Assateague Village Cemetery

Chincoteague, Accomack County, Virginia, USA

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Get directions Chincoteague, Virginia, USA

Coordinates: 37.91289, -75.35360
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The Village of Assateague sits below the Assateague lighthouse bluff along the Assateague Channel. The village was established in 1794 and at its peak had about 250 residents, a church, a store and a school. In the early 1900s, Samuel Fields of Baltimore bought most of Assateague Island and blocked the villagers access to the shore and fish factories. In 1922, most of the villagers barged their homes across the channel to Chincoteague. The last residents left in 1932.

In 2010, the USFWS used GPR to locate human remains in the old churchyard. The unidentified remains are marked by a simple metal plaque.

To get to the old churchyard, follow the "Trail of Homes" below the lighthouse. The cemetery is located on a rise and has small stone corner markers. According to a history of Assateague Island, Henry Birch's wife and 3 of their children, Jesse McGhee, George Elliott and Roxilla Birch Scott, are buried there.

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