Pope’s Knob Cemetery

Carroll County Virginia 

Pipers Gap District

Location:  Poplar Knob Community
Directions:  Located on the north side of Rt. 683 (Poplar Knob Road), 3/4 mile from its intersection with Rt. 712 (Mallory Road). The cemetery is on top of a very high hill (Pope’s Knob) at the end of a private road.
GPS Coordinates:  N 36.67060 W 080.87580
Surveyed by:  Buford C. Wilson; Updated 12 Mar 2010 Buford_Wilson@Hotmail.Com
Comments:  By tradition this is Hamilton Pope’s family cemetery, but it may predate Hamilton’s era.. There are about 30 graves marked with rocks in the oldest part of the cemetery. By tradition Hamilton Pope is buried among these graves, with his first two wives buried on either side of his grave. One of his sons, Fielden, who drowned in Chestnut Creek, is said to also be buried in one of these unmarked graves. Hamilton’s third wife did not wish to be buried in this cemetery. She is buried at the old Pope Family Home Place. The cemetery is in fair condition. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone.


Name Birth Death Comment
Row 1
01 LEEDY, Helen Joyce
27 Jul 1933 d/o Gardner Ribble Leedy & Susie Edith Rider
02 RYDER, Emmett B. 13 Oct 1905 19 Mar 1966 Emmett Brady; s/o William Martin Rider & Polly Ann Lineberry; h/o Mildred Wisner
03 RIDER, Polly Ann 11 Jun 1865 06 Nov 1955 Shared stone with next; d/o Alex Lineberry & Polly A. Frost; w/o William Martin Rider
04 RIDER, William Martin 17 Feb 1853 14 May 1945 s/o Isaac & Rhoda Rider
05 RIDER, Raymond L. 01 May 1893 29 Nov 1918 s/o William Martin Rider & Polly Ann Lineberry
06 RIDER, Bertie M. 08 Apr 1901 23 May 1923 d/o William Martin Rider & Polly Ann Lineberry
07 RIDER, Jessie Eugene 15 Mar 1917 18 Oct 2003 s/o Jessie Lineberry Rider & Ruth Alice Bedsaul
08 RIDER, Harold I. 20 Aug 1912 17 Feb 1926 s/o Jessie Lineberry Rider & Ruth Alice Bedsaul
09 RIDER, Ruth A. 17 Apr 1890 16 Jun 1951 Shared stone with next; Ruth Alice; d/o Isaac Frazier Bedsaul & Sarah Catherine Roberts; w/o Jessie Lineberry Rider
10 RIDER, Jessie L. 22 Apr 1890 07 Dec 1985 Jessie Lineberry; s/o William Martin Rider & Polly Ann Lineberry; w/o 1st Ruth Alice Bedsaul; 2nd Trula Mae Anderson
11 STEPHENS, Jim Donald 25 Mar 1928 21 Aug 1999 Pvt U. S. Army Korea PH OLC; s/o Marion F. Stephens & Maggie Cursey

BOTTOMLEY, Unknown

Illegible stone
12 CARTER, Hattie Caroline 17 Apr 1905 1931 d/o George & Nancy Bottomley; w/o George T. Carter
13 REDD, James Willard Infant 1933 Shared stone with next; s/o Jessie Garfield Redd & Nellie Gedys Cassell
14 REDD, Millard Lee Infant 1933 s/o Jessie Garfield Redd & Nellie Gedys Cassell
15 GOAD, Fred R. [22 Dec] 1915 [16 Aug] 1972 Shared stone with next; Fred Rush; s/o Lee Goad & Mary Huff
16 GOAD, Irene F. [22 Jan] 1921 [09 Mar 2010] Annie Irene Fortner; d/o Minitree Lester Fortner & Maggie Pearl Roberts; w/o Fred Rush Goad
17 RICHARD, Otto
01 Jan 1938 Wisconsin Corp. U. S. Army
18 EVANS, Twins Infants 09 Sep 1946 c/o William Harrison Evans & Ruth Bartree Kilgore
19 CANTRELL, Baby

s/o Emory Cantrell & Mildred Carter
Row 2
20 ROBERTS, Diana T. 10 Jul 1945
Diana Lynn Talley; Shared stone with next; d/o James Talley & Vera Sexton; w/o Carroll Gene Roberts
21 ROBERTS, Carroll G. 03 Aug 1939 27 Jul 2001 SP 4 U. S. Army; Carroll Gene; s/o Emmit Earn Roberts & Dora Frances Redd
22 ROBERTS, Dora Frances 07 Sep 1890 19 Jul 1964 Shared stone with next; d/o Maston Green Redd &Margaret Ellen Sexton; w/o Emmit Earn Roberts
23 ROBERTS, Emmit Earn 11 Nov 1883 08 Jun 1961 s/o : Alexander C. Roberts & Thursia Elizabeth Sutherland
24 WADDELL, Larry Gordon Infant 19 Jun 1945 s/o Gordon Davis Waddell & Hazel Frances Roberts
25 JONES, Edgar C. 26 Apr 1907 11 Jun 1909 s/o William Guy Jones & Mollie Jane Daughtery
26 JONES, Roby M. 01 Apr 1904 09 Dec 1930 s/o William Guy Jones & Mollie Jane Daughtery
27 JONES, Mollie J. 14 Feb 1881 18 Dec 1948 Mollie Jane; Shared stone with next; d/o Elbert M. Daughtery & Malinda F. Bedsaul; w/o William Guy Jones
28 JONES, W. Guy 28 Aug 1873 12 Aug 1960 William Guy; s/o Stephen Friel Jones & Edith Frances Wright
29 GOAD, Billie Lee 25 Dec 1943 07 Oct 1944 s/o Fred Rush Goad & Annie Irene Fortner
30 FORTNER, Robert Alex [30 May 1933] [20 Feb 1998] Unmarked; s/o Minitree Lester Fortner & Maggie Pearl Roberts
31 SMITH, Samuel David [27 Jan 1891] [16 Nov 1954] Unmarked; s/o Benjamin Rush Smith & Mary Ann Davis
32 SMITH, Mauda Carico 1898 [10 May 1939] 1938 on stone; Mauda McKinley; d/o Alexander Alfred Carico & Catherine M. Farmer; w/o Samuel David Smith
33 THOMASON, Curtis Reed 03 Jan 1913 13 Sep 1981 Shared stone with next; s/o Henry Leftwich Thomason & Flora Ann Redd
34 THOMASON, Hattie Mae 01 Mar 1919 06 Feb 1978 d/o Charlie Nester & Sarah Adaline Dillard; w/o Curtis Reed Thomason
35 BRANSCOME, Edgar Lee 18 Mar 1925 01 Oct 2004 U. S. Army; Shared stone with next; s/o Charley Sylvester Branscome & Alice Ida Redd
36 BRANSCOME, Mary V. 11 Apr 1922 04 Jul 2004 Mary Vernon; d/o James Earl Vernon & Ida Choate; w/o Edgar Lee Branscome
37 BEDSAUL, James W. Infant 1968 s/o John Wesley Bedsaul & Wanda Lee Thomason
Row 3
38 ROBERTS, Alex [Aug 1859] [02 Nov 1939] Alexander C.; s/o George Curren Roberts & Frances Bartlett
39 ROBERTS, Lizzie [Mar 1863] [1947] Thursia Elizabeth; d/o Leonard S. Sutherland & Elizabeth Wampler; w/o Alexander C. Roberts
40 HIGGINS, Geneva Infant 16 Aug 1917 d/o Andrew Jackson Higgins & Nannie Lou Payne
41 REDD, Carlie [08 Aug] 1903 [16 Dec 1914] 1915 on stone; Carlie Jefferson; s/o Maston Green Redd & Margaret Ellen Sexton
42 BRANSCOME, Bertha


43 BRANSCOME, Gordon


44 ROBERTS, Wilma
[03 Feb 1926] Wilma on the stone; d/o Emmit Earn Roberts & Dora Frances Redd
45 REDD, Ellen [May] 1865 1933 Margaret Ellen; d/o John & Elizabeth Sexton; w/o Maston Green Redd
46 REDD, Maston Green [Aug] 1859 1928 s/o William Thomas & Mary Jane Redd
47 BRANSCOME, Charley S. [06 May] 1894 1937 Shared stone with next; Charley Sylvester; s/o Isiah Branscome & S. Eliza Burcham; h/o 1st Clora Jane Melton; 2nd Alice Ida Redd
48 BRANSCOME, Alice R. [06 Sep] 1892 [10 Aug] 1976 Alice Ida Redd; d/o Maston Green Redd & Margaret Ellen Sexton
49 BULLINS, Mabel B. 04 Apr 1922 18 May 1991 Mabel Catherine Branscome; d/o Charley Sylvester Branscome & Alice Ida Redd; w/oWilliam Fielden Bullins
50 NORMAN, Wanda


Row 4

Unknown

Unmarked
51 GRIFFIN, Matilda Jun 1874
Unmarked; d/o Merritt Griffin & Rachel Pope
52 GRIFFIN

Unmarked
53 HAYNES, Bertie Mae 06 Apr 1902 03 Sep 1902 d/o William Haynes & Minnie Griffin
54 GRIFFIN, Merritt 1844 1925 Shared stone with next; s/o Abner Griffin & Elizabeth Reeder
55 GRIFFIN, Rachel Pope 12 Oct 1850 03 Apr 1947 d/o Hamilton Rowan Pope & Lurana Frost; w/o Merritt Griffin
56 WILSON, Daughter Infant 1922 d/o Alonzo Davis Wilson & Flora Rose Carpenter
57 WILSON, Nathaniel Gardner "Guard" 31 Jul 1845 21 Apr 1926 Shared stone with next two; Co. G Kent’s Battalion CSA; s/o Nathaniel Wilson & Nancy Agnes Robeson
58 WILSON, Tena A. 25 Nov 1845 29 Jun 1930 Tena Adeline; d/o Allen James Smith & Lurany Kester; w/o Nathaniel Gardner Wilson
59 WILSON, Malissia Jane 19 Jan 1878 25 Jun 1966 “Lissie”; d/o Nathaniel Gardner Wilson & Tena Adeline Smith
60 HODGE, Ellie Elizabeth Roberts 30 Apr 1916 28 Jun 1986 d/o Emmit Earn Roberts & Dora Frances Redd; w/o Albert Clyde Hodge

Unknown

Cross no name

Unknown

Cross no name
61 BUNN, Timothy 12 Feb 1980 29 Nov 1981 Timothy Dean; s/o Dean Leroy Bunn & Debbie Scram
62 BUNN, William Infant 19 Mar 1950 William Charles; s/o John Clayton Bunn & Annabelle Isom
63 REDD, Jason W. 06 Mar 1984 06 Nov 1984 Jason Wayne; s/o Richard Wayne Redd & Linda Ann Bunn
64 ROBERTS, Hiley H. 28 Feb 1923 17 Sep 1975 PFC U. S. Army; Hiley Harding; s/o Emmit Earn Roberts & Dora Frances Redd; h/o Geneva Hodges
65 ROBERTS, James M. 14 Dec 1913 17 Sep 1978 1914 on stone; James Maston; s/o Emmit Earn Roberts & Dora Frances Redd; h/o Ethel Vaughan
66 WADDELL, Gordon D. 04 Mar 1921 08 Jun 1984 Shared stone with next; Gordon Davis; s/o Louis Franklin Waddell & Emma Ann Sexton
67 WADDELL, Hazel 21 Sep 1920
Hazel Frances; d/o Emmit Earn Roberts & Dora Frances Redd; w/o Gordon Davis Waddell
Row 5
68 CARTER, John M. 29 Oct 1888 19 Nov 1977 Shared stone with next; John Marshall; s/o Robert A. Carter & Mondana L. Pope
69 CARTER, Cora M. 08 May 1889 05 Jun 1990 Cora Melton; d/o Steven Melton & Sarah Frances Delp; w/o John Marshall Carter
70 CARTER, Robert A. Aug 1857 1931 1856 on stone; Shared stone with next; s/o Richard and Louisa Carter
71 CARTER, Mondana L. Sep 1869 1901 1870 on stone; d/o Christopher C. & Mary Jane Pope; w/o Robert A. Carter
72 JOHNSON, Alfred Lee 31 Aug 1937 05 Apr 2003 Pvt. U. S. Army; s/o Roby Dale Johnson & Sylvia Irene Pope; h/o Ruby Wyatt
73 FROST, Polly 1844 1929 Matilda Jane; d/o Hillary Jones & Elizabeth P. Stone; w/o John F. Frost
74 FROST, John F. 1879 1940 s/o Mary Frost
75 FROST, Otie Glen [10 Feb] 1890 [15 Nov] 1959 s/o John F. Frost & Matilda Jane Jones
76 EDWARDS, Barbara Sue 11 May 1941 31 May 1941 d/o Grady Dewey Edwards & Blanche Leedy
77 CARPENTER, Omer C. 1900 1955 s/o William Cooper Carpenter & Flora Leota Jones
78 THOMASON, Ernest P. 07 Oct 1910 12 Aug 1989 Shared stone with next; Ernest Paul; s/o Henry Leftwich Thomason & Flora Ann Redd
79 THOMASON, Vergie L. 04 Sep 1909 20 Dec 1976 Vergie Lenora; d/o John Lemuel Jones & Mary Frances Frost; w/o Ernest Paul Thomason
80 STONEMAN, Larry Wayne 11 Mar 1950 04 Apr 1953 s/o Perlie Robert Stoneman & Ethel Emaline Sumner
81 STONEMAN, Perlie R. [02 May] 1927 [05 Feb] 2000 Shared stone with next; Perlie Robert; s/o Fred P. Stoneman & Nellie Iona Carpenter
82 STONEMAN, Ethel E. [16 Mar] 1929 [07 Jan] 2002] Ethel Emaline; d/o Cleveland Lester Sumner & Minnie Belle Ellen Carico; w/o Perlie Robert Stoneman
83 CARTER, John Davis "Big John" 14 Jul 1924 02 Sep 1984 Shared stone with next; s/o George Carter & Hattie Caroline Bottomley
84 CARTER, Ada Mae 18 Apr 1917 13 Dec 1996 d/o Henry Leftwich Thomason & Flora Ann Redd; w/o John Davis Carter
Row 6
85 KENNY, Carroll Dean Infant 26 Mar 1940 s/o John Harbert Kenny & Beulah Loraine Sexton

Unknown

Fieldstone
86 SEXTON, Joseph C. 1950 1950 Shared stone with next two; s/o Gray Hamilton Sexton & Willie Mae Aldred
87 SEXTON, Virgil D. 1940 1978 s/o Gray Hamilton Sexton & Willie Mae Aldred
88 SEXTON, James D. 1941 1941 s/o Gray Hamilton Sexton & Willie Mae Aldred

Unknown

Fieldstone
89 POPE, Stella L. 22 Apr 1886 10 May 1886 Shared stone with next; d/o William Lafayette Pope & Mattie Lucille Melton
90 POPE, Ella Blanche 20 Aug 1887 10 Jun 1895 d/o William Lafayette Pope & Mattie Lucille Melton
91 JOHNSON, Shirley R. 30 Apr 1940 01 Jul 1995 Shirley Ruth; d/o Roby Dale Johnson & Sylvia Irene Pope
92 EGGLESTON, Lucretia 18 Apr 1840 08 Mar 1903 Shared stone with next; d/o Allen Melton & Martha Ann "Patsy" Bedsaul; w/o 1st Joseph C. Melton ; 2nd Willie E. Eggleston
93 MELTON, William E. 09 Dec 1866 16 Oct 1929 s/o Joseph C. Melton & Lucretia Melton
94 POPE, William L. 25 Jan 1855 18 Feb 1930 Shared stone with next; William Lafayette; s/o Hamilton Rowan Pope & Lurana Frost
95 POPE, Mattie L. 25 Dec 1863 29 Jul 1959 Mattie Lucille; d/o Joseph C Melton & Lucretia Bedsaul; w/o William Lafayette Pope
96 POPE, L. Grace 13 Jun 1901 08 Feb 1994 Lillian Grace; d/o Miles Parton Williams & Elizabeth Stone; w/o Kelly Hamilton Pope
97 POPE, Kelly H. 26 Oct 1896 31 Jan 1980 Kelly Hamilton; s/o William Lafayette Pope & Mattie Lucille Melton
98 WILLIAMS, Nancy L. 27 Jun 1906 28 Sep 1978 Nancy Lessie; d/o Miles Parton Williams & Elizabeth Stone
99 LAMBERT, Sylvia I. 18 Dec 1918 07 Apr 1988 Sylvia Irene; d/o Kelly Hamilton Pope & Lillian Grace Williams; w/o 1st Roby Dale Johnson; 2nd Robert Lee Lambert
100 JONES, Clifton 24 Sep 1916 29 Jul 1919 s/o John Lemuel Jones & Mary Frances Frost
101 JONES, John L. 15 Nov 1878 09 Aug 1967 Shared stone with next; John Lemuel “Lem”; s/o Solomon Swift Jones & Malinda Jane Hanks
102 JONES, Mary Frances 08 May [1892] 22 Apr 1977 1891 on stone; “Fannie”; d/o John F. Frost & Matilda Jane Jones; w/o John Lemuel Jones
103 PARRISH, Joy Jones 06 Jun 1952 25 Feb 2002 d/o J. Clayton & Beulah R. Jones
104 LINEBERRY, Hazel Jones 1911 1936 d/o John Lemuel Jones & Mary Frances Frost; w/o Willard Malcolm Lineberry
105 CARPENTER, William C. 16 Jan 1875 16 Dec 1945 Shared stone with next; William Cooper; s/o Sylvanus Carpenter & Rosamond A. Jones
106 CARPENTER, Flora L. 26 Sep 1882 03 Mar 1944 Flora Leota; d/o Solomon Swift Jones & Malinda Jane Hanks; w/o William Cooper Carpenter
107 CARPENTER, Wilmer Elroy 22 Feb 1941 06 Mar 1946 s/o William Everett Carpenter & Lena Mattie Bedsaul
108 CARPENTER, Lena Bedsaul 27 Feb 1919 06 Apr 1980 Shared stone with next; Lena Mattie; d/o Charlie Bedsaul & Nina Myrtle Parish; w/o William Everett Carpenter
109 CARPENTER, William Everett 27 Mar 1915 27 Feb 1988 s/o William Cooper Carpenter & Flora Leota Jones
110 ROBERTS, Emmett Oman "Whitey" 14 May 1930 29 Dec 1997 s/o Emmit Earn Roberts & Dora Frances Redd; h/o Glenna Sue Crouse
111 REDD, Clifford Wayne 06 Sep 1928 09 Oct 1996 s/o Troy Bruce Redd & Emmaline Parish
112 REDD, Dilver L. 10 Apr 1910 25 Mar 1978 Shared stone with next; Dilver Lynn; s/o Maston Green Redd & Margaret Ellen Sexton
113 REDD, Lora K. 03 Oct 1916 20 Jun 2008 Lora Eva Sue Kenny; d/o Harbert Floyd Kenny & Ella Mae Edwards; w/o Dilver Lynn Redd
114 ROBERTS, Mark Owen 24 Mar 1966 13 Jun 2003 s/o Emmett Oman Roberts & Glenna Sue Crouse
115 JOHNSON, Betty G. 14 Sep 1941 29 Dec 1999 Betty Gray; d/o Roby Dale Johnson & Sylvia Irene Pope
116 CROWDER, Dula E. 26 Jul 1911 18 Jul 1983 Dula Emmiline; d/o Friel Rowie Baugus & Rausa Caroline Evans; w/o Will Crowder
117 BUNN, Linda Ann [28 Jul] 1951 [30 Nov] 2006 FHM; d/o John Clayton Bunn & Annabelle Isom
Row 7
118 DUNCAN, Stella 11 May 1900 14 May 1955 Stella Catherine; d/o John H. Duncan & Luranie Pope
119 DUNCAN, Luranie P. 22 Feb 1877 16 Apr 1959 Luranie Pope; d/o Hamilton Rowan Pope & Amanda Catherine Melton; w/o John H. Duncan
120 DUNCAN, John H. 22 Jul 1874 12 Jan 1946 s/o Charles & Caroline Duncan

Unknown

Fieldstone
Row 8

Unknown

7 Fieldstones
121 POPE, H.

Possibly Hamilton Rowan Pope

Unknown

7 Fieldstones

Unknown

Stone Angel

Unknown

Stone Angel
122 THOMPSON, Levora [27 Oct] 1895 [20 Jan] 1968 Levora Charley; d/o Thad Sumners & Harrett Poe; w/o William Henry Thompson
123 THOMPSON, William Henry 1875 1935 s/o Henry Thompson & Mary Mink
124 HARRIS, Ollie 17 Feb 1891 05 May 1974 d/o Richard & Margaret Ann Ingersoll; w/o Luther Walter Harris
125 HARRIS, Luther W. 06 Oct 1887 30 Jun 1934 Luther Walter; s/o Champ Harris & Mary Matthews
126 HARRIS, Lonnie J. 07 May 1923 03 Aug 1951 Lonnie James; s/o Luther Walter Harris & Ollie Ingersoll; h/o Emma Lefaline Sizemore
127 SMITH, Robert Ted 25 Sep 1938 17 Mar 1971 s/o Kenny William Smith & Annie Elizabeth Harris; h/o Emma (Phillips) Rhea
128 HARRIS, Edgar Lee 06 Jun 1917 11 Aug 1978 s/o Luther Walter Harris & Ollie Ingersoll
129 BOTTOMLEY, Bobby Dale 13 Mar 1936 03 Apr 1936 s/o Romey Balllard Bottomley & Lillie Martha Redd
130 FRAZIER, Letistia
[26 Oct] 1986 FHM; 5 months old; Letishia Renee; d/o Cynthia Dawn Frazier
131 LAWSON, Annie H. 05 Oct 1914 21 Oct 1994 Annie Elizabeth Harris; d/o Luther Walter Harris & Ollie Ingersoll; w/o Arthur O. Lawson
Row 9
132 THOMASON, Henry 17 May 1878 02 Sep 1975 Shared stone with next; Henry Leftwich; s/o Miles William Thomason & Elizabeth Harmon; h/o 1st Lula Harris; 2nd Flora Ann Redd
133 THOMASON, Flora Ann 04 Jun 1888 04 Mar 1949 d/o Maston Green Redd & Margaret Ellen Sexton
134 THOMASON, Infant Twins
c/o Henry Leftwich Thomason & Flora Ann Redd

Unknown

10 Fieldstones
135 JONES, Malinda J. 28 Jul 1856 18 Feb 1941 Malinda Jane; d/o Polly Hanks; w/o Solomon Swift Jones
136 JONES, Swift S. 01 Nov 1851 15 Jan 1948 Solomon Swift; s/o Matilda Jones
Row 10
137 GRUBB, David Infant [06 Feb 1979] FHM; s/o Carlie & Ruby Grubb
138 BAUGUS, Friel R. 25 Feb 1877 17 Jul 1961 Friel Rowie; s/o Andrew Baugus & Sarah Crouse
139 BAUGUS, Rausa C. 19 Mar 1891 19 Feb 1934 Rausa Caroline Evans; w/o Friel Rowie Baugus

Unknown

7 Fieldstones
Known to be buried here in unmarked graves
140 POPE, Hamilton Rowan
25 Dec 1891 s/o Thomas Pope & Elizabeth “Betsy” Atkinson; h/o 1st Lurana Frost; 2nd Juda Jones; 3rd Amanda Catherine Melton
141 POPE, Lurana Frost

d/o Ezekiel Frost & Mary Carico
142 POPE, Juda Jones
06 Nov 1870 Age 54; d/o John & Katherine Jones
143 POPE, Fielden
20 Jun 1870 Drowned at age 21; s/o Hamilton Rowan Pope & Lurana Frost