Whitmore Family Cemetery, Rockingham County, Virginia

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Jim Whitmer  < Jowhitmer@aol.com >

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 Located on the original Whitmore farm and is presently owned by the Brunk family.  The cemetery is at the base of the Massanutten Mountain just below Lairds Knob and about 11/2 miles southeast of the intersection of route 620 and route 724 at Stonegate, northeast of Keezletown, Rockingham Co., VA. The cemetery is very difficult to locate as it is isolated in a wooded area. The approximate geographic coordinates are 38 degrees 26 minutes 55 seconds north latitude and 78 degrees 45 minutes 15 seconds west longitude.

The headstones are as follows:

David Whitmore
Born Aug 15, 1740
Died Aug 15 1819

Maria Whitmore
Born Aug 11, 1760
Died Feb 1, 1833

Sarah Whitmore
Born May 6, 1805
Died Sept 6, 1845

There are several unmarked stones of which one is believed to belong to Benjamin Whitmore
Born 1795
Died July 10, 1855

Provided by James O. Whitmer, December 2000