Fort Blackmore Pioneer Cemetery ~ Fort Blackmore, Virginia
N 36° 46.082 W 082° 34.875
17S E 358875 N 4070305
Pioneer cemetery on the Clinch River at Fort Blackmore.
Waymark Code: WMNGQJ
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/13/2015
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This is the cemetery for the early settlers and pioneers that forted here at Blackmore's Fort, a early fort on the Clinch River. Frontier explorer Daniel Boone and his party forted here from October 1773 to March 1775.
Most of the graves are unmarked, but there is a marker for David C. Cocke who was a private in Daniel Boone's Milita, and a marker for his wife, Jemina Leach Cocke.
There are seven honorary markers placed here in 2010 by the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Earliest Burial: 02/28/1828
Latest Burial: 01/01/1863
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