Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society
Rockingham County Tombstones by Cemetery
Cemetery |
Hulvey Family Cemetery |
Location |
Fulks Run, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Fulks Run Grocery, go west on
Highway 259 for 1 mile. At Valley Land store, turn left onto Highway 818 (Dry River Road).
After crossing the bridge, continue on for about 4 miles until you pass Highway 631 and
the old Ritchie Schoolhouse (small white frame schoolhouse) on the left. Slow down and
start looking for the Scudder mailbox on the right. Turn right at the mailbox and go up
the gravel drive until you come to the crest of the hill. There is an opening in the fence
on the right. The cemetery is about 30 feet from the fence. |
Notes |
Notes in "Remarks" column were taken from
Patricia Turner Ritchie's book in 1999. In 1967 J. Robert Swank noted "There
apparently were 15 to 25 graves in open field. Only two with inscribed stones." In
1999 Patricia Turner Ritchie notes "One carved river rock, another river rock, and
about 3 other depressions indicating about 5 graves." |
| Survey Date and Recorder | 1999 Patricia Turner Ritchie |
Cemetery Index
Surnames are sorted by section /
plot / row / grave - only rows are shown
| Surname | Given Name & MI | Birth Date | Death Date | Headstone Notes | Remarks |
| Hulvey | Margaret Ritchie | No visible marker-buried here per Vergie Lantz's Descendants of Isaac Ritchie of Virginia"; w/John Hulvey who is buried here & has carved stone; d/Phillip Ritchie Sr & Margaret Winters Ritchie | |||
| Bear | Christina Ritchie | 1787 | ? | No visible marker-buried here per Vergie Lantz's
book "Descendants of Isaac Ritchie of Virginia" & were the parents of most
of the Bare/Bear families in the area; w/Valentine "Feltry" Bear; d/Isaac
Ritchie & Maria Catharena Wolfe Ritchie |
|
| Custer | George | 3 Sep 1813 | 18 Apr 1857 | No visible marker 4 Apr 1997 but said to be buried here; Castor Association records show that he has a stone; s/Richard Custer Jr. & Elizabeth Trumbo Custer; George's wife was Melvina Ritchie d/Solomon & Elizabeth "Betsy" Baker Ritchie; Melvina's 2nd husband John Hulvey | |
| Hulvey | John | 18 Jun 1800 | 18 Dec 1872 | 72y 6m |
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