Cemetery | Spring Creek Negro Cemetery (*) |
Location | Briery Branch area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 42 South (John Wayland Hwy) and in Dayton turn right onto Route 257 (Ottobine Road which changes name to Briery Branch Road). At Ottobine store, Route 257 turns left (south and now Briery Branch Road.) From the Ottobine Store, go 1.3 miles and turn left onto Route 755 (Lambert Town Road). Go 0.9 miles and cemetery is on the right side of the road just before the M/M Douglas Howdyshell home (yellow). |
Notes | Cemetery is in the process of being restored. There are many graves marked with fieldstones and more with no markings at all. |
Survey Date and Recorder | 08 Jan 2008 Kathy Howdyshell; 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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Hardin | Cecil C., Mrs. | 1900 | 1953 | ||||
Byrd | Leonard H. | 30 Nov 1923 | 15 Jan 1945 | Virginia PFC Ord Dept WWII | Obituary 19 Jan 1945 - b. 30 Nov 1923 at Arden Mines, Penn. s/Robert & Olive Washington Byrd; died 15 Jan 1945 at Veteran's Hospital in Oteen, N.C. | ||
Byrd | Ollie, Mrs. | 1897 | 1966 | Lindsey & Son Funeral Home marker only | |||
Byrd | Leon Sheldon | 1931 | 2007 | Kyger Funeral Home Inc. marker only; obituary - b. 25 Oct 1931 in Briery Branch, VA; d. 23 Nov 2007 at Univ. of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, VA | |||
Harden | W. T. | 1964 | |||||
Hardin | Ellen J. | No dates | |||||
Hardin | Cula C. | No dates | |||||
Bird | Robert | 9 Sep 1938 | Pennsylvania Pvt. 1 Cl. 317 Engrs. 92 Div. | ||||
Hardin | James K. | No dates | |||||
Washington | Florence | 1870 | 1953 | ||||
Hardin | William F. | No dates | |||||
Spinard | Maggie | 13 May 1928 | Aged 52 yrs; w/George | ||||
Strother | Eleanora | 15 Aug 1929 | 3 Nov 2007 | Johnson Funeral Home marker only | |||
Unknown | 3 Mar 1937 | Aged 31 yrs | W. L. Rosenberger Funeral Home marker only | ||||
Washington | William L. | 28 Apr 1892 | 18 Dec 1918 | Aged 26y 7m 20d; Died in France; At Rest | |||
Washington | Elmer H. | 14 Nov 1900 | 31 May 1922 | ||||
Washington | George | Article in newspaper 13-19 Nov 2007 mentions George Washington being buried here & served in the Civil War | |||||
Hardin | Robert T. | No dates |