Some Cemeteries of Greenbrier County, WV
Here are a few photos taken during my short visit to Lewisburg, WV in September of 2007. There are many other cemeteries in Greenbrier County which I didn't have the opportunity to visit but hope to document on future visits.
—Kate Maynard
Rosewood Cemetery, Lewisburg
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Located on 219 just south of the I-64 interchange Rosewood is a contemporary and still active cemetery established circa 1925. There is a large Gillilan stone of pink granite and two footstones marking who is buried at this plot: John Marshall Gillilan and Ada Gillilan May.
I had very little time to spend at Rosewood; it was nearly dark when I arrived so I was only able to find the stones of Ida and John Marshall. I do know, however, there are at least three other Gillilan graves at this cemetery and during a future trip perhaps I can document those as well. Those burial sites would be for Steele M. Gillilan (1897-1951), Peggy Gillilan (dates in question) and Guy Wetzel Gillilan (1892-1960). Guy and Steele were both veterans of WWI: Guy listed as a PFC with Battery B, 313 Field Artillery, and Steele as a PFC, HQ BN GHO (Sorry, I'm not familiar with some of the acronyms.)
A view of the cemetery:
Lewisburg Cemetery/Old Stone Presbyterian Church
200 Church Street, Lewisburg
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Lewisburg Cemetery, adjacent to the Old Stone Presbyterian Church, was established in 1797 and contains nearly 2,000 graves spanning two centuries. Among the Gillilans buried here are Frances J. (1822-1893), Henry G. (1905-1955), Mary H. (1865-1957) and Nathan Moffett (1858-1929). The large Gillilan headstone is near the footstones for Frances, Mary and Nathan, while Henry's footstone rests nearby.
Some views of the cemetery and church:
Frankford Cemetery
Route 219 appx. 13 miles north of Lewisburg
The oldest permanent settlement in Greenbrier County is Frankford, north of Lewisburg. Traveling north on Route 219 from Lewisburg, the cemetery would be on your right but before you pass the highway sign for Frankford.
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The stones in this cemetery are, by and large, extremely weathered and hard to read. Although eleven Gillilan graves are indexed for Frankford by the Greenbrier Historical Society, I could only positively identify two markers -- for Mary, who died 1/22/1878, and for R. H. Gillilan, who died Christmas Day 1891. As you will see in the photos I found a couple of other stones but they were unreadable; a good cleaning would restore them to legible condition.
Those graves unidentified or not found include: two graves with no first name or dates listed in the index; Charlotte G. (1848-1920); Chas. W. (5/4/1843-10/24/1916); Jennie Harper (1871-1949); Joseph H. (1870-1939); Lock (6/25/1872-11/24/1898); Paul Harry (10/4/1965-10/4/1965); and S. A. (2/29/1831-10/30/1898).
Views of the cemetery:
The land around Frankford:
