Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society
Rockingham County Tombstones by Cemetery
Cemetery
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Spring Creek Negro Cemetery
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Location
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Briery Branch area,
Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 42 South
(John Wayland Hwy) and in Dayton turn right onto Route 257 (Ottobine Road
which changes name to Briery Branch Road). At Ottobine store, Route 257 turns
left (south and now Briery Branch Road.) From the Ottobine Store, go 1.3
miles and turn left onto Route 755 (Lambert Town Road). Go 1.4 miles and
cemetery is on the right side of the road just before the M/M Douglas
Howdyshell home (yellow).
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Notes
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Cemetery is in the process
of being restored. There are many graves marked with fieldstones and more
with no markings at all. |
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Survey Date and Recorder |
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Photos |
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Cemetery Index
Surnames are sorted by section / plot / row / grave - only rows
are shown
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Surname |
Given Name & MI |
Birth Date |
Death Date |
Headstone Notes |
Remarks |
Images |
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Hardin |
Ellen J. |
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No dates |
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Byrd |
Leonard H. |
30 Nov 1923 |
15 Jan 1945 |
Virginia PFC Ord Dept WWII |
Obituary 19 Jan 1945 - b. 30 Nov
1923 at Arden Mines, Penn. s/Robert & Olive Washington Byrd; died 15 Jan
1945 at Veteran's Hospital in Oteen, N.C. |
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Bird |
Robert |
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9 Sep 1938 |
Pennsylvania Pvt. 1 Cl. 317 Engrs.
92 Div. |
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Spinard |
Maggie |
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13 May 1928 |
Aged 52 yrs; w/George |
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Washington |
William L. |
28 Apr 1892 |
18 Dec 1918 |
Aged 26y 7m 20d; Died in France;
At Rest |
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Washington |
Elmer H. |
14 Nov 1900 |
31 May 1922 |
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Harden |
W. T. |
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1964 |
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Washington |
Florence |
1870 |
1953 |
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Hardin |
James K. |
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No dates |
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Unknown |
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3 Mar 1937 |
Aged 31 yrs |
W. L. Rosenberger Funeral Home
marker only |
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Hardin |
Robert T. |
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No dates |
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Hardin |
William F. |
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No dates |
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Hardin |
Cula C. |
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No dates |
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Byrd |
Leon Sheldon |
1931 |
2007 |
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Kyger Funeral Home Inc. marker
only; obituary - b. 25 Oct 1931 in Briery Branch, VA; d. 23 Nov 2007 at Univ.
of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, VA |
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Strother |
Eleanora |
15 Aug 1929 |
3 Nov 2007 |
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Johnson Funeral Home marker only |
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Byrd |
Ollie, Mrs. |
1897 |
1966 |
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Lindsey & Son Funeral Home
marker only |
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Washington |
George |
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Article in newspaper 13-19 Nov
2007 mentions George Washington being buried here & served in the Civil
War |
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Hardin |
Cecil C., Mrs. |
1900 |
1953 |
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