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John Frost's Cemetery

Carroll County, Virginia

Compiled and submitted by Buford C. Wilson

THIS CEMETERY IS IN CARROLL COUNTY VIRGINIA, A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE END OF ROSEBERRY LANE, ON THE WEST SIDE OF HEBRON ROAD (RT 635), 1.7 MILES NORTH OF GLENDALE ROAD (RT 887).

THE CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON LAND THAT WAS PART OF JOHN FROST'S FARM. AS YOU TRAVEL THROUGH THE FIELDS TO THE CEMETERY YOU WILL PASS BY AN OLD SLAVE CEMETERY. THERE ARE NO MARKED GRAVES THERE. JOHN FROST ENLISTED AS A SOLDIER IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN 1777. HE SERVED FOR FIVE YEARS AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, INCLUDING VALLEY FORGE WHERE HE WAS A GUARD AT GEORGE WASHINGTON'S CAMP.

AFTER THE WAR HE TRAVELED TO NORTH CAROLINA WHERE ON JUNE 8 1786, HE MARRIED A LADY NAMED MARY. HER LAST NAME IS UNKNOWN. SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM CARICO, BUT THERE IS NO PROOF THAT THIS IS SO. THEY HAD ELEVEN CHILDREN: STEPHEN - ALICE - EZEKIEL - ISABELL - JOHN - ELIZABETH - SARAH - JAMES - REBECCA - JONAS - SIMEON.

SOME OF THE OLD MARKERS HAVE BEEN LOST IN TIME AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND THE LOCATION OR NUMBER OF UNMARKED GRAVES. JOHN AND MARY'S MARKERS HAVE BEEN LOST. A GOVERNMENT MARKER WAS ERECTED FOR JOHN IN 1976. MARY'S GRAVE IS UNMARKED.

THE CEMETERY HAS RECENTLY BEEN CLEARED OF BRUSH AND BRIARS, AND A NEW FENCE HAS BEEN BUILT. AT HIS TIME THE CEMETERY IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.


General View of the John Frost Cemetery by Buford Wilson


SUBMITTED AUG 29 1999                  UPDATED JUL 14 2003

  1  FROST, JOHN                  1756                JUL 13 1834
          NEW JERSEY CPL 4TH N J REGT REVOLUTIONARY WAR

  2  FROST, MARY                                   DIED AFTER 1840

  3  FROST, JAMES  AGED 64 YEARS 4  DAYS              1864
          F: JOHN FROST
          M: MARY FROST
               W: RACHEL PIERCE

  4  FROST, RACHEL (PIERCE)  AGED 74 YEARS 9 DAYS     JAN 16 1885
          F: MOSES PIERCE
          M: ELLENDER PIERCE
               H: JAMES FROST

  5  FROST, MOSES                 SEP 23 1827         JAN 14 1913
          F: JAMES FROST
          M: RACHEL (PIERCE) FROST

  6  WHITTIER, LUSINDA (FROST)                        MAY 16 1912
          F: JAMES FROST
          M: RACHEL (PIERCE) FROST
               H: WILLIAM WHITTIER

  7  FROST, SIMEON                SEP 18 1825         MAY 24 1913
          F: JAMES FROST
          M: RACHEL (PIERCE) FROST
               W: LOUVINIA LINEBERRY

  8  FROST, LOUVINIA (LINEBERRY)  JUN 20 1828         NOV 14 1891
          F: FRANCIS LINEBERRY
          M: ELIZABETH (WILKERSON) LINEBERRY
               H: SIMEON FROST

  9  FROST, E E                   1850                NOV 24 1855
          I BELIEVE THIS IS ELIZABETH FROST
          F: SIMEON FROST
          M: LOUVINIA (LINEBERRY) FROST
          THIS INFORMATION IS SCRATCHED ON A ROCK AND IS DIFFICULT TO READ

 10  FROST, JOHN MELVIN           DEC 30 1869         SEP 5 1945
          F: SIMEON FROST
          M: LOUVINIA (LINEBERRY) FROST
               W: NICKATIE VIRGINIA BOWERS

 11  FROST, NICKATIE VIRGINIA (BOWERS) SEP 5 1869     SEP 26 1948
          F: JOHN WESLEY BOWERS
          M: MATILDA (HYLTON) BOWERS
               H: JOHN MELVIN FROST

 12  FROST, TROY SIMEON           AUG 15 1890         FEB 14 1893
          F: JOHN MELVIN FROST
          M: NICKATIE VIRGINIA (BOWERS) FROST

 13  FROST, CLAYTON WILLIS        SEP 11 1899*        MAR 5 1912
          F: JOHN MELVIN FROST
          M: NICKATIE VIRGINIA (BOWERS) FROST

 14  FROST, FRANCIS MADISON "FRANK"  APR 19 1855      NOV 22 1944
          F: SIMEON FROST
          M: LOUVINIA (LINEBERRY) FROST
               W: 1ST CALLIE G LINTICUM
          FRANK FROST TOOK HIS WIFE AND 5 CHILDREN (DORA-WILLIAM SIMEON
          -DILLIE ANN-EMMA M-CALLIE F), AND WENT WEST. HE RETURNED HERE
          IN HIS OLD AGE AND CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN MARRIED 7 TIMES.

 15  WORRELL, LAURA BELLE (FROST) MAR 4 1874          MAR 28 1911
          F: SIMEON FROST
          M: LOUVINIA (LINEBERRY) FROST
               H: STEWARD WISE WORRELL

 16  WORRELL, SIMEON T            NOV 9 1891          MAY 23 1893
          F: STEWARD WISE WORRELL
          M: LAURA BELLE (FROST) WORRELL

 17  WORRELL, HAUSEL O            JUL 20 1894         NOV 29 1898
          F: STEWARD WISE WORRELL
          M: LAURA BELLE (FROST) WORRELL

 18  WORRELL, BABY 1 DAY OLD                          FEB 21 1904
          F: STEWARD WISE WORRELL
          M: LAURA BELLE (FROST) WORRELL

 19  FROST, LYDIA ELLEN (CHAPPELL) NOV 5 1867*        FEB 17 1918
          F: ISAAC CHAPPELL
          M: ELEANOR L (FARMER) CHAPPELL
               H: LEE ARTHUR FROST

 20  FROST, BENNIE CLENE          MAY 31 1907         JUL 25 1912
          F: LEE ARTHUR FROST
          M: LYDIA ELLEN (CHAPPELL) FROST

 21  FROST, ROSEY                 NO DATES
          I BELIEVE THIS IS BEDIE FROST
          F: LEE ARTHUR FROST
          M: LYDIA ELLEN (CHAPPELL) FROST

 22  FROST, MARY ELLEN            MAY 5 1894          SEP 12 1894
          F: LEE ARTHUR FROST
          M: LYDIA ELLEN (CHAPPELL) FROST

 23  WHITTINGTON, SIMEON FROST    APR 18 1885         MAR 8 1887*
          F: THOMAS CARSON WHITTINGTON
          M: ALVERTIE LOUVINIA (FROST) WHITTINGTON

 24  WHITTINGTON, JOHN CLOYD      OCT 17 1922         SEP 1 1929
          F: ZELMA CARL "PETE" WHITTINGTON
          M: MYRTLE LUELLA (FELTS) WHITTINGTON

          THE FOLLOWING WERE SCRATCHED ON ROCKS AND I HAVE NO FURTHER
          INFORMATION ABOUT THEM

 25  J F                                              1863

 26  FROST, A J                                       JUL 10 1875

 ABBREVIATIONS:
     F: FATHER
     M: MOTHER
     W: WIFE
     H: HUSBAND
     (NAME) MAIDEN NAME
     "NAME" NICK NAME
     * DATE ON STONE DOES NOT AGREE WITH RECORDS


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