Please wait.
loading...
Settlement of the county began in 1727, when Adam Miller (Mueller) staked out a claim on the south fork of the Shenandoah River, near the line that now divides Rockingham County from Page County. On a trip through eastern Virginia, the German-born Miller had heard reports about a lush valley to the west which had been discovered by Governor Alexander Spotswood's legendary Knights of the Golden ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Rockingham County, North Carolina. Official Website Between 1728 and 1733, the Dan River Valley was surveyed by William Byrd II. He soon thereafter purchased 20,000 acres of the land, attracting prospective farmers. The region's first western settlers came from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia and were of German, Eng...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Official Website The area that today is Rockingham County was first settled by Europeans moving north from the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts as early as 1623. The government was linked tightly with Massachusetts until New Hampshire became a separate colony in 1679, but counties were not introduc...
This cemetery is located on Main Street - Route 121 - next to the large Civil War monument, in Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Sexton: 603-329-5110 The cemetery is across the street from the Town Hall on Route 121. Some maps say "Old Cemetery". New sign says "Hampstead Center Cemetery". New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association database cemetery code H03—007 Find a Grave
This cemetery is located on North River Road, Epping, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Find a Grave
This project is for those buried in Granite Cemetery, South Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Find a Grave
This cemetery is located on Danville Road (Route 111), Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. It's also known as West Kingston Cemetery . Find a Grave
This beautiful cemetery was established in 1793 and is located in Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. It's also known as Shipley Cemetery . Find a Grave
In 1843, the establishing of a private cemetery which could be increased in extent as occasion might require, and would be permanent and not liable to be abandoned and neglected. For this purpose they organized under the statutes of the State a company incorporated as the Exeter Cemetery Association. Dr. D.W. Gorham, Amos Tuck, Henry F. French, James Burley and Charles C.P. Moses were the princ...
The cemetery is located on 49 Meeting House Hill Road, Deerfield, Rockingham county, New Hampshire. Find a Grave
This cemetery is noted in the "History of Kingston, New Hampshire, 1694 - 1994." "Robinson Cemetery Another private cemetery is located on the farm of J. Edward Stevens on Exeter Road. This cemetery is in a field about a quarter of a mile from the road and here are buried members of the Robinson family. There are probably other private cemeteries in Kingston but they are not known to the write...
The Tonry Cemetery in Brentwood, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, is maintained by the Town of Brentwood, New Hampshire. Previous names for the cemetery are Brentwood Cemetery and New Cemetery. The oldest grave in the Tonry Cemetery is dated 1824 according to the Town of Brentwood Rules and Regulations publication on the Brentwood NH website, which also notes that Tonry Cemetery is presently t...
Chester Village Cemetery is located in Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. The earliest graves are from the 1710s, having been moved from other burying grounds to Chester Village Cemetery. The cemetery was established in 1751. The oldest portion of the Village Cemetery is known as the " Revolutionary Quarter". About 1 acre in size, this section has many graves dating to the period of t...
The Battle of Port Republic was fought on June 9, 1862, in Rockingham County, Virginia, as part of Confederate Army Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War. Port Republic was a fierce contest between two equally determined foes and was the most costly battle fought by Jackson's Army of the Valley during its campaign. Togethe...
The Battle of Cross Keys was fought on June 8, 1862, in Rockingham County, Virginia, as part of Confederate Army Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War. Together, the battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic the following day were the decisive victories in Jackson's Valley Campaign, forcing the Union armies to retreat and le...
Sanborn Seminary is a historic educational facility in Kingston, New Hampshire. Its main building was built in 1883 by Major Edward S. Sanborn (died 1885) to serve as a secular secondary boarding school. The school ran continuously until 1966 when it was sold to the Town of Kingston. The campus became known as Sanborn Regional High School and served students from the towns of Kingston, Newton, ...
The cemetery is located on US Route 107, Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Find a Grave
The cemetery is located on Epping St, Raymond, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Find a Grave
This is a very old Cemetery and was a Baptist Churchyard in the early days of Deerfield along with its neighboring cemetery, The Philbrick Yard, which was not fenced in those days. The first church building to be constructed in Deerfield was built just opposite this yard in 1770 by the Baptists and most, if not all, of the people buried in these two yards were Baptists. New Hampshire Old Grave...
This project is for those who are buried in Morrison Cemetery, Deerfield, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those buried in Weeks Coffin Family Cemetery, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Family cemetery is located within private property off of Bayside Road and near the railroad tracks. The cemetery is about 25' x 30' and is enclosed by a brick wall capped with granite blocks. There is one monument. New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association database cemetery code G1...
This is an umbrella project for all projects related to Jews from Harrisonburg. History of Harrisonburg When Thomas Harrison deeded two and a half acres of his land to the public good in 1779 the City of Harrisonburg was born.Harrison, the son of English immigrants, brought his family to settle in the Shenandoah Valley in 1737. By 1778 the Harrison family had laid claim to land in the area that...