Godwin Cemetery & Fincastle United Methodist Church

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Fincastle . Botetourt County

The earliest graves date from the mid 1800's on land purchased by James Godwin for a family graveyard. A portion of his property was deeded to John Slicer in 1891 for his family burials.

The church is Fincastle United Methodist Church. The congregation was formed in 1789. The original building was condemned and torn down with the aid of Oxen teams and replaced with the building of this church in 1840.



I love, love, love this church! I've blogged about the church and the cemetery a few times...you can see those posts HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and last but not least HERE....I need to make some time to get over there and take a walk...finally getting some warm weather by the weekend! Maybe I'll go then!
All of these pictures were taken in April of 2015.

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Signs, Signs & A Good Fence From Godwin Cemetery

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Fincastle....I think the sign says something about 1950...in service since 1950? Looks kind of like it! But I think it's a cute little place...Linking with Signs, Signs

Godwin Cemetery, Fincastle...looking out...I want this gate...Do you think they'd notice? Linking with Good Fences

Wild Bird Wednesday

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Godwin Cemetery, Fincastle

Something you rarely see on my blog, birds! I'm just not a bird aficionado but this one was just begging for his picture to be taken. Embarrassingly I have no idea what kind it is but I'm sure one of the experts at Wild Bird Wednesday will know!

Signs, Signs & A Good Fence in Fincastle

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5 W. Main St. Fincastle
circa 1809

Western Hotel
"A destination hotel through the early 1900's, it also served as the Federal Courthouse. The brick building was built after the great fire of 1870 which started in the hotel stable. The earlier hotel was a wooden structure." ...taken from Historic Fincastle ...linking with Signs, Signs

Sunday was a beautiful spring day so I took a walk through Godwin Cemetery in Fincastle. I noticed this old truck, with a fence in front! Linking with Signs, Signs