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Shannon Cemetery

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Built by
  
B.F. Spyker

VLR #
  
035-5028

Added to NRHP
  
4 May 2006

NRHP Reference #
  
06000350

Designated VLR
  
March 8, 2006

Shannon Cemetery

Location
  
Junction of State Routes 42 and 100, near Pearisburg, Virginia

Area
  
Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)

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Shannon Cemetery is a historic cemetery located near Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia. It consists of two discontiguous sections, a white section and a black section, located approximately a thousand feet apart at about 1,900 feet in elevation above sea level. The white (south) section was established in 1781 and contains a variety of grave markers including inscribed and uninscribed fieldstones, decoratively carved tombstones of indigenous stone and imported marble, concrete markers, and twentieth century granite monuments. The black (north) section was established in the 19th century and has small uninscribed fieldstone markers and one professionally carved marble headstone. The Shannon Cemetery is believed to be the oldest maintained cemetery in the county.

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

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References

Shannon Cemetery Wikipedia