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| Cemetery | Byrd Cemetery |
| Location | Craney Island, Rockingham County, Virginia. Cemetery is on a rise west of the creek south of Route 794 (Craney Island Road). Note that (in 2010) Craney Island Rd. turns east from Rt. 11 about 2 1/2 miles south of New Market. |
| Notes | In Algernon Good's book, Shadowed By The Massanutten, published in 1992, he wrote the following information: Cemetery is on a rise west of the creek south of state road 794, only a few stones remain there today. To locate, begin at the fence in front of Walter McDaniel's home, then proceed in a line due south with the Endless Caverns coffee shop 148 large steps (yards), this should place you at a line between the late home of Herman Buhl to the east and the large Rosenberger brick home to the west. A former pupil (Mr. John Buhl) of the Craney Island school about 1908-13, told this writer; in the spring, the teacher would take the class down the road to the old Byrd cemetery, and each student would make up a list from the stones of those persons buried here with all the dates. He later told me he didn't think the above list included all that are buried here. Mr. Good wrote: The O'roarks lived at the Fairfax line on the mountain road. In recent years various people have tried to locate this cemetery without success. It has been said that all the stones have been removed. No attempt was made to locate this cemetery in 2009. |
| Survey Date and Recorder | 1960s & 1992 D.A.R. & Algernon Good |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byrd, Jr. | Andrew | 1729 | 1799 | Capt. Indian & Rev. Wars | No visible marker | ||
| Byrd | Mary Reese | 23 Sep 1784 | w/Andrew Byrd, Jr. | No visible marker | |||
| Byrd, III | Andrew | 1754 | 30 Nov 1838 | Aged 84ys; Capt. Rev. War | No visible marker | ||
| Byrd | Ann | 10 Oct 1755 | 28 Apr 1834 | Consort of Andrew Byrd, III | No visible marker | ||
| Byrd | William | 22 May 1758 | 3 Apr 1763 | s/Andrew & Mary Reese Byrd | No visible marker | ||
| Byrd | Isaac | 4 Feb 1763 | 9 Dec 1763 | s/Andrew & Mary Reese Byrd | No visible marker | ||
| Byrd | Andrew James | 2 Apr 1795 | 1823 | Aged 28; s/Andrew & Ann | No visible marker | ||
| Byrd | Mary | 8 Jan 1778 | 13 Oct 1784 | Aged 6y 9m; d/Andrew & Ann | No visible marker | ||
| Byrd | Green B. | 23 May 1819 | Jun 1839 | s/Andrew & Rebecca Byrd | No visible marker | ||
| O'Roark | Michael | 22 Jul 1853 | Aged 39 yrs | No visible marker; Algernon Good recorded this burial. | |||
| Byrd | Andrew | 1695 | 1749 | No visible marker |
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