 | Johnson | Franklin | 15 Mar 1809 | 27 Jan 1881 | Aged 71y 10m 12d; Our Father | ||
003 | Yancey | Sewilla, Mrs. | 1890 | 1980 | Lindsey Funeral Home marker only | ||
004 | Unknown | No legible markings in 2005 | |||||
004 | McCarthy | Charles A. | 10 Jul 1924 | 3 Sep 1972 | Virginia Cpl 1328 Engineers WWII | ||
004 | McCarthy | William "Billy" | 25 Jan 1929 | 18 Mar 1993 | |||
004 | McCarthy | Gertrude H. | 25 Aug 1905 | 24 Jun 1997 | |||
004 | Williams | Parthenia J. | 12 Aug 1840 | 12 Feb 1898 | Aged 58 yrs | ||
004 | Brown | Robert W. | 1887 | 1979 | |||
005 | Bey | Antony A. | 1990 | 1996 | Lindsey Funeral Home marker only | ||
005 | McCarthy | James Edward | 5 Mar 1925 | 24 May 1995 | STM1 U.S. Navy WWII | ||
005 | Moultry | Clara McCarthy | 1920 | 1985 | |||
005 | McCarthy | Donald R. | 1933 | 1981 | Kyger Funeral Home marker only | ||
005 | McCarthy | Mary | 1935 | 1972 | W. H. Kyger Funeral home marker only | ||
005 | McCarthy | Josephine H. | 28 Sep 1902 | 15 Apr 1992 | |||
005 | McCarthy | Cecil E. | 6 Mar 1900 | 25 Mar 1962 | |||
005 | Unknown | T. A. | Illegible Funeral Home marker in 2005 | ||||
006 | Carter | Hester | Partially illegible-dates | ||||
006 | McCarthy | Lena M. | 13 Apr 1874 | 10 Jan 1894 | Aged 19y 8m; w/Robert | ||
006 | Baswell | Margaret A. | 8 Apr 1821 | 15 Jan 1898 | |||
006 | Boswell | Joseph | 1 Apr 1891 | Aged 62 yrs | |||
006 | Ware | Charles H. | 10 Mar 1866 | 20 Jul 1890 | |||
006 | Ware | Mary Jane | 13 Aug 1889 | Aged 1 yr; Infant d/C. H. & J. M. | Partially illegible-recorded by DAR in 1960s | ||
006 | Poindexter | Mary | 13 Feb 1848 | 27 Apr 1888 | |||
007 | Pondexter | Margaret | 1908 | 2005 | Lindsey Funeral Home marker only | ||
007 | Poindexter | Geo R. | 27 Feb 1906 | 20 May 1961 | Father | ||
007 | Poindexter | John | 28 Sep 1868 | 31 Jan 1914 | Aged 46y 4m 3d | ||
007 | Johnston | Infant | 1933 | 1933 | s/Theodore M. & Rosa P. | ||
007 | Poindexter | St. Clair | 19 Jul 1892 | Aged 85 yrs | |||
007 | Poindexter | Sidney | 12 Feb 1889 | Aged 79y 7m 8d | |||
007 | Poindexter | Abraham | 1863 | 1937 | |||
007 | Poindexter | Eliza | 1857 | 1930 | Wife | W/Abraham | |
007 | Poindexter | Charles S. | 24 Nov 1873 | 17 May 1945 | |||
007 | Poindexter | Maggie V. | 17 Jan 1881 | 14 Apr 1980 | |||
007 | Solomon | Elizabeth P. | 5 Jun 1911 | 19 Feb 1972 | |||
007 | Jackson | Virginia Frances | 27 May 1912 | 27 Apr 2001 | |||
007 | Brown | Annie E. | 1891 | 1971 | |||
007 | Randle, Sr. | Dan | 4 Aug 1893 | 30 Jan 1963 | Husband | ||
007 | Randle | Edith M. | 31 Jul 1894 | 19 Mar 1968 | |||
007 | Mason | George H. | 12 May 1872 | 11 Feb 1911 | Aged 38y 9m | ||
007 | Veney | Charles B. | 21 Dec 1855 | 24 Jul 1910 | Aged 55y 7m 3d | ||
008 | Brown | Beatrice M. | 21 Mar 1910 | 29 Jan 1984 | nee May | ||
008 | Doubt | James W. | 1857 | 1911 | |||
008 | Doubt | Annie M. | 1857 | 1924 | Wife | w/James W. | |
009 | Johnson | Matthews MacShana | 1 Feb 1950 | 8 Mar 1968 | |||
009 | Jones | Met | 10 May 1899 | 5 Jul 1952 | |||
009 | Johnson | Hampton "Hamp" | 27 Sep 1927 | 16 Jul 2003 | Funeral Home marker only-no name on it | ||
009 | Johnson | Viola Lillian | 11 Jun 1894 | 13 Aug 1957 | |||
009 | Johnson | Charles Elmer | 7 Aug 1888 | 11 Mar 1983 | |||
010 | Veney | Robert B. | 16 May 1892 | 6 Feb 1901 | s/Charles & Bette | ||
010 | Johnson | Sharon K. | 27 Apr 1955 | 27 Aug 1983 | Sister | ||
010 | Walker | Lottie V. | 1895 | 1976 | |||
010 | Mehaney | Adam | 26 Sep 1901 | Aged 55 yrs | Partial Illegible-recorded by DAR in 1960s | ||
010 | Randle, Jr. | Dan | 1922 | 1922 | |||
011 | Barbour | Annie P. | Funeral Home marker only-no name on it | ||||
011 | Gardner | Nellie | 1902 | 1967 | |||
011 | Shreckhise | M. M. Selena | Aug 1878 | Mar 1891 | |||
012 | Brown | Lorraine L. | 1929 | 2005 | Lindsey Funeral Home marker only | ||
012 | Brown, Sr. | Charles D. | 1951 | 2001 | Lindsey Funeral Home marker only | ||
012 | Curry | Alberta S. | 9 Sep 1908 | 5 Apr 1992 | |||
012 | Wesson | Elsie H. | 1 Aug 1905 | ||||
012 | Wesson | Winfred H., Rev. | 26 Jun 1906 | 6 Aug 1967 | |||
012 | Solomon | Climmon | 1906 | 1966 | |||
012 | Solomon | Yager | 1910 | 1966 | |||
013 | Taylor | James J. | 10 Jun 1921 | 26 May 2001 | ST1 U.S. Navy WWII | ||
013 | Jones | Mary E. | 5 Oct 1905 | Mother | |||
013 | Jones | Catherine B. | 9 Apr 1921 | 18 Jan 1992 | Daughter | ||
013 | Chapman | Lina P. | 21 Dec 1911 | 7 Feb 1978 | |||
014 | Allen | James Henry | 25 May 1916 | 20 Jul 2000 | Pvt U.S. Army WWII | ||
014 | Johnston | Rosa Poindexter | 14 Jun 1913 | ||||
014 | Johnston | Theodore M. | 11 Sep 1901 | 19 Sep 1990 | |||
014 | Crittenden | Emma C. | 1907 | 1985 | Kyger Funeral Home marker only | ||
014 | Williams | Bessie M. | 3 Apr 1888 | 3 Mar 1962 | |||
014 | Williams | Florence A. | 14 Apr 1915 | 13 Jun 1948 | |||
014 | Johnson | John C. | 15 Apr 1897 | 18 Nov 1925 | Aged 28y 7m 3d | ||
015 | Veney, Jr. | James L. | 3 Jul 1939 | 13 Feb 1992 | Father | ||
015 | Unknown | Funeral Home marker only-no name on it; American Flag by grave | |||||
015 | Allen | Catherine B. | 22 Mar 1889 | 7 Nov 1976 | Mother | ||
015 | Allen | Willa M. | 10 Apr 1905 | 27 Jan 1992 | Sister | ||
015 | Brown | Harold Franklin | 21 Jan 1920 | 19 Feb 1988 | SFC U.S. Army WWII Korea | ||
015 | Randolph | Elsie L. | 24 Jan 1916 | ||||
015 | Randolph | M. M. Lucille | 28 Feb 1918 | 26 Dec 1999 | |||
015 | Randolph | Mary B. | 1882 | 1968 | |||
015 | Stevenson | Alfred | 11 Apr 1932 | District of Columbia, Corp. 368 Inf 92 Div | |||
016 | Williams | Louella A. | 1916 | 1996 | McCutcheons Funeral Home marker only | ||
016 | Jackson | Elizabeth | 1847 | 1925 | w/William |