Aeriel Church Cemetery in Schuyler, Virginia

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Get directions Ariel Drive (Rt. 645)
Schuyler, Virginia 22969 United States

Coordinates: 37.73098, -78.72585
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The Nelson County Historical Society calls it the "Aeriel Church Cemetery."

Also known as the Kidd Family Cemetery (one of many by that name in Nelson County, VA) or Earl's Cemetery. 1 unmarked grave, 3 with no names. All listings in the book have been added to findagrave.

Directions: From Lovingston, VA: state route 56 East (8.2 miles), to left on state route 722/Glade Road (3 miles), to right on state route 645/Aeriel Drive (1 mile) to site on left.

GPS 37º 43.85' -78º 43.57'
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History of the Aeriel Baptist Church: The church was organized in 1882 under the leadership of the Rev. James T Rittenhouse. The Sunday School was organized in April 1898. After declining attendance, the church was closed to full-time ministry in1962. In 1975, a historian decided to write about the families who had loved ones buried in the cemetery and to raise money to clean up the road and cemetery. It took 4 years to accomplish. In May 1979, the first annual homecoming service was held.
.. from a 12-page paper "Commemorating One Hundred Years of the Ariel Baptist Church, Schuyler, Virginia 1882 - 1982" dated September 19, 1982 at the Nelson County Historical Society files at the Nelson County Public Library at Lovingston, Virginia.
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April 2014: The church is no longer being used and was heavily vandalized when we visited. The cemetery is on a hill behind the church to the left. The road to the cemetery itself is no longer drivable.
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