Since 1998 - Historical and Genealogical Resources
for the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia
Location: Mt Roger’s School
Directions: From the junction of Wolf Knob Road (Rt 797) and Spencer Branch Road (Rt 746) go south 0.9 mile, to the junction of Spencer Branch Road and Fees Branch Rd (Rt 782). Take Fees Branch Rd west 0.9 mile to private drive on right. Take this private drive/road 1.1 mile to Thornton Kilby Cemetery on right alongside of road. Continue 0.3 mile past Kilby Cemetery to point where road enters woods, begins a steep upgrade and is strewn with loose rocks. On foot, continue up to the crest of Fees Ridge and cemetery at dead-end of road.
GPS Coordinates: N36.593456 W81.511223
Surveyed by: Linda Sharpe and Brenda Greer in Sept 1995 and Jeff Weaver, Leon Meyers
Comments: 44 graves; Photos of Fees Ridge Cemetery by Leon Meyers. Some family data was provided by Bette Nelson.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| RASH, Thomas | 1846/1847 | 1926 | |
| RASH, Charity | [4 Jun] 1852 | 1920 | [nee Weaver] |
| SHEETS, Johnny B. | 15 Jan 1915 | 30 Jul 1916 | [Johnny Bruce] |
| SHEETS, Melinda W. | 10 Feb 1884 | 23 Jan 1925 | [nee Melinda Eveline Weaver] |
| Row 2 | |||
| unknown | stone | ||
| MILLER, Phebe J. | 29 Aug 1846 | 7 Mar 1874 | [nee Phebe Jane Weaver; w/o of H.B. Miller] |
| unknowns | 3 stones | ||
| WEAVER, Andrew | 9 Dec 1822 | 3 Feb 1899 | Co C 63rd Virginia CSA |
| FARMER, Mary Jane | 22 Aug 1844 | 12 Aug 1900 | [nee Weaver; w/o Noah Farmer] |
| unknown | stone | ||
| WEAVER, Melinda B. | 3 Apr 1825 | 22 Dec 1900/1909 | [d/o Isaac & Jane Weaver, w/o Andrew Weaver] |
| FARMER, Noah | [14 Jan 1842] | [1 Jun 1930] | Co A 26th NC CSA |
| Row 3 | |||
| unknown | stone | ||
| unknown | footstone inscribed "P.J.M." | ||
| unknowns | 5 stones | ||
| unknown | "A.W.W." | ||
| unknowns | 2 stones | ||
| unknown | footstone only, inscribed with "M.W." | ||
| Row 4 | |||
| WEAVER, Jason | [25 Mar 1825] | [12 Mar 1892] | Co C 63 Va CSA; s/o Isaac V. & Mary Francis Weaver |
| Row 5 | |||
| unknowns | 4 stones | ||
| FRANCIS, Charles | 1765 | 1840 | [f/o Mary Francis Weaver] |
| unknowns | 4 stones | ||
| RASH, ____ | |||
| unknowns | 4 stones | ||
| WEAVER, Infant | [18 Oct 1884] | 18 Oct 1884 | infant d/o Gideon Vance Weaver |
| unknown | stone | ||
| Row 6 | |||
| unknowns | numerous stones | ||
| Row 7 | |||
| FARMER, Daisy I. | 10 Aug 1915 | 16 July 1944 | |
| Also known to be buried in this cemetery | |||
| WEAVER, Isaac Vance | 25 Jul 1797 | Aug 1870 | |
| WEAVER, Mary Francis | 11 Jan 1797 | 21 Dec 1868 | |
| SEXTON, Betty Louise | 1947 | 1948 | |
| SEXTON, Robert Jackson | 23 Dec 1938 | 24 Feb 1939 | |
| FARMER, Thomas Gideon | 21 Jan 1888 | 1968 | |
| DARNELL, Martha Weaver | 4 Mar 1847 | 16 Apr 1877 | [w/o Sylvester Darnell] |
| RASH, Sarah | 1878 | 1878 | 1 mo 21 days |
| RASH, Bertie | 188_ | 1882 | |
| WEAVER, Celia Evaline | 20 Feb 1863 | ||
| REEDY, Robert | 25 Apr 1863 | 8 Jul 1918 | |
| WEAVER, Clayborne Monroe | 15 Mar 1866 | 19 Jan 1928 | [s/o Andrew & Malinda Weaver] |
| WEAVER, Martha Lutisha Phipps | 6 Sep 1865 | 21 Jan 1935 | [w/o Clayborne M. Weaver; d/o James H. & Eveline Weaver Phipps] |
| WALTON, Mary Jane Weaver | 1 Nov 1899 | 28 Oct 1921 | |
| WALTON, Vester Lessie | 7 Oct 1921 | 1990 | |
| MONTGOMERY, Thomas | |||
| MONTGOMERY, Magnolia | 28 Feb 1883 | 27 Oct 1887 | |
| WARREN, Elizabeth Kilby | 20 Feb 1863 | 28 Jul 1905 | |
| FAIRCLOTH, Thelbert | Co B 37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry CSA | ||