Black Gum Springs Cemetery

Located on Hwy 8 about 10 miles west of Harrisonburg. There is no sign to indicated the Cemetery just a gate about 500 yards off the road. There used to be a sign that showed where the cemetery was located but the owner of the land had it taken down and a gate put up.
Cemetery was read on Jan. 15, 2000 by Kathleen Clark-Allen, Lawrence Clark and Louise Morris-Clark. Additional info from Andrea Cruse

Double Stone
Lodie Bass Smith   1886-1940
Andrew Jackson Smith    1876-1952

Jessie O. Ford  March 11 1908 - March 30 1986

Double Stone
David Alfred Smith   Sept. 19 1906  -  April 22 1979
Hettie Brown Smith  Aug. 24 1912 - May 17 1999

Samuel Esaw Bass Jan 22 1972 - Sept. 8 1989, son of Freddie and Sue Bass

Double Stone
William Esaw Bass    May 7 1907 - July 31 1983, PFC US Army WWII
Ruth Ford Bass  Dec. 6 1912  -  Dec. 5 1997

Single Stones
Labe Ford
Ida Bass Ford

Double Stone
Richard Silvester Brown  Nov. 21 1889 Sept. 18 1889 - Jan. 15 1967   "Father" [I am not sure why there are two birth dates.
Rowena Esters Brown  Sept. 18 1889 -  Mar 2 1964     "Mother"

Single Stone
Esaw Bass  Co B 3 La Int. CSA,  his wife Margrette McCarthy-Bass is buried next to her her grave is not marked

Single Stone
Isabell Bass  Morris Oct. 9 1880 - March 10 1926, wife of B.F. Morris

Single Marker
Benjamin Franklin Morris  Oct 12 1875 - May 1 1943

Single Marker
Luther Morris Info from Andrea (1879-1898) - son and also the oldest child of the J.W. Morris buried in the Andrews Cemetery. Luther was by Judge's first marriage also the infant girl. Judge's first wife had twins Ora and Cora.
Ora died [1880 – 1880].

Infant Rosco Morris  Info from Andrea (1888 - 1889) first child of J.W. Morris and Corrine Catlett Johnson Morris.

Infant girl Morris

NOTE:  There are other graves that are unmarked. At this time family members are still researching who was buried in this cemetery, so that their graves can be marked properly.