This event has been canceled due to the heavy rain in the area for the past 24 hours. We have rescheduled for Saturday July 30th!
Join us at Fincastle Presbyterian Church Cemetery on Tuesday May 24th!
*Image via Find a Grave*
“In 1770 when ten acres of land for the Botetourt County Court House and prison bounds was set aside from the forty acres given by Israel Christian for the site of Fincastle, one acre of land in the north eastern corner of the prison bounds was set aside for the established church. The established church was built in 1771 and evidence found in the old walls of the present building and architectural examination seem to verify the fact that parts of the present walls are those of the original building.” …
“In 1968, a church committee headed by Mrs. Page Muse was appointed for the purpose of raising funds to establish a perpetual care fund for the cemetery. The drive was completed in 1977.
The southwest area of the cemetery, where no gravestones are visible, is the burial place of some of the Botetourt Revolutionary War era soldiers and patriots of the Fincastle community. In June 1973, a Memorial Grave Marking service was held for these soldiers and patriots and a monument with the name of twenty-six of these was unveiled.”
*info from Fincastle Presbyterian Church website*