Documented burials in a historic cemetery originally owned by John Dragoo in 1783.
Research, documents and photos of the known burials in the historic Dragoo Cemetery near Barrackville, Marion County, West Virginia.
Softcover 6" x 9"; black text on natural/ivory 60# paper, with full color laminated cover.
Text includes endnotes, an every name index, photos, documents, family history of all the known burials and relationship to the original owner, John Dragoo.
Excerpt
I visited the Dragoo Cemetery in 1996. Nearly all the burials are directly or indirectly related to my Dragoo, Straight and Ice ancestors. My great great grandmother Rebecca Matheny Dragoo - Price is buried there. She was first married to the legendary William "Indian Billy" Dragoo.
Time and weather have erased many of the markers that our ancestors placed as permanent remembrances. Trees, brush and brambles and thorns now cover the once hallowed ground. It is my hope that this book will preserve the Dragoo Cemetery records for all those who will not have the opportunity to walk there.
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