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INFORMATION COMPILED BY BUFORD C WILSON AND HOPE B TAYLOR
SUBMITTED BY BUFORD C WILSON
BUFORD_WILSON@HOTMAIL.COM
THIS CEMETERY IS LOCATED IN A PASTURE FIELD IN CARROLL COUNTY VA ON
THE EAST SIDE OF CLIFFVIEW ROAD AT SYLVIA DRIVE. IT IS ON LAND THAT WAS
OWNED BY THOMAS AND MARY BLAIR. THE CEMETERY IS VERY OLD AND HAS
FALLEN INTO NEGLECT. THIS HARDLY SEEMS FITTING FOR THE FINAL RESTING
PLACE OF ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT FAMILIES OF THEIR TIME.
THOMAS BLAIR WAS OF SCOTTISH DESCENT. IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, AS A TORY CAPTAIN, HE WAS WOUNDED AND LEFT FOR DEAD ON A BATTLEFIELD IN NORTH CAROLINA, BUT HE SURVIVED AND SETTLED IN THIS AREA IN THE 1780'S.
BLAIR WAS A VERY PROSPEROUS AND INFLUENTIAL MAN. FOR SEVERAL YEARS HIS SON, JOHN BLAIR, AND HIS SON IN LAW, GREENBERRY GEORGE McKENZIE, SERVED IN THE VIRGINIA STATE LEGISLATURE.
FAMILY TRADITION HAS IT THAT THOMAS AND HIS WIFE MARY ARE BURIED HERE, BUT THEIR MARKERS HAVE BEEN LOST. SEVERAL GRAVES IN THE CEMETERY ARE MARKED WITH FIELDSTONES. AT ONE TIME, FIELDSTONE MARKERS SURROUNDED THE CEMETERY. SLAVES WERE BURIED THERE.
COMPLETED JUL 28 2000 UPDATED JAN 5 2002
1 BLAIR, JOHN JUL 5 1772 JUL 12 1852
F: THOMAS BLAIR
M: MARY ANN (JONES) BLAIR
W: CHARITY BOURNE
2 BLAIR, CHARITY (BOURNE) NOV 7 1776 JUL 19 1860
F: WILLIAM BOURNE
M: ROSA (JONES) BOURNE
H: JOHN BLAIR
3 BLAIR, POLLY AUG 10 1794 NOT LEGIBLE
F: JOHN BLAIR
M: CHARITY (BOURNE) BLAIR
4 BLAIR, THOMAS SEP 20 1876
F: JOHN BLAIR
M: CHARITY (BOURNE) BLAIR
W: SALLIE PATTON
NO MARKER-HE AND SALLIE ARE THOUGHT TO BE BURIED HERE
5 ROBERTS, CATHERINE (BLAIR) LEONARD FEB 26 1832 JUN 5 1914
F: THOMAS BLAIR
M: SALLIE (PATTON) BLAIR
H: 1ST JAMES LEONARD
2ND JONATHAN ROBERTS
NO MARKER-THOUGHT TO BE BURIED HERE
6 HOWARD, LUCINDY (BLAIR) FEB 15 1818 MAY 3 1886
F: JOHN BLAIR
M: CHARITY (BOURNE) BLAIR
H: THOMAS J HOWARD
7 HOWARD, THOMAS J DEC 28 1818 FEB 18 1897
F: THOMAS HOWARD
M: RACHEL HOWARD
W: LUCINDY BLAIR
8 HOWARD, WILLIAM JAMES JAN 12 1856 NOV 2 1862
F: THOMAS J HOWARD
M: LUCINDY (BLAIR) HOWARD
9 BLAIR, LORENZA DOWE JAN 4 1807 MAR 1 1862
F: JOHN BLAIR
M: CHARITY (BOURNE) BLAIR
W: EMELINE P JAMES
10 CARTER, EMELINE P (JAMES) AUG 3 1822 NOV 3 1913
F: WILLIAM JAMES
M: ELIZABETH (BOOKER) JAMES
H: 1ST LORENZA DOWE BLAIR
2ND WILLIAM GIVENS
3RD JOHN T CARTER
11 BLAIR, ROSAMOND S "ROSA" DEC 16 1856 SEP 6 1862
F: LORENZA DOWE BLAIR
M: EMELINE P (JAMES) BLAIR
12 KINZER, ELIZABETH M "LIZZIE" (BLAIR) FEB 11 1847 MAY 28 1871
F: LORENZA DOWE BLAIR
M: EMELINE P (JAMES) BLAIR
H: PHILLIP PRESTON KINZER* FEB 4 1847 JUN 6 1914
F: MICHAEL NICHOLAS KINZER
M: ELIZABETH (TURNER) KINZER
*NAME IS PHILLIP PRESTON KINZER ON HIS STONE, PHILLIP PAUL KINZER
ON HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE. HE IS BURIED AT THE WOODLAWN CEMETERY
IN WOODLAWN VA, WITH HIS SECOND WIFE, LIZZIE'S SISTER EMMA C BLAIR.
13 KINZER, WILLIE L MAY 28 1871 AUG 1872
F: PHILLIP PRESTON KINZER
M: ELIZABETH M (BLAIR) KINZER
14 KINZER, MICHAEL N 4 YRS OLD SEP 19 1886
F: PHILLIP PRESTON KINZER
M: EMMA C (BLAIR) KINZER
15 JAMES, ELLA S 1863 AUG 1864
F:
M:
16 BLAIR, ALGERNON SIDNEY OCT 18 1815 JAN 15 1904
F: JOHN BLAIR
M: CHARITY (BOURNE) BLAIR
W: MILDRED MALVINA JAMES
17 BLAIR, MILDRED MALVINA (JAMES) JUN 23 1829 JUN 23 1920
F: WILLIAM JAMES
M: ELIZABETH (BOOKER) JAMES
H: ALGERNON SIDNEY BLAIR
18 BLAIR, ROSA E OCT 18 1851 JUN 3 1854
F: ALGERNON SIDNEY BLAIR
M: MILDRED MALVINA (JAMES) BLAIR
19 BLAIR, EMMA W JUL 8 1853 OCT 6 1854
F: ALGERNON SIDNEY BLAIR
M: MILDRED MALVINA (JAMES) BLAIR
20 BLAIR, SARABELLA FRANCIS "ELLA" JUL 17 1855 SEP 29 1862
F: ALGERNON SIDNEY BLAIR
M: MILDRED MALVINA (JAMES) BLAIR
21 BLAIR, WILLIE P FEB 28 1859 SEP 29 1862
F: ALGERNON SIDNEY BLAIR
M: MILDRED MALVINA (JAMES) BLAIR
22 HOUSEMAN, TONNIE I DEC 4 1872 OCT 18 1880
I BELIEVE THIS IS THOMAS J HOUSEMAN
F: WILLIAM M HOUSEMAN
M: FRANCES L (BLAIR) HOUSEMAN
23 HOUSEMAN, ALONZO B NOV 13 1876 MAR 7 1887
F:
M:
I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS CHILD'S PARENTS ARE BUT I SUSPECT HE IS
ANOTHER CHILD OF WILLIAM M AND FRANCES L (BLAIR) HOUSEMAN
