Augusta County VA Archives Cemeteries....Pleasant Grove Methodist Church Cemetery ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Glenda Lambert-Gibson September 8, 2009 Pleasant Grove Cemetery (Former Pleasant Grove Methodist Church) Located on 789, about 200 feet off 612 (about 1 mile east of Verona) on the left side of the road in a grove of trees, just before the 1st house which stands about where the church stood. I was told that the cemetery which is about 100 X 100 originally had a fence down the middle, with white persons being buried on the South side and black persons on the North side. This is logical, since there were many black members of Methodist churches prior to the Civil War. It is not in bad shape, but not the best shape either. It could stand cleaning and hauling. Bradburn, William A. b 25 Dec 1845 - d 20 Aug 1925 "Father" Bradburn, Winnie E. b 1 Jun 1838 - d 17 Mar 1923 "Mother" w/o William A. Bradburn, Annie B. No Dates There is a hand written note on the cemetery records: 2/25/1879-1/5-1898. Brew, Lavinah No Dates w/o Henry Brew Rest of stone Note on cemetery records says: is missing 1854 - 6-3-17 the note is very hard to read. Brew, Henry d 12 Mar 1882 79 yr 5 mo 16 da (Monument by W.S. Kerr) The next 3 stones are in an iron fenced lot: Cullen, Amanda E. d 20 Jul 1911 76 yr 3 mo 7 da Bushong, Henry d 8 Jan 1862 69 yr 9 mo 24 da Bushong, Catherine d 20 Sep 1875 75 yr 20 da w/o Henry Bushong Walter, M.E.V. b 24 May 1860 - d 19 Dec 1883 Talley, Rebecca b 26 Dec 1805 - d 6 Jul 1870 64 yr 6 mo 10 da "In Memory of" Wilson, Martha B. b 18 Nov 1860 - d 2 Apr 1886 25 yr 1 mo 25 da Wilson, Elisha b 31 Jan 1805 - d 12 apr 1891 86yr 2 mo 11 da Wilson, Louisiana b 24 Jun 1805 - d 25 Jun 1887 81 yr 1 da Wilson, Margaret E. b 25 Jul 1835 - d 20 Feb 1912 75 yr 6 mo 25 da Huff, Mollie E. b 18 Nov 1860 - d 28 Aug 1918 w/o Gideion Huff Whitlock, Hannah Clark d 21 Jun 1856 27 yr 7 mo 21 da w/o Robert Whitlock Secured By: Richard M. Hamrick, Jr. Feb. 23, 1985 April 26, 1988 Addenda: as recorded by Robert E. Alley in 1967 Striebling, M. Anne b 7 Nov 1871 - d 17 Nov 1883 (black) Striebling, William H. b 15 Jun 1848 - d 23 Jan 1880 (black) Sunken grave for wife of William H. Striebling- No dates From the cemetery records there seems to be several sunken, unmarked graves in this cemetery. END