HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Green Hill Church Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Green Hill Church Graveyard:
                  1936 Oct. 9
                  Research made by Howard Hiner

Cemetery Location:  Adjacent to Green Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, in the 
                    village of Mill Gap, Virginia, 7 miles southwest of 
                    Monterey, Virginia on Route #220.
                    Highland County, Virginia


DATE:

1852, date of oldest inscription.

OWNERS:

Peter Bird and his descendants,
Green Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, present owner. (1936)

DESCRIPTION:

This burial ground contains more than one-half acre of land and is enclosed with 
a painted board fence.  It is in very good condition, free of brush and 
undergrowth, and the tombstones are erect and in place.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

A Union soldier is buried here near the entrance gate.  His name is unknown and 
the grave is unmarked.  He died here while the Union Army was passing through 
during the War Between the States.


Inscriptions:


Elizabeth H.
wife of David Bird
Died July 18, 1852


David Bird
Virginia
P.V.T., Shively’s Co. 7 Va. Mil.
War of 1812
Born Mch. 3, 1781
Died Aug. 13, 1864


In memory of Alexander Dever
who departed this life January 28th 1853
Aged 31 years, 3 months and 4 days.



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informants:  H.A. Wade
             Mrs. Kate Gum
             Reverend E.A. Muney
             Miss Lucy Hiner
             _____ Glendennin
             All of Mill Gap, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

Visit by worker.

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