PAGE COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Courtney Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Courtney graveyard:
                  1937 Oct. 27
                  Research made by Cannie C. Morris

Cemetery Location:  4.5 miles east of Stanley, Virginia.  1/8 mile north of 
                    Route #624.  Near the north bank of the little Hamshill 
                    Creek.
                    Page County, Virginia


DATE:

About 1840

OWNERS:

1839, Thomas Pulliam deeded to Jacob Brubaker
1847, Jacob Brubaker deeded to William W. Jasper
1852, William C. Cave, Commissioner for William W. Jasper deeded to George 
            Bailey
1899, George Bailey deeded to E.L. Keblenger

DESCRIPTION:

This is an old graveyard in very bad condition.  It is covered with underbrush, 
and there are no tombstones with inscriptions.  The markers are plain limestone 
rock.  There was a wire fence around the graveyard but this is falling down, and 
the entire place is in a state of desolation.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

This is an old graveyard which seems to have been a public burying ground, as 
both white and colored people seem to have been buried here.  Bill Courtney and 
his wife were buried here about 1840, and his son Joseph Courtney and his family 
were buried here at a later date.

In about 1850 a colored man by the name of William Jasper bought the place, and 
when he died he was buried here, as were members of his family, but there have 
been no interments here for a number of years.  It seems that the older 
generation did not care about identifying the graves of their loved ones, as 
there were many old markers without inscriptions.



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informants:  Mr. William Gray and Mr. Will Weekley
             Shenandoah, Virginia

Page County Court Records:
Deed Book H, page 524
Deed Book 42, page 124

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