Aaron P. Murray Cemetery

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Aaron P. Murray Cemetery

Grayson County, Virginia

Location: South of Independence

Directions: From the junction of New River Pkwy (Hwy 21/221) and Cornerstone Rd (Rt 701) go east 0.15 mile to private road on the left (north) side of road. The cemetery is approximately 600 yards north northeast of this point. Access is via private and farm lanes.

GPS Coordinates: N36.585670 W81.151917

Surveyed by: Info from Paul Herndon’s files from 1995

Comments: When visited in 1995 the fence was down and cattle grazing had strewn markers. Cemetery was in imminent danger of becoming lost. There appeared to be 8 to 10 graves marked only by field stones.

Aaron P. Murray Cemetery, Grayson County, Virginia
Name Birth Death Comments
MURRAY, Aaron P.     Co K 51 VA Inf CSA; [s/o Thomas & G. Murray]
MURRAY, Mary 1 Feb 1847 17 Jul 1934 [d/o William & Cynthia Jennings; w/o Aaron P. Murray]
MUSSER, Kathryn L. 15 Mar 1931 26 Mar 1931 [d/o _____ and Ruby Murray Musser]