This volume continues from previous 1853-1879. Entries for free colored and white persons include name, race, sex, date and place of birth, father, father's occupation, father's residence, mother, and other. Slave entries include owner, slave, sex, slave's given name, date and place of birth, mother, and other. Elizabeth R. Frain. The largest cemetery in the county.
Cemetery is described in lot order so that the reseacher can evaluate neighbors.
Information was taken from headstones, cemetery card index, and other sources. Where known name, dates of birth and death, cause of death and relationships are provided. Thomas Balch Library Staff. Staff and volunteers of the Thomas Balch Library worked for years to create an index to the over 12,000 tombstones recorded in their collection. Lovettsville Union Cemetery provides a resting place for many pioneer settlers along the Catoctin Mountain.