Old Lebanon Cemetery
Craigsville, Augusta County, Virginia

Just north of the present Rockbridge - Augusta County line,
approximately 125 yards west of the state Route 42, on Ramsey's
Draft, stood the original Lebanon Presbyterian Meeting house,
called "Little River" and "Wahab" in early records. Around it
was the burying ground, used from soon after the mid 1700's.
Located 1/4 mile south of intersection of Route 42 & Route 687.
Fenced, approximately 80 X 80 feet.
The tabulation was made in April 1962 by the Presbytery Historian.

36 graves marked with field stones and 6-38 people buried there; slate, 43 (at least) unmarked. Some stones gone March 22, 1987, R.M. Hamrick, Jr.
**File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Glenda Lambert-Gibson September 8, 2009
Some Family Names buried here: ARMSTRONG, BERRY, BRATTON, CAIL, CRAIG, GRAHAM, HALL, HODGE, JOHNSTON, JONES, KUNKLE, MCLAUGHLIN, MYERS, RAINES, RUDDELL, STERRETT, WALLACE.

***Note by Diane Parker: IN 2002, THERE WAS A RESTORATION PROJECT DONE TO CLEAN UP THIS CEMETERY AND RESTORE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OF THE EXISTING GRAVES AND IDENTIFY THE MARKINGS ON THE HEADSTONES. A NEW FENCE WAS BUILT AROUND THE CEMETERY AT THAT TIME.
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....from "A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia…
by Oren F. Morton, published in 1920"

"Lebanon Church was organized in 1784 at the home of William Hodge. The first elders were William Youell, Alexander Craig, John Montgomery, John McCutchen, Joseph McCutchen, and Samuel McCutchen. The first meeting house stood close to the Augusta line, the second a half-mile to the south and in Rockbridge. As a consequence there are two cemeteries."

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