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  1. SUBJECT:

    2. McCoy Graveyard

  2. LOCATION:

    3. 3 miles south of Shenandoah, Virginia, on the McCoy farm.

  3. DATE:

    4. It was started about 1855 by the McCoy family.

  4. OWNERS:

    5. The present owners are the McCoy heirs.

  5. DESCRIPTION:

    6. It is a privately owned, family burying ground in very good condition.

  6. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

    7. This old graveyard has no highlights much that are of interest. It was started about 1855 by the McCoy family and has been the burying place of the McCoy family ever since. All of the markers to the older graves are of limestone, and have no inscriptions on them.

  7. ART:
  8. SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant: Mrs. R.S. Snyder, Shenandoah, Virginia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 1, 1937 C.C. Morris

Shenandoah, Virginia