GROUND CEMETERY, Roanoke County, Virginia File submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Chuck Garst ************************************************************************ 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. ************************************************************************ Little is left here except a Garst stone, placed in about 1952 to replace the original, and a fragment of another, old stone. When the W.P.A. survey was made, there were four stones. A neighbor suggested that other neighbors had taken the stones to use for building. The graveyard was (is?) behind the home of a Mrs. Beard on the east side of Rt. 117. From Rt 117, (Peters Creek Rd) take Appleton Road, Right Turn on Dodson Rd, plots are behind the last house on the right at the cul-de-sac, within overgrown area under a large cherry tree. A restoration and new fence is planned from the Garst 2000 Reunion Funding. (Some information here is from Mrs. Solloway and some from Marvin U. Neighbors.) GARST John, Sr./ 1798 - 1875 (John and Christina were parents of Henry Garst, who is buried at the Frederick Garst Cemetery on Kesler Mill Road.) This plot is on the land previously owned by John's son, Noah Peffley Garst. John N. Gharst was the builder of Garst/Kesler mill, he always spelled his name with an 'H' in it. Christina (Peffley)/ 1798 - 1861 Wife of John, her 1st cousin. (Her mother, Magdalena Garst, was the sister of John's father, Frederick 'Indian' Garst, buried at Frederick Garst Cemetery on Kesler Mill Rd.) GROUND Elizabeth (Landers)/ Consort of/ George Grounds/ Died April 23, 1821 (She was the 3rd wife, married Mar. 28, 1808 in Franklin County. Their daughter Susan married Lewis Zirkle in 1838.) George/ February 9, 1773/ January 12, 1842/ Age 88 Y 11 M 28 Days