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Shannon Cemetery

Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in VirginiaNational Register of Historic Places in Giles County, Virginia
Shannon Cemetery near Staffordsville
Shannon Cemetery near Staffordsville

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

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Shannon Cemetery
Walkers Creek Valley Road,

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Walkers Creek Valley Road 158
24134
Virginia, United States
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