About Old Chapel Cemetery
Old Chapel Cemetery is a church cemetery near Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia. It lies about 3.6 mi northeast of Berryville. The grounds sit at about 541 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 18 notable people buried here, including Edmund Randolph, Jay Presson Allen and John Esten Cooke. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1690644. The nearest other listed cemetery is Little Chapel Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Enders & Shirley Funeral Homes in Berryville, about 4.2 mi away. It is one of 27 cemeteries we list in Clarke County, and 56 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Berryville. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Old Chapel Cemetery
Among them: 3 writers, 1 football player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 governor, 1 Korean War veteran, 1 World War II veteran.
- Edmund Randolph1753-1813American attorney
- Jay Presson Allen1922-2006American screenwriter, producer, playwright
- John Esten Cooke1830-1886American novelist
- Genevieve Clark Thomson1894-1982American suffragist
- Lewis M. Allen1922-2003Film producer
- Philip Pendleton Cooke1816-1850American writer and lawyer
- Andy Guest1939-2001Politician
- Beverley Randolph1923-1958Aviator
- James M. Thomson1878-1959American newspaper publisher
- Oscar Randolph1884-1964American football player
- Mary Tayloe Page1759-1835
Show all 18 notable burials
- Mathias W. Henry1838-1877Henry, Mathias W; class of 1861
- Nancy Davis Stackpole Holker1777-1857May 1777 - 18 Jun 1857
- Richard C. Plater Jr.1908-2004
- Susan Randolph Burwell1845-1923
- Theodora Ayer1905-1996Heiress; Hunt master of Piedmont Hunt
- William Nelson Burwell1791-1822
People whose Wikidata entry gives Old Chapel Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Old Chapel Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Little Chapel CemeteryBerryville, VAChurch cemetery1.1 mi
- Love and Charity CemeteryBerryville, VACemetery2.7 mi
- Milton Valley CemeteryBerryville, VACemetery3.0 mi
- Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church CemeteryBerryville, VAMethodist cemetery3.5 mi
- Berryville CemeteryBerryville, VAChristian cemetery3.6 mi
- Grace CemeteryBerryville, VACemetery3.6 mi
- Old Salem CemeteryWinchester, VACemetery4.0 mi
- Trenary Family CemeteryWinchester, VAFamily cemetery4.1 mi
- Green Hill CemeteryBerryville, VACemetery4.1 mi
- Kitchen-Gaunt Family CemeteryBerryville, VAFamily cemetery4.6 mi
Funeral homes near Old Chapel Cemetery
- Enders & Shirley Funeral Homes4.2 miFuneral home · Berryville · (540) 955-1062
- Omps Funeral Home And Cremation Center7.9 miFuneral home · Winchester
- Omps Funeral Home7.9 miFuneral home · Winchester · (540) 722-2400
- Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Service9.0 miFuneral home · Winchester · (540) 662-2523
- Cartwright Funeral Home9.6 miFuneral home · Winchester · (540) 662-5282
- Phelps Funeral & Cremation Services9.7 miCremation provider · Winchester · (540) 722-2424
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