Cemetery: Rockfish Baptist Church (Partial) Location: Rt. 617 off Rt. 29, Nelson Co., VA Contributor: Vincent Summers ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributor's Note: Hurricane Camille destroyed the Rockfish Baptist Church, which is about 5 miles on the left side of Rte. 617 off Rte 29 (Thomas Nelson Highway) in Nelson County, Virginia. Only most of the cement floor is left remaining, along with a metallic pole, and a few loose gravestones, with the exception of some of the stones, remaining atop and behind the site of the former church, on a hill. The Memorial Stone, listed below, memorializes some of those buried at the site that was destroyed. This is a partial transcription, until the one loose stone is identified, and the stones on the hill are transcribed. An effort will be made to identify what might have become of the records, if any still exist. Vincent Edward Summers vsummers@nrao.edu ************ Rockfish Baptist Church In memory of Fannie Burner C__kenour Infant (This is not hard to read, but uses strange letter characters, and probably says Cankenour.) Crummit Infant Taylor Dabney Betty Daniel Tom Daniel Hoover Harris Walter Harris Mays Infant Chris Wood Fred Wood Jr Wood Infant ************ Then the loose stones: Thomas R. Daniel 1850-1927 "He loved and was loved" ************ Braxton Taylor Dabney July 22, 1887 Feb. 11, 1926 I've fought a good fight I've finished my course, I've kept the faith. ************ There was one other stone, upside down, which needs to be flipped to read. ****************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ******************************************************************