Tumbling Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery

Washington County, Virginia

Location: Located next to the Tumbling Creek Primitive Baptist Church on Poor Valley Road in Washington County, Virginia.

Submitted by: Jeff Weaver

Comments: The Cemetery dates to at least 1859, perhaps earlier. This section of Washington County was a haven for moonshiners during prohibition. Oral tradition relates that these people took grave stones from the cemetery to blockade the road to impede the law enforcement officers. As a result only a few of the graves are identifiable. It is obvious that there would be over 100 graves located here.

Tumbling Creek Primitive Baptist Church

Tumbling Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery

Tumbling Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Washington County, Virginia
Name	Birth	Death	Comments
Row 1 (Nearest the Church)
McELRATH, H. M.		20 Jun 1871	This stone is broken
TERRY, King David B.	22 Oct 1894	19 Dec 1932
McELRAFT, Henry
McELRAFT, Margaret
Row 2
McELRATH, Harvey B.	1900	1925
UNKNOWN			Illegible Stone
Row 3
SNEAD, Oscar B.	07 May 1884	17 Dec 1950
SNEAD, D. C.	1865	1900
SNEAD, Mary E.		17 Jun 1942	Age 86; Double stone with next.
Row 4
SNEAD, David G		08 Dec 1903	Age 52

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Tumbling Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery

Washington County, Virginia