Samuel B. Cox Cemetery
Grayson Cemeteries
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Samuel B. Cox Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Bridle Creek Road
Directions: From Wilson Hwy (US 58) go north on Old Bridle Creek Drive (Rt 601) go about 1 mile. Then, on foot, on right (northeast) side of road, walk upslope approximately 150 feet onto first ridgeline. Follow ridgeline northwest approximately 200 feet to cemetery.
GPS Coordinates: N36.6272 W81.2496
Surveyed by: Joe W. Phipps in 1994
Comments: There is a marker with directions in the Bridle Creek Methodist Cemetery. Cemetery has nearly disappeared. It was not fenced, cattle have strewn markers about. Genealogical info from Ginger Ballard.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| COX, Samuel B[ryan] | 29 Jun 1810 | 11 Dec 1882 | "Big Sam"; [s/o Joshua and Ruth Osborne Cox] |
| COX, Elizabeth | 14 May 1813 | 2 May 1868 | [d/o Jonathan and Patience Bourne Thomas; w/o Samuel Bryan Cox] |
| CALLOWAY, Ruth | 19 Nov 1850 | 13 Apr 1880 | [d/o Samuel B. and Elizabeth Thomas Cox; w/o John R. Calloway] |
| COX, McMullin | 4 Oct 1856 | 26 Jul 1884 | [McMillan, s/o Samuel B. and Elizabeth Thomas Cox] |
