Cemetery | Messick Family Cemetery |
Location | West of Timberville, Rockingham County, Virginia. From downtown Harrisonburg, take Route 42 North. In Broadway, Route 42 turns right and then left. (Names for Route 42 are Harpine Highway, E. Lee St., Timber Way, S. Main St., & N. Main St.) Travel 15.7 miles and turn left onto Route 881 (Orchard Drive). Go 2.3 miles and turn right onto Route 614 (Mechanicsville Road). Go 1.0 mile & you will see a sign "Sonny Side Poultry" on the right side of the road. Turn into drive and cemetery is on the left side. |
Notes | Cemetery is not well maintained & enclosed by a wire fence. In 1967 J. Robert Swank noted "Cemetery is located on the G. W. Cullers farm on the east side of 614, NW of Road 881 & Byrd Storage. There are, perhaps, ten more graves, unmarked. Property formerly Hingardner & Orbaugh place." In 2002 owned by Sonny Side. Comments in the remarks were recorded by Mr. Swank. |
Survey Date and Recorder | 21 Mar 2002 Bennie Getz, Walter Mason, 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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Messick | Herman V. | 18 Aug 1893 | 23 Dec 1968 | No visible marker; data from Brown funeral home memorial card, burial 27 Dec 1968. Internment at Old Messick Cemetery, Rockingham Co. VA; son of Nathaniel & Margaret Elizabeth (Basye) Messick - per Steve Pence 22 Apr 2003. | |||
001 | Messick | William Harvey | 15 Sep 1880 | 12 Oct 1906 | Aged 26y 27d; s/Alfred & Elizabeth | ||
001 | Messick | John Henry | 30 Apr 1877 | 14 Nov 1881 | Aged 4y 7m 14d; s/Alfred & Elizabeth | ||
001 | Messick | James N. | 28 Aug 1817 | 18 Jul 1887 | 2/w of James N. buried at Orkney Springs | ||
001 | Messick | Elizabeth | 17 Jan 1823 | 6 Feb 1905 | 1/w of James N. | ||
001 | Messick | Nathaniel | abt 1850 | abt 1924 | No visible marker-record by Swank in 1967; aged 74yr; father of Stanley, Carl & others) |