Jonesboro Union Church Cemetery
Rippetoe Lane Area
Swoope, Virginia 24479

Compiled by Joe Nutt, August 24, 2000

The Jonesboro Cemetery served as a community gravesite for the
churches in the Christian-Jonesboro area of Swoope. It is located
on the south side of Rippetoe Lane, about three-tenths of a mile
west of Scott Christian Rd., about a mile south of Parkersburg
Turnpike (U.S. 254). Rippetoe Lane was named for the family that 
owned iron mines on Little North Mountain in the 19th century.
In earlier years, it was known as Jonesboro Rd.


Gaines, Mary		b (c) 1872 - d 17 Apr 1918	46 yr
Harris, Sarah Louise	b No Dates - d (23?) Jun 1962	metal marker
Henderson, Nathan	b No Dates - d 22 Jul 1922
Henderson, Mary Payne	b No Dates - d No Dates		w/o Nathan Henderson
Payne, Gertrude M.	b 19 Dec 1882 - d 18 May 1900
Payne, Frank		b  4 Aug 1846 - d 19 Aug 1922
Payne, Susan 		b No Dates - d 10 Sep 1922
Smith, Cleta Ransom	b 21 Jun 1907 - d 15 Mar 1968

Isabelle (Smith) Carpenter and her brother Wardell Smith say their
parents William Smith (died 1934) and Marie Shelton Smith (died 1964
are buried in this cemetery. Wardell has made efforts towards the upkeep.

There are about 8 metal marker here that are illegible, several small,
uncarved fieldstones, and a good number of unmarked cavities in this wooded
cemetery. Artificial flowers of recent origin decorate some of the unmarked
sites.
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