Cemetery | Houston Cemetery |
Location | Lacey Spring Area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, go north on Route U.S. 11 (No. Valley Pike) to Route 806 (Martz Road) and turn right. Go 2/10ths mile to Route 986 (Stony Point Road) and turn left. Go 1.2 miles and cemetery is sitting back off the right side of the road. |
Notes | Cemetery is overgrown and has a stone wall around it which is breaking apart. Owner of land around the cemetery has plans to restore this cemetery. The owner is restoring the house once owned by Eunice A. Lincoln, which is just beyond the cemetery location. Notes in Remarks Column were provided by the D.A.R. Rev. William Houston, a Methodist Episcopal Minister, was a prominent member of this family and was connected with the Smiths of Smithland. See Harrison History, pages 405-11 and 485-6. |
Survey Date and Recorder | 08 Jan 2008 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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Houston | William, Rev. | 5 Aug 1781 | 27 Apr 1852 | Aged 70y 8m 22d | |||
Houston | Nancy Harrison | 3 May 1862 | Aged 63y 4m 27d | Illegible & broken marker; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s | |||
Houston | Philip George Asbury | 23 Mar 1830 | 24 Mar 1830 | ||||
Houston | William Parker Harrison | 11 Feb 1816 | 4 Nov 1816 | ||||
Houston | John W. C. | 20 Jan 1828 | 22 Nov 1869 | Aged 41y 10m 2d; s/Wm. & Nancy Houston | Illegible marker-recorded by the D.A.R. in 1960s | ||
Houston | Catherine | 10 Mar 1838 | 10 Mar 1838 | Born & Died | Partially illegible; recorded by D.A.R. in 1960s; d/Wm. C. & Nancy Houston | ||
Houston | John William | 30 Jan 1855 | 19 Jul 1855 | s/J. W. C. & R. C. | Mother-nee Rachel Catherine Huffman | ||
Harrison | Lester Lee | 30 Mar 1882 | 30 Mar 1882 | s/David W. & Anna A. Harrison | This infant son was a brother of Houston Harrison, the author of "Long Grey Trail." Anna Amantha Harrison was the d/John W. C. & Rachel Huffman Houston. |