Cemetery | Thomas Family Cemetery 1 |
Location | Near Timberville, Roackingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg take Route 42 to Timberville & turn right onto Route 617 (Evergreen Valley Road). Go approximately 3.0 miles & turn left onto Route 617 (Ridge Road). Cross railroad tracks & go 0.3 miles. Cemetery is along the left side of the road. |
Notes | Cemetery is enclosed by an iron fence & overgrown. Only two headstones visible. In 1967 J. Robert Swank noted, "Cemetery on Mrs. Oliver E. Baker farm. There is a slave burial plot, with eight to ten graves outline visible, across the road near large oak. The last three buried were Nelson Nash, his brother Jerry Nash, & Dick Black about 65 years old." Slave plot was not visible in 2002. |
Survey Date and Recorder | 28 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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001 | Thomas | Richard | 29 Aug 1764 | 25 Feb 1840 | |||
001 | Thomas | Elizabeth | 4 Jan 1769 | 29 Dec 1840 | |||
001 | Thomas | Isaac Franklin | 25 Aug 1850 | Aged 3m 20d | No visible marker - recorded by Swank in 1967 | ||
001 | Henkel | Frankie | 21 Mar 1879 | 21 Mar 1879 | s/Franklin & Lizzie | No visible marker - recorded by Swank in 1967 | |
002 | Baker | Oliver E. Dr. | 1889 | 1949 | In 1967 Swank noted "Dr. Baker was cremated & his ashes scattered on the farm. A monument to his memory is placed on the farm on top of Thomas Hill." | ||
003 | Nash | Nelson | No visible marker - record by Swank as located in slave plot in 1967 | ||||
003 | Nash | Jerry | No visible marker - record by Swank as located in slave plot & Nelson Nash's brother in 1967 | ||||
003 | Black | Dick | about 65 yrs | No visible marker - record by Swank as located in slave plot in 1967 |