Andy Higgins Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Southwest of Baywood
Directions: This small family cemetery is in a pasture field beside the residence at 675 Kemps River Road. The residence is 0.6 mile from the intersection of Kemps River Road (Rt 636) and Old Baywood Road (Rt 625).
GPS Coordinates: N36.59544 W81.01528
Surveyed by: Pat Davis in 1990; updated by Buford C. Wilson 23 Apr 2008.
Comments: The cemetery has a new fence and is in very good condition.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| LAWSON, Andy Shaver | 4 Jun 1870 | 14 Aug 1942 | [s/o Dotson & Catherine Lawson] |
| LAWSON, Mattie | 13 Aug 1878 | 9 Dec 1923 | age 45 yrs 3 mos 26 days; w/o A. S. Lawson; [d/o Andrew J. Higgins & Phoebe Collins] |
| LAWSON, Mabel | 12 Dec 1900 | 6 Jun 1901 | age 5 mos 25 days; d/o A.S. & Mattie Lawson |
| HIGGINS, Jennie | 8 May 187_ | broken stone; death date is illegible; d/o A.J. & Phebe Higgins; [Birth year is 1876, death after 1880 and before 1900.] | |
| HIGGINS, Andrew J. | 7 Dec 1844 | 23 Oct 1936 | Co C 63rd VA Inf; [s/o Goldman Higgins & Peggy Hampton] |
| HIGGINS, Phoebe Collins | 31 Aug 1848 | 14 May 1927 | age 38 yr 8 mo 14 days; w/o A.J. Higgins; [d/o Randolph Collins & Celia Hays] |
| Row 2 | |||
| HIGGINS, Charity | 16 Dec 1868 | 25 Mar 1910 | [2nd] w/o Emmett H. Higgins; [d/o Joshua Choate] |
| HIGGINS, Emmett H. | 21 Jul 1871 | 3 Apr 1954 | [s/o Andrew J. Higgins & Phoebe Collins] |
| HIGGINS, Ollie S. | 12 May 1868 | 6 Jul 1905 | [1st] w/o E. H. Higgins |
| HIGGINS, Eva | 1 May 1901 | 11 Jun 1901 | age 1 mo 11 days; d/o E.H. & Ollie Higgins |
| HIGGINS, P. Clark | 29 Oct 1880 | age 3 mos 2 days; [Preston Clark,] child of Griggs H. & Jane Higgins; In 13 days parents and children meet again never to return; shared stone with next | |
| HIGGINS, Larry | 30 Oct 1880 | age 2 yrs 6 mos 10 days; [per census & Grayson death records this is Laura Bell. These two children and their parents died of diphtheria.] | |
| HIGGINS, Griggs H. | 25 Oct 1880 | age 39 yrs 7 mos 9 days; [s/o Goldman Higgins & Peggy Hampton] | |
| HIGGINS, Jane, Mrs. | 17 Oct 1880 | aged 22 yrs 1 mo 8 days; [Lucy Jane, w/o Griggs H. Higgins; d/o William & Silva Killen] | |
| TRUITT, Mary Frances | 9 Aug 1947 | 12 Aug 1947 | d/o Mr. & Mrs. J[ohnny] E. Truitt |