Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society
Rockingham County Tombstones by Cemetery
Cemetery |
Custer Family Cemetery |
Location |
Fulks Run, Rockingham county, Virginia. From Fulks Run Grocery, continue
west on route 259 for 1 mile. Turn left at the Valley Land Store onto Route 818 (Little
Dry River Road). After crossing the bridge, turn right onto the private gravel ane and go
as far as you can. The cemetery is on top of the hill and is fenced. |
Notes |
Fenced erected in 1995 by Custer descendants who
also placed the memorial marker with several names. Notes in "Remarks" column
were taken from Pat Ritchie's book in 1999. In l967 J. Robert Swank indicated the cemetery
is on the old Abe Hess farm. Pat Ritchie's book notes the land was owned by the Custer
family from about 1750 to 1870's. |
| Survey Date and Recorder | 1999 Pat Ritchie |
Cemetery Index
Surnames are sorted by section /
plot / row / grave - only rows are shown
| Row | Surname | Given Name & MI | Birth Date | Death Date | Headstone Notes | Remarks |
| 001 | Hess | Margaret | 1872 | 1928 | d/Abraham & Amanda Custer Hess | |
| 001 | Hess | Abraham | 7 May 1829 | 25 Jun 1912 | s/Peter Hess & Elizabeth Romack Hess | |
| 001 | Hess | Amanda | 29 Nov 1829 | 22 Feb 1921 | w/Abraham; d/Richard Custer Jr. & Elizabeth Trumbo Custer | |
| 001 | Custer, Sr. | Richard | 1 Jun 1757 | 14 Feb 1837 | Revolutionary War Veteran; on memorial stone & buried here | |
| 001 | Custer | Jane Humble | 1765 | After 1850 | w/Richard Custer, Sr.; d/Conrad & Hannah Humble; on memorial stone & buried here | |
| 001 | Custer, Jr. | Richard | About Dec 1788 | 14 Jun 1857 | War of 1812 Veteran; s/Richard Custer Sr. & Jane Humble Custer; on memorial stone & buried here | |
| 001 | Custer | Elizabeth Trumbo | 21 Aug 1791 | 3 Dec 1873 | w/Richard Custer, Jr.; d/Jacob Trumbo & Hannah Hawes Cowger Trumbo; on memorial stone & buried here | |
| 001 | Custer | Conrad | 1695 | 1772 | Memorial stone, may not be buried here but lived in Brocks Gap - from Pat Ritchie's book | |
| 001 | Custer | Mrs. Conrad | Memorial stone, may not be buried here but lived in Brocks Gap - from Pat Ritchie's book | |||
| 001 | Custer | Paul | 1730 | 1820 | Memorial stone, may not be buried here but lived in Brocks Gap - from Pat Ritchie's book | |
| 001 | Custer | Lucinda Malone | Memorial stone, may not be buried here but lived in Brocks Gap - from Pat Ritchie's book | |||
| 001 | Custer | Margaret Malone | Memorial stone, may not be buried here but lived in Brocks Gap - from Pat Ritchie's book | |||
| 001 | Custer | Infant Bro. of Leroy | 1856 | 1856 | Memorial stone, may not be buried here but lived in Brocks Gap - from Pat Ritchie's book |
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