Photo's in this section submitted by: Roxsanne Wells-Layton

Mount Nebo Church Road
This cemetery is listed on the National Register of Historical Places and is an
African-American Cemetery. It is partially enclosed by a wood fence and
contains over 100 grave sites. The land was once owned by William Morgan and
the land was deeded to his former slaves during the 1870's. The cemetery was
deed by James Lawson to the Morgantown Colored Baptist Church in 1876. The
earliest documented tombstone is for Mollie Massie who died in 1880. There are
many unmarked graves.
(cemetery is approx. 0.2 miles SE of the intersection of Freestate Road & Mount
Nebo Church Road)

The following names were obtained from church records. I could not find
tombstones for them.

Timbers, Jessie, Died Nov 1, 1963 aged 70 years
Timbers, Sarah Lewis 1925-1972 (The Fauquier Times Newspaper index shows she
died January 25, 1972, of Warrenton)
O'Banion, Carey M., 1903-1976
Lewis, Alexander, 1905-1970
Williams, Simon, Uncle
Thompson, Keeley Oscar, VIRGINIA PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR I, Aug 10, 1899-Feb. 26
1972
Pinkett, Rev. A.R., Born Dec. 28, 1853 & Died Feb. 4, 1918
Miles, Ferdinand, Died Jan. 31, 1946 age 47

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