Patrick County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Cemeteries.....James Ingram Sr. Cemetery - Complete Survey
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Ron Martin cindyandron@bellsouth.net March 11, 2024, 7:16 pm

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This cemetery is in an extremely remote area and is quite 
difficult to get to.  The GPS coordinates are 36.84314, 
-80.09595.  This cemetery is on land owned by the United 
States Army Corps of Engineers and it is the oldest cemetery 
on Corps property.  It is probably one of the oldest 
cemeteries in Patrick County. Frankly there are no good 
directions on foot.   The easiest way to get to this 
cemetery is to launch a boat at the Ryans Branch boat dock 
in the Union Bridge area and travel to this cemetery via 
water.   However, that is risky because you would have to 
anchor your boat to the land some way and also the lake is 
VERY deep in that particular area.   Once you were able to 
get out of the book, the mountain is very steep from the 
lake to the summit. 

From Fairy Stone Park Highway (Old Route 57), turn on Fairy 
Stone Lake Drive.  Go about one mile and you will take the 
second state road to the left, which is Union Bridge Road.   
You will go perhaps six or seven miles to Union Primitive 
Baptist Church.  Take a right onto Union Church Road.   On 
Union Church Road, you will go in a curve to the right and 
there is a little gate there which leads to private property 
which you would need to get permission, but the landowner is 
fantastic.  Just stay on that path until you crossover onto 
the United States Corps of Engineers property around the 
location of the Thomas Shelton Cemetery.  Upon entering 
their property, you are on your own as you must turn 
northwest through the forest and go about .4 miles.  
However, that is a VERY tough .4 miles as it will require 
you to scale at least two steep mountains of about 1200 feet 
in elevation as well as crossing two creeks.   There is no 
path to this cemetery.   Due to the remote location, few 
people have ever been to this cemetery.   The terrain is 
steep and treacherous.

Last Name     First Name    Middle Name   Birth       Death       Comment
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Ingram        James         Benjamin      1745        1816        The writing has eroded due to the elements.
Ingram        Martha        'Patsy'       1748        1822        This burial has both a headstone and footstone but the writing has eroded.



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