Rockingham County Virginia Tombstones by Cemetery

CemeteryHeavner Cemetery on David Crider Property
LocationFulks Run area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From the intersection of Route 42 and Route 33 in Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 42 North. Go 13.1 miles (which puts you in the town of Broadway) and turn left onto Route 259 (Brocks Gap Road). Go 4 miles past the Fulks Run Grocery on Route 259, you will see the Riverside United Methodist Church on the right. On the left near there across the river is a square dark & light brown house built by David Crider, where his son Jakie Crider now lives. As you face the house, the cemetery is to the right on a knoll near the woods line, about 1/4 mile from the house.
NotesNotes in Remarks Column were furnished by Pat T. Ritchie. In 2003, Pat T. Ritchie wrote: cemetery is fenced and in good condition. There are many bought tombstones but also about 6 or 7 graves marked with rocks, and other sunken places that indicate graves. In 1967 J. Robert Swank wrote: There are indications of 40 to 65 graves.
Survey Date and Recorder2003
Pat T. Ritchie

Cemetery Index

Surname Index

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SectionRowSurnameGiven Name & MIBirth DateDeath DateHeadstone NotesRemarks
WiltJulieLettie Albrite, neighbor who grew up across the river from this cemetery, says that Wells Miller & his wife Kate are also buried here. Their children included Julie Wilt, Ad Miller, and 2 other sons.
AubreyEveline25 Dec 20242 Jun 2024Aged 83y 5m 7d; w/Georged/William & Joanna (Custer) Heavner; Her husband George was a Union soldier, captured & imprisoned as a POW in Richmond where he died. Eveline owned most of her father's farm & was a very successful businesswoman. In 1862, Eveline (Heavner) Aubrey lost her husband, her brother, her only son, & her mother.
MillerMatilda14 Feb 202512 Nov 2024
MillerJacob1860
MoyerPeter19 Apr 202410 Nov 2024s/Palser & Sarah (Whetzel) Moyer. Peter m. Lucinda Fulk, dau. of Charles & Sarah (Custer) Fulk. The niece of William & Joanna (Custer) Heavner. Lucinda lived as a widow until 1917 & is buried at Martin Luther Lutheran Church.
BrakeMichael15 Apr 20246 Jun 2024Age 69y 1m 2d
BrakeJulian A.6 Nov 202415 Aug 2024Aged 52y 9m 9dw/Michael; d/William & Joanna (Custer) Heavner
HeavnerWilliam31 May 202418 Dec 2024Death record for his brother states that he was the son of Joseph & Elizabeth Hevinor.
HeavnerJoAnna19 Nov 2024w/William Heavner; d/Richard Sr. & Jane (Humble) Custer. No birth date given on stone, but she was born about 1792.
BakerAmana22 Dec 202410 May 2024w/AdamThe Baker stone is a double hand carved stone.
HeavnerHarvey25 Jul 2024Oct 1850s/William & Joanna (Custer) Heavner
MillerAdLettie Albrite, neighbor who grew up across the river from this cemetery, says that Wells Miller & his wife Kate are also buried here. Their children included Julie Wilt, Ad Miller, and 2 other sons.
Heavner, Jr.William20 Jan 2025Aged 41y 25ds/William Sr. & Joanna (Custer) Heavner. He was killed while in service to Confederate Army.
MillerKateLettie Albrite, neighbor who grew up across the river from this cemetery, says that Wells Miller & his wife Kate are also buried here. Their children included Julie Wilt, Ad Miller, and 2 other sons.
MillerWellsLettie Albrite, neighbor who grew up across the river from this cemetery, says that Wells Miller & his wife Kate are also buried here. Their children included Julie Wilt, Ad Miller, and 2 other sons.
BrenemanWilmer Wadsworth29 Jan 2025s/JacobDied as infant-no death date; s/Jacob & Dorcas (Aubrey) Breneman. Grandson of Eveline Heavner Aubrey.
MillerSonLettie Albrite, neighbor who grew up across the river from this cemetery, says that Wells Miller & his wife Kate are also buried here. Their children included Julie Wilt, Ad Miller, and 2 other sons.
BrakeWalter E.22 Sep 202417 Nov 2024Aged 1y 1m 25ds/William & Clara (Souder) Brake; grandson of Michael & Julian (Heavner) Brake
BakerAdam21 Oct 202410 Mar 2024s/Philip & Eve (Fulk) Baker; grandson of "Hessian John" Baker
HeavnerWells31 Jan 2025Aged 77 yrss/William & Joanna (Custer) Heavner
HeavnerElizabeth J.Sep 1818Aug 1850d/William & Joanna (Custer) Heavner
AubreyWilliam Casper28 Sep 202415 Sep 2024s/George & Eveline (Heavner) Aubrey
MillerSonLettie Albrite, neighbor who grew up across the river from this cemetery, says that Wells Miller & his wife Kate are also buried here. Their children included Julie Wilt, Ad Miller, and 2 other sons.

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