HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Old Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Old graveyard:
                  1936
                  Research made by Howard Hiner

Cemetery Location:  2 miles south of Head Waters, Virginia
                    Highland County, Virginia


DATE:

None.

OWNERS:

George W. National Forest

DESCRIPTION:

It was a private graveyard of some former owners of property here, it situated 
in a rocky place in the middle of a field, which has grown up in briars and 
brush.  There is only one stone bearing an inscription.  This is a square 
limestone rock placed at one corner of the burying ground.  This rock must have 
been brought here from some other section of the county, as there is no 
limestone in this valley.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The inscription is:

J.R. Tharp
1852



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

This information was obtained from visit to the site, from Roy Bishop living 
here, and from A.C. Crummet of the community.

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