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1. SUBJECT:

Koogler Graveyard.

2. LOCATION:

1 ½ miles southeast of Bridgewater, Virginia.

3. DATE:

1779.

4. OWNERS:

Willie Miller.

5. DESCRIPTION:

In earlier days prior to 1800, the Koogler Graveyard had quite a few family graves besides those of others, but time has erased nearly all history connected with this burying ground. Only few sandstone slabs with marker and base in one piece of stone remain; and these are piled in a heap out in an open field.

6. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The only legible inscription was on a stone of David Koogler with the date 1797, supposed to be the date of his death.

Aldine Koogler, who lives on a farm near the graveyard, and is past fifty years of age, only knows that the early Kooglers are buried here. They were his ancestors and lived prior to 1800. He has no trace of them or their early history.

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