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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Old Seybert graveyard:
                  1936 Sept. 10
                  Research made by Howard Hiner

Cemetery Location:  1 mile west of Forks of Waters, by the side of the road 
                    between Forks of Waters and Crabbottom.
                    Highland County, Virginia


DATE:

1813, date of oldest grave.

OWNERS:

Nicholas Seybert and his descendants,
Mrs. William Arboghast, present owner. (1936)

DESCRIPTION:

This was once a public burying ground, but is now in private hands and is no 
longer used as such.  It is in fair condition, being in nice blue grass sod, but 
the ground is uneven and the fence enclosing it is partly down, allowing stock 
to enter.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

This graveyard was used so long ago that no living persons knows much about it 
except it was supposed to have been used by the Seyberts and Arboghasts and 
other familes who were the first people to settle in this vicinity.   The grave 
of Nicholas Seybert, a very notable figure in the early history of the county is 
just outside the fence.

The only inscription is the date on a stone – “1813”.


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informants:  R.S. Winer
             Charles Colow
             Samuel Arboghast
             T.L. Benerage
             Seybert Benerage
             Ben Arboghast

Tombstone Inscriptions

Visit by worker.

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