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| Cemetery | Salvage Kring Cemetery |
| Location | Broadway area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From the corner of Route 33 West (W. Market Street) and Route 42, take Route 42 North. Travel 9.3 miles and turn right onto John Deere Drive and go to the Hartman Farm Machinery business. Need the Hartman's permission to visit cemetery which is located on the west side of Route 42, through a field, up a hill, and in northwest corner of the land. |
| Notes | Cemetery is not maintained and cattle have roamed through the area. In 1967 J. Robert Swank noted, "There is indications of perhaps as many as 50 graves in the plot which is overgrown. Some deed records found in the Rockingham County Courthouse: 1813-to Salvage from Samuel & Barbara Swartzs part of the original grant to John Gum, conveyed to M. Culp, to Christian Coffman to Swartz to Salvage; 1814-to Salvage from Henry Hoover two tracts granted Wm. Rutledge 1745 - to Jacob Brunk, to Daniel Brunk, to Henry Hoover to Salvage - these lands were on Linville Creek adj. Wengers, Ackers, etc.; 1816-to Salvage from Joshua & George Kring their interest in their father John Kring estate - The tax list for Rockingham County 1813 showed Salvage as owning 454 acres - he was on the 1792 list of Tenth Legion Tithables. Some early marriages recorded in Courthouse: 1787-Benjamin Salvage to Catherine Kring, 1787-George Kring to Mary Sanger, 1797-Edwin Nicholas to Elizabeth Kring, 1801-Joshua Kring to Hannah Chrisman, 1802-Henry Kring to Nancy Harrison, 1811-James Suter to Nancy-widow of Henry Kring, 1817-George Kring to Betsy Phillips, 1818-Abraham Miller to Frances Salvage, 1821-Elizabeth Salvage to Richard Winfield, 1833-John Calvert to Catherine Salvage. John Kring had following children-Joshua was a merchant in New Market, Va. Also a schoolmaster; Henry; Frederick; George was a silversmith in New Market; and John. Benjamin Salvage had following children-Benjamin, adopted by Gov. Holmes of Mississippi and died there; John, killed by his business partner in Little Rock, Ark.; Gideon, settled in Missouri; Ephriam married Frances Strickler, dau. John; Michael, buried home cemetery; Elizabeth married Richard Winfield. Catherine (Kring) Salvage is said to have been buried in New Market, Va." In 2001 Winfield Massie wrote a letter to the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society detailing the following: "We got permission from the Presbyterian Church where there was a Winfield Section and had the markers for Dr. Richard Winfield and his wife moved to the Church cemetery. We also had a large flat marker placed in the Kring Salvage Cemetery listing all those known to be buried there according to records at the Dayton Library. The Howard Hartman family was gracious to us in allowing us to do this. No human remains were moved." (Refer to historical society records for more data on the Winfields.) |
| Survey Date and Recorder | 31 Jul 2003 Bob & Lois Emswiler |
Surnames are sorted by section / plot / row / grave - only sections and rows are shown
| Section | Row | Surname | Given Name & MI | Birth Date | Death Date | Headstone Notes | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvage | Benjamin | 17 Apr 1825 | Aged 75 yrs; a native of Switzerland | ||||
| Kring | Catherine | Nov 1820 | Aged 74y 3m 3w; w/Benjamin Salvage | ||||
| Salvage | Michael | 1 Mar 1818 | Aged 21 yrs | ||||
| Kring | John | 16 Dec 1802 | Aged 58y 3m 2w | ||||
| Winfield | Richard (Dr.) | 6 Feb 1796 | 27 Mar 1858 | New marker shows born Feb. 1790; headstone moved to Presbyterian Church into Winfield section but not his remains. | |||
| Winfield | Elizabeth P. | 8 Jul 1803 | 8 Oct 1851 | w/Richard; d/Benjamin & Catherine Salvage | Her headstone moved to Presbyterian Church into Winfield section but not her remains. | ||
| Cootes | Paulina | 2 Sep 1865 | Aged 52y 7m 25d; My Mother | ||||
| Salvage | Aged 41 yrs | ||||||
| Salvage | 1809 | Aged 46 yrs (?) | |||||
| Pennybacker | Derrick | It is said Derrick Pennybacker & another Pennybacker are buried here on the Kline side of the fence. No markers were found. | |||||
| Pennybacker | It is said Derrick Pennybacker & another Pennybacker are buried here on the Kline side of the fence. No markers were found. | ||||||
| Leggett | Winfield | Swank note: mentioned as being buried here but we found nothing to verify it. | |||||
| Winfield | Paula S., Miss | Swank note: mentioned as being buried here but we found nothing to verify it. |
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