CUMBERLAND COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Palmore Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Palmore cemetery, Allen home: 1936 May 15 Research made by Mrs. Lola F. Addleman Cemetery Location: 5 miles southwest of Cumberland, Virginia Cumberland County DATE: 1846, date of oldest grave (marker). OWNERS: Mrs. William Allen, Cumberland, Virginia. DESCRIPTION: (blank) HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Inscriptions were as follows: In Memory of Mary Elizabeth daughter of Benjamin A. and Susan A. Allen Born May 31, 1843 Died May 8, 1857 Dear parents cease you weeping Above the Spot where I am sleeping My Time was short, And blest be he That calleth me to eternity. In Memory of Joseph S. Palmore Born Jan 14, 1805 Died Dec. 16, 1846 For I know that my Redeemer Liveth And that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. J. W. Davis – Richmond SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Informants: Mrs. J. P. Woodruff, Cumberland, Virginia Mrs. William Allen, Cumberland, Virginia Tombstone Inscriptions Visit by worker. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joan Renfrow NOTICE: I have no relationship or further information in regards to this family. ___________________________________________________________________