CULPEPER: CEMETERY RECORDS – COON’S CEMETERY Contributed by: Joan Renfrow NOTICE: I have no relationship or further information in regards to this family. *************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *************************************************************************** Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Coon’s cemetery: 1937 Jan. 20/ Research made by Margaret Jeffries. Cemetery Location: .4 mile south of Rixeyville, turn east on Rt. 640 for 2 miles then turn south through gate. Culpeper County John Dillard willed the farm on which this cemetery is located to his niece, Elizabeth Latham Freeman, in 1797. Her father Hezekiah Freeman, served in the Revolution. She was married to William Coons in 1808. There is a monument in the cemetery upon which the following names and dates are inscribed. This was erected because the stones used for each grave are only field stones and bear no inscription. John Dillard _____ June 10, 1808 Ann Dillard 1750 May 15, 1815 William Coons, Sr. Jan. 23, 1773 Mar. 19, 1842 William Coons, Jr. Nov. 7, 1812 Oct. 24, 1834 Dillard Coons Dec. 31, 1810 Mar. 11, 1838 Eudora Coons June 10, 1813 May 29, 1851 James William Coons Nov. 13, 1835 Mar. 8, 1852 Ann Robertson Coons Jan. 15, 1844 Aug. 11, 1854 Eugene Merrill Coons Dec. 10, 1845 July 2, 1845 Polly Coons ____ July 16, 1851 William Wallace Wager June 8, 1851 Aug. 23, 1852