Willheit Family Burial Ground
Madison County, Virginia, USA – *No GPS coordinates
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Add PhotosMany assume that the early German settlers of the Germanna settlement would have been buried at the Hebron Lutheran Church, but its cemetery was only established in the early twentieth century with the first burial taking place January 2, 1900. The Reverend William Peter Huddle wrote in his book, HISTORY OF THE HEBRON LUTHERAN CHURCH, MADISON COUNTY, VIRGINIA, FROM 1717 TO 1907, page 101, "Strange it may seem this church had no cemetery for so many years. This seeming neglect, if neglect it be, can be accounted for partly by the fact that the ground around it was long considered unfit for burial purposes."
Huddle writes elsewhere, pages 100-101: "Where are the generations now sleeping that have worshipped within its walls?" He continues (page 101), "The answer is, they rest in private burying grounds, on the hill-sides, on the mountain-sides, and in the valleys. These are to be found on almost every farm. Many rest in neglected or unknown graves. Frequently, a clump of trees, or bushes, in a field with no fence, or one decayed or falling, tells the passer-by, "Here rests the remains of those brave German pioneers and their children."
The cemetery is now defunct and has been for generations.
Many assume that the early German settlers of the Germanna settlement would have been buried at the Hebron Lutheran Church, but its cemetery was only established in the early twentieth century with the first burial taking place January 2, 1900. The Reverend William Peter Huddle wrote in his book, HISTORY OF THE HEBRON LUTHERAN CHURCH, MADISON COUNTY, VIRGINIA, FROM 1717 TO 1907, page 101, "Strange it may seem this church had no cemetery for so many years. This seeming neglect, if neglect it be, can be accounted for partly by the fact that the ground around it was long considered unfit for burial purposes."
Huddle writes elsewhere, pages 100-101: "Where are the generations now sleeping that have worshipped within its walls?" He continues (page 101), "The answer is, they rest in private burying grounds, on the hill-sides, on the mountain-sides, and in the valleys. These are to be found on almost every farm. Many rest in neglected or unknown graves. Frequently, a clump of trees, or bushes, in a field with no fence, or one decayed or falling, tells the passer-by, "Here rests the remains of those brave German pioneers and their children."
The cemetery is now defunct and has been for generations.
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- Added: 13 Dec 2019
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2697293
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