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Works Project Administration – Articles from Rockingham County
CEMETERIES
1. SUBJECT:
St. Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery.
2. LOCATION:
Three miles southwest of Shenandoah, Virginia, west of Route 602.
3. DATE:
Unknown.
4. OWNERS:
The present owner is Buster Monger.
5. DESCRIPTION:
A public colored people’s burying ground in very good condition.
6. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
This is an old colored cemetery that goes back to the slavery times. There are quite a few old slaves buried here,
but no inscriptions on stones. Some of the old slaves who were buried here before 1860 were Harvey
Wayre and his wife, Eveline Wayre, John Brown and wife, Sarah Brown, and Caroline Beck; also the Rev. John
Wood, the colored missionary Baptist preacher.
7. ART:
None.
8. SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
Informants: F.E. Brown and Earl Wayre. Shenandoah, Virginia.
December 11, 2024 C.C. Morris
Shenandoah, VA
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CEMETERIES
1. SUBJECT:
St. Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery.
2. LOCATION:
Three miles southwest of Shenandoah, Virginia, west of Route 602.
3. DATE:
Unknown.
4. OWNERS:
The present owner is Buster Monger.
5. DESCRIPTION:
A public colored people’s burying ground in very good condition.
6. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
This is an old colored cemetery that goes back to the slavery times. There are quite a few old slaves buried here,
but no inscriptions on stones. Some of the old slaves who were buried here before 1860 were Harvey
Wayre and his wife, Eveline Wayre, John Brown and wife, Sarah Brown, and Caroline Beck; also the Rev. John
Wood, the colored missionary Baptist preacher.
7. ART:
None.
8. SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
Informants: F.E. Brown and Earl Wayre. Shenandoah, Virginia.
December 11, 2024 C.C. Morris
Shenandoah, VA
Page 39 of 482
