Cemetery

 Old Athens Church Cemetery (Negro)

Location

Northeast of Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 11 North and turn right onto Route 721 (Fellowship Road). Route 721 intersects Route 717 (Indian Trail Road) and turn left. Continue on Route 717 and take a right onto Route 811 (Fridley's Gap Road). Go a short distance and you will see, on the right side of the road, the abandoned church structure with cemetery behind it.
 

Notes

The church and cemetery have been abandoned. The cemetery is overgrown and there is no fence around it. It appears there are many unmarked graves here.

Survey Date and Recorder

17 Apr 2003
Bennie Getz, Walter Mason, Bob & Lois Emswiler

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Lois Emswiler

Surname

Given Name & MI

Birth Date

Death Date

Headstone Notes

Remarks

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Grant

James B.

21 Mar 1898

Aged 22y 3m 4d; s/M. & H. L. Grant

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Jackson

Dennis

1850

1930

All Jacksons on one stone

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Jackson

Jane

1853

19--

His Wife

Appears to be buried here; w/Dennis

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Jackson

Sooniah

1880

1910

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Jackson

Andrew

1884

1902

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Jackson

William

Aged 16 yrs

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Strother

James

6 Oct 1910

All Strothers on one stone

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Strother

Jane

10 Sep 1925

His wife

w/James

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Strother

Lewis L.

12 Apr 1906

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Strother

James E.

16 May 1904

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Broadus

Mary A.

14 Jul 1903

Aged 76y 6m 18d; w/Frank; A member of the U.B. Church for 50 years

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Bibbs

Mary E.

22 Feb 1893

Aged 2y 1m 21d; d/C. & L. Bibbs

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Bibbs

Jett N.

2 Jun 1897

Aged 27y 5m 5d; s/C. & L Bibbs

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Brock

Alice

15 May 1916

Partially illegible-cannot read birth date

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Brock

Lena

1893

1899

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Johnston

Maria

22 Feb 1881

Aged about 85 yrs

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Richardson

Jones Franklin

17 Jun 1876

Aged 1y 10m 23d

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Richardson

William Hardy

10 Dec 1874

Aged 2y 7m 20

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Bibbs

Maria M

8 Jul 1866

2 Nov 1880

Aged 14y 3m 22d

d/Louisa & Carter

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