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Benjamin Cooley Cemetery

Carroll County, Virginia

Pipers Gap District

Location: Coal Creek Community

Directions: Beside Rt. 815, (Dickey Drive) 0.1 mile from its intersection with Rt. 608 {Coal Creek Road).

GPS Coordinates: N 36.622968 W 080.866327

Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson; 11 Nov 2010; buford-wilson@outlook.com

Comments: The cemetery is well fenced and in good condition. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone.

Benjamin Cooley Cemetery, Carroll County, Virginia
Name Birth Death Comments
Row 1
By tradition these Worrell children’s graves were moved here from the Carroll County Poor Farm Cemetery
WORRELL, Mary E. 22 Dec 1850 07 Jan 1853 d/o Jesse P. Worrell & Rebecca Cooley; stone is illegible now
WORRELL, Almyra 25 Oct 1850 d/o Jesse P. Worrell & Rebecca Cooley; stone is illegible now
WORRELL, Nancy 08 Oct 1850 d/o Jesse P. Worrell & Rebecca Cooley; stone is illegible now
Row 2
COOLEY, George Mason 21 Oct 1900 10 Jan 1904 s/o George L. Cooley & Mary E. Lyon
COOLEY, James Hardin 17 Jun 1917 06 Nov 1998 Shared stone with next; s/o John Hardin Cooley & Bertie Lee Larue
COOLEY, Jessie Grace Cox 15 Dec 1916 d/o Enoch McDaniel Cox & Callie Donna Golden; w/o James Hardin Cooley
HOWELL, Elbert C. 04 Nov 1903 05 Feb 1904 s/o Charles Leonard Howell & Emma Caroline Cooley
COOLEY, Leona F. 18 Nov 1889 18 Apr 1890 d/o Wiley Preston Cooley. & Cornelia J. Jennings
Row 3
COOLEY, Mary Ellen 05 Oct 1853 25 Nov 1862 d/o James Dickey Cooley & Nancy Caroline Higgins
COOLEY, Thomas H. 20 Jul 1854 01 Dec 1856 s/o James Dickey Cooley & Nancy Caroline Higgins
PRICE, Julia Ann 14 Dec 1831 18 Jan 1916 d/o Benjamin Franklin Cooley & Jane Dickey; w/o Joseph Price
SMITH, Stephen I. 08 Jun 1837 18 Feb 1858 Stephen Isaac; s/o Stephen J. Smith & Mary Cooley
ROBERTS, Amanda J. 03 Jun 1820 (20 Jan 1854) Amanda Jane; d/o Benjamin Franklin Cooley & Jane Dickey; w/o Logan Roberts; Date on stone is incorrect. She married Logan Roberts on 03 May 1854
Row 4
COOLEY, Benjamin Franklin 21 Dec 1852 11 May 1942 s/o James Dickey Cooley & Nancy Caroline Higgins
COOLEY, N. C. 11 Apr 1833 24 Oct 1908 Nancy Caroline; d/o Thomas Higgins & Mary Edwards; w/o James Dickey Cooley
COOLEY, James D. 20 Oct 1822 12 Jan 1904 James Dickey; s/o Benjamin Franklin Cooley & Jane Dickey
COOLEY, Jane 25 Oct 1788 23 Jan 1869 d/o Matthew Dickey & Rebecca Wiley; w/o Benjamin Franklin Cooley
COOLEY, Benjamin F. 03 Aug 1774 24 Mar 1847 Benjamin Franklin; s/o Abraham Cooley & Sarah Reeder
SMITH, Mary 29 Sep 1808 03 Aug 1841 d/o Benjamin Franklin Cooley & Jane Dickey; w/o Stephen J. Smith
COOLEY, John W. 12 Jul 1828 02 Oct 1830 s/o Benjamin Franklin Cooley & Jane Dickey
COOLEY, Eliza B. 25 Mar 1818 28 Oct 1826 d/o Benjamin Franklin Cooley & Jane Dickey