​700 Union Forge Church Road
Edinburg, Virginia 22824
Last updated on April 2, 2024
Directions from Mount Jackson Historic Colored Cemetery to site 18:
  • Go east on Nelson St to return to Main St then turn left 
  • In 4.5 miles turn left onto S Middle Rd
  • In 0.5 mile turn right onto S Ox Rd
  • In 1.9 mile turn left onto Stoney Creek Rd
  • In 0.3 mile turn left onto Union Forge Church Rd
  • In .07 mile the destination is on the right
  • This is on private property and there is no stopping at this site 
The Lantz Mill was built in the early 1800s. It was later sold to George Lantz whose family ran the mill for 72 years. Jacob Lantz, George Lantz’s son, owned the mill and was a slave owner. There are enslaved individual burials located on the property side of the road in the area between the street poles. The property today is private. Between 1740 and 1970, Lantz Mills, Virginia was home to many families with a mix of hearing and deaf parents and at least one or more deaf siblings. Lantz Mill descendant and author, deaf historian, Kathleen Brockway illuminates this history.  A traveling exhibit of her work is traveling the state. It is believed several deaf infants are buried in the cemetery we have noted here which is primarily thought to be a pre-Civil War burial ground for enslaved African Americans.
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