Black Gum Springs Cemetery
Located on Hwy 8 about 10 miles west of Harrisonburg. There is no sign to indicated
the Cemetery just a gate about 500 yards off the road. There used to be a sign
that showed where the cemetery was located but the owner of the land had it
taken down and a gate put up.
Cemetery was read on Jan. 15 2000 by Kathleen Clark-Allen, Lawrence Clark and Louise Morris-Clark.
Additional info from Andrea Cruse
.Double Stone
Lodie Bass Smith
1886-1940
Andrew Jackson Smith
1876-1952
Jessie O. Ford
March 11 1908
March 30 1986
Double Stone
David Alfred Smith
Sept. 19 1906 April 22 1979
Hettie Brown Smith
Aug. 24 1912 May 17 1999
Samuel Esaw Bass
Jan 22 1972
Sept. 8 1989
son of Freddie and Sue Bass
Double Stone
William Esaw Bass PFC US Army WWII
May 7 1907 July 31 1983
Ruth Ford Bass
Dec. 6 1912 Dec. 5 1997
Single Stone
Labe Ford
Ida Bass Ford
Double Stone
Richard Silvester Brown "Father"
Nov. 21 1889 Sept. 18 1889Jan. 15 1967
Rowena Esters Brown "Mother"
Sept. 18 1889 Mar 2 1964
Single Stone
Esaw Bass
Co B 3 La Int. CSA
( his wife Margrette McCarthy-Bass is buried next to her her grave is not marked)
Single Stone
Isabell Bass Morris wife of B.F. Morris
Oct. 9 1880
March 10 1926
Single Marker
Benjamin Franklin Morris
Oct 12 1875
May 1 1943
Single Marker
Luther Morris Info from Andrea
(1879-1898) - son and also the oldest child of the J.W. Morris buried in the
Andrews Cemetery. Luther was by Judge's first marriage also the infant girl.
Judge's first wife had twins Ora and Cora.
Ora died [1880 – 1880].
Infant Rosco Morris Info from Andrea
(1888 - 1889) first child of J.W. Morris and Corrine Catlett Johnson Morris.
Infant girl Morris
NOTE: There are other graves that are unmarked. At this time family members
are still reserching who was buried in this cemetery, so that their graves can
be marked properly.
