PAGE COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – New Port Christian Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, New Port [i.e. Newport] Christian cemetery: 1936 Sep. 9 Research made by Cannie C. Morris Cemetery Location: At New Port, south of Route #12, New Port, Virginia. Page County, Virginia DATE: Oldest inscription, 1807. OWNERS: New Port Christian Church. (1936) DESCRIPTION: Part of this cemetery is in good condition, but the older part where there are no tombstones is overgrown with honeysuckle and bushes of various kinds. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: The oldest date on the tombstones in this cemetery is 1807, but here there are indications that there were graves here long before this which has a slate slab for a marker. The oldest marked grave has no name, but only the initials M. L. which a Mr. Isaac Shuler, who is eighty-eight years old, says is the grave of a Mr. Lauderback who came from Germany and settled near New Port some time in 1700, and the other stone marked I. L. 1828 was that of his wife. It is thought that Indians were also buried here, as their camp was near here, and they hunted and fished in this vicinity. General Bank’s army was camped in this cemetery in the winter of 1863. The following are the inscriptions on the tombstones: M. L. 1807 INRDI 1828 INPI I. L. D. H. Strickler Died 1866 W. H. E. Died Jan 6, 1830 Aged 26 y & 27 d SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Informant: Ben Foltz, New Port, Virginia Tombstone Inscriptions Visit by worker. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joan Renfrow NOTICE: I have no relationship or further information in regards to this family. ___________________________________________________________________