Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society
Rockingham County Tombstones by Cemetery
Cemetery |
Shaver Family Cemetery |
Location |
Crider, Rockingham County, Virginia. Take Route 259
west, through Fulks Run, and turn left onto Route 820 (Crab Run Road). Continue on and
take a left onto Route 826 (Criders Road). Cemetery is about two miles from Criders on
south side of Route 865. |
Notes |
Cemetery plowed over. J. Robert Swank noted "4
to 6 graves. In 1996 Patricia Turner Ritchie wrote: The Shave Family Cemetery, which was
once located on Route 865 (Germany River Road) at Criders, was plowed over some years ago.
Bruce Dove of Criders, found two tombstone, both hand-carved flat stones with a simple
triangle at the top and vertical lines down the sides to resemble a house. One is for
Paulser Shaver, the first Shaver in the Brocks Gap area. |
| Survey Date and Recorder |
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 |
| Shaver | Polser (Paulser) | 9 May 1752 | 22 Sep 1831 | Birth date could be 9 May 1756; Bruce Dove found hand carved flat stone 26 Nov 1996 | |
| Hevner | Mary | May 1795 | 11 Apr 1831 | d/Paulser Shaver who married Daniel Hevner; Bruce Dove found hand carved flat stone 26 Nov 1996 | |
| Shaver | Polser, Mrs. | No marker-recorded by J. Robert Swank in 1967 |
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