LYNCHBURG, VA - CEMETERIES – Howbert Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Howbert cemetery:
                  1937 Feb. 3
                  Research made by Ernest H.  Weaver

Cemetery Location:  2 miles east of Salem, Virginia, on the Lynchburg Road.
                    Lynchburg, Virginia


DATE:

1853, date of grave.

OWNERS:

(blank)

DESCRIPTION:

This is a private cemetery.  It is not well kept.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The first Presbyterian Church erected in Roanoke County was built near here in 1802.

John Howbert and Lydia Speigle were married December 12, 1826.

1.  Elizabeth Howbert
    Died Apr. 24, 1853
    Aged 84 yrs. 4 mo.


SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Roanoke County Court Records.
Botetourt County Court Records.

Tombstone Inscription

Visit by worker.

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