| Indian Mound Cemetery | |
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 Indian Mound Cemetery entrance along U.S. Route 50 | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1859 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 39°20′33″N 78°45′57″W / 39.3425909°N 78.7658481°W |
| Type | Private |
| Owned by | Indian Mound Cemetery Association, Inc. |
| No. of graves | >2,500 |
| Find a Grave | Indian Mound Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | Indian Mound Cemetery |
Indian Mound Cemetery is a cemetery located along the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Route 50) on a promontory of the "Yellow Banks" overlooking the South Branch Potomac River and Mill Creek Mountain in Romney, West Virginia, United States.[1][2] The cemetery is centered on a Hopewellian mound, known as the Romney Indian Mound.[3][4] Indian Mound Cemetery is also the site of Fort Pearsall, the Confederate Memorial, Parsons Bell Tower, and reinterments from Romney's Old Presbyterian Cemetery. The cemetery is currently owned and maintained by the Indian Mound Cemetery Association, Inc.[1][4]
Indian Mound Cemetery is the burial site of two governors of West Virginia, a United States House Representative, a United States Secretary of the Army, an owner of the Washington Redskins, and descendants of the family of George Washington.[5]
Days before the 150th anniversary of the Confederate Monument's dedication was to be observed, it was vandalized.[6] The vandalism read "reparations now", and was done using black spray paint. The damage to the monument has since been repaired.[7]
- ^ a b Kerns, Wilmer L.; Virginia Pancake; Roberta R. Munske; Hampshire County 250th Anniversary Committee (W. Va.) (2004), Hampshire County, West Virginia 1754–2004, Romney, West Virginia: The Hampshire County 250th Anniversary Committee, ISBN 0971573824, archived from the original on January 1, 2014
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Cartmell, T. K. (1989), Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: A History of Frederick County, Virginia from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908, Heritage Books, ISBN 1556132433, archived from the original on June 10, 2016
- ^ McDonald, Jerry N.; Susan L. Woodward (1987). McDonald & Woodward guide to the American landscape: Indian mounds of the Atlantic Coast: a guide to sites from Maine to Florida. McDonald & Woodward Pub. Co. ISBN 0939923033. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014.
- ^ a b Indian Mound Cemetery Association, Inc. A Brief History of Indian Mound Cemetery. Romney, West Virginia: Indian Mound Cemetery Association, Inc.
- ^ Wayland, John W. (1998). The Washingtons and Their Homes. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 0806347759. Archived from the original on February 7, 2011.
- ^ Review Staff, "Monument Vandalized at Indian Mound" Archived October 18, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, Hampshire Review, September 18, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
- ^ WV Division Sons of Confederate Veterans, "Post" Archived December 18, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Facebook, September 24, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.