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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Varner graveyard:
                  1936 Sept. 29
                  Research made by Howard Hiner

Cemetery Location:  1 mile due north of Monterey, Virginia, on a woodland farm, 
                    about 1 mile from the nearest road.
                    Highland County, Virginia


DATE:

1862.

OWNERS:

A. D. Judy, Monterey, Virginia, present owner. (1936)

DESCRIPTION:

This is a private graveyard and has not been used for a great many years.  It is 
surrounded by a wire fence.  Brush and shrubbery have been allowed to grow and 
partly obscure the graves.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The Varner family settled in Highland County before 1800.  A number of the 
descendants of the original family still live here.  During the early days it 
was customary to have the family burial ground near the house.  It is often 
wondered why this graveyard was located so far from the main roads.  Even though 
the Varners owned the land the house was a mile distant and the dead were taken 
through the woods to this isolated spot to be buried.

Inscription:


David Varner
was wounded at the battle of Port Republic
Died July 13, 1862
Aged 22 yrs.
Peace to his remains


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Mrs. J.K. Eye.

Tombstone Inscriptions

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