New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery

Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society

Rockingham County Tombstones by Cemetery

Cemetery	New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
Location	McGaheysville, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, take Route 33 East to Route 998 (Old McGaheysville Road) and turn right, then turn right on Dave Berry Road. Go about 1 mile and turn left on a gravel lane. The cemetery is on the left side of the roadway.
Notes	Cemetery is overgrown. Records show this is a negro cemetery.
Survey Date and Recorder	November 2001 Sue Reedy Propst

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
Jackson	Mary Ann	1888	1979		Funeral home marker
Jackson	Sarah F.	1921	1929
Jackson	Martha M.	1879	1904
Jackson	Hattie		__ Sep 194_	Age 62 yrs	Illegible broken stone
Ray	Eliza		28 Feb 1916	Age 97; Meet me in a better place
Ray	James Bevely		1 Feb 1904	Age 75 yrs; the trials ended - Thy rest is won
Washington	Josephene		20 Jan 1882	Age 47 yrs; w/Walter Washington; Come unto me all ye that labor and I will give you rest
Howard	Hunter M.	16 Mar 1900	5 Jan 1901	s/H. G. & L. E. Howard
Blakey	J. Abraham	9 Jan 1888	27 Jan 1901
Dixon	George M.		13 Oct 1892	Aged 35y 2m 15d
Walker	Allena	1875	1875
Walker	Julius		7 Mar 1895	Aged 75 yrs; Father
Walker	Mary		13 Feb 1901	Aged 75 yrs
Allen	Aggie M. M.	9 Feb 1880	5 Dec 1885	d/Stuard & Mary Allen
Tyrrell	Joseph		14 Dec 1879	Aged 73 yrs
Tyrrell	Caroline		7 Jul 1875	Aged 48 yrs
Willis	Susan	18 Apr 1844	9 Jun 1916
Williams	Eliza	12 Dec 1891	5 Nov 1916	Beloved wife of Thomas Williams
Blakey	Abraham	1841	1935
Blakey	Lucy	1851	1926	His Wife
Gilmore	Rena		15 Jun 1894	Aged 50 yrs
Gentry	Dora A.	15 Feb 1879	15 Feb 1909	w/Albert Gentry

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