Adventure: 082 – Rockville Cemetary

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 082 – Rockville Cemetary

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  September 21, 2012

Location: Rockville

Description:

This adventure submissions consists of four parts:

1. The headstone of the earliest birthdate
2. The Pony Express/Rockville House Marker
3. The Stone Chapel Marker
4. A photo with both the Rockville House and Stone Chapel Markers

• Earliest birthdate (5 pts) Although the cemetery dates back to 1851 the earliest stone found during a 1983 survey was that of Mary Ramsey McMillian, born as of 1787,
  

Mary Ramsey McMillan

Birth: 1787 Death: 1854 Aged 67 years. Burial: Rockville Cemetery Suisun City Solano County California, USA Plot: OS Plot 261 Created by: Grave Finder Record added: May 11, 2004 Find A Grave Memorial# 8742191

• NO. 779 ROCKVILLE STONE CHAPEL - The cornerstone of this chapel, erected by pioneers of Methodist Episcopal Church South with volunteer labor and donated funds, was laid October 3, 1856 on a site supplied by Landy and Sarah Alford, and the chapel was dedicated February 1857. By 1929, the chapel had deteriorated and the church deeded it to Rockville Public Cemetery District as a pioneer monument. It was restored in 1940.
  Location: Rockville Cemetery, Suisun Valley Rd, 0.2 mi N of Rockville
  
  California Landmark 779
  Rockville Stone Chapel
  4221 Suisun Valley Road
  Fairfield
• Rockville Stone Chapel

Eerected by pioneers of Methodist Episcopal Church South with volunteer labor and donated funds. Cornerstone laid October 3, 1856. Dedicated February 1857. Site supplied by Landy and Sarah Alford. Chapel deteriorated by 1929 and deeded by the church to Rockville Public Cemetery District as a pioneer monument. Restored in 1940.