Benjamin Phipps Family Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Saddle Creek
Directions: From the junction of Wilson Hwy (US Hwy 58) and Saddle Creek Rd (Rt 682), go north. 0.7 mile on Saddle Creek Rd, to dirt road on right (east) side of road. Then on dirt road, go approximately 400 feet to cemetery on right, situated approximately 200 feet off road.
GPS Coordinates: N36.6333 W81.22694
Surveyed by: Joe W. Phipps along with info from Ginger Ballard and info from Paul Herndon’s files.
Comments: Cemetery visible from Saddle Creek Rd and is well fenced and tended

(Heather Sexton Photo)
Please note, that Benjamin’s birth date on his stone is incorrect, all other records indicate that he was born in 1761.
Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
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BRYANT, Rosamond L. | 6 Jan 1853 | 11 May 1863 | (Dates also reported as 05 Oct 1853 – 14 Jul 1963) |
BRYANT, Infant | 21 Nov 1887 | "13 days"; "Infant "s/o J. K. and Etta Bryant"; (Joseph Kenneth and Etta Alice Phipps Bryant) | |
BRYANT, Stephen Lester | 23 Dec 1889 | 4 Jul 1891 | "S/o J. K. and Etta Bryant"; (Joseph Kenneth and Etta Alice Phipps Bryant) |
BRYANT, Etta Alice | 23 Apr 1860 | 21 Dec 1908 | "Ettie"; Nee Phipps; W/o Joseph Kenneth Bryant; Children: Rose, Nannie C., Stephen Lester and Rosamond L. |
BRYANT, J[oseph] K[enneth] | 14 Apr 1851 | 2 May 1931 | |
PHIPPS, Benjamin | 1732 | 3 May 1838 | "Father, A Rev. soldier, born 1732 – died May 3 1838, age 106"; Footstone "B.P." According to other sources, he was 74 years old, not 106 years old; so his birth year was 1762. He did serve in the Rev. War, in its latter years; His pension application supports the 1762 date. double stone with next |
PHIPPS, [Jane] Jennie | 1769 | 1848 | "Mother, Jennie, wife of Benjamin Phipps"; Nee Hash; age 79; Children: William, Samuel, John, James, Thomas, Joseph, Benjamin, Cornelia and Jane. |
PHIPPS, Joseph, Capt. | 1 Jan 1786 | 23/26 Jul 1848 | "Father"; War of 1812, Captain |
PHIPPS, Nancy Jane | 1795 | 2 Jan 1867 | Nee Hash or McMillan; W/o Capt. Joseph Phipps; Children: Irene, Larkin, Gincy, Alexander, Emily, Peggy, John, Marion, Jane Drucilla Joseph Alexander and Nancy. |
BRYANT, Mazy | 26 Mar 1828 | 29 Jan 1919 | (Marion); W/o Stephen Bryant |
GRAHAM, Nannie C. | 25 Mar 1849 | 2 Sep 1910 | Nee Bryant; W/o Wallace Graham |
FULTON, Rose | 1878 | 1937 | Nee Bryant; W/o Robert Fulton |
BRYANT, Robert C. | 1870 | 1938 | |
WARD, Charity | [27 Feb 1809] | 3 Apr 1861 | D/o John and Elizabeth Pennington Barton; W/o Stephen Ward; M1 Larkin Phipps |
WARD, Stephen | 19 Dec 1807 | 5 Jun 1885 | S/o Stephen and Abigail Osborne Ward; Second husband of Charity Barton |
PHIPPS, Joseph A[lexander] | 10 Jan 1826/1836 | 5 Dec 1896 | "Aged 60 yrs. 10 mo. 25 ds"; (Joe) |
PHIPPS, Cynthia Elizabeth | 24 Jul 1838 | 5 Mar 1907 | Nee Bourne; W/o Joseph Alexander Phipps; Children: Ettie Alice, John M, Fields Mc, Franklin Con and Della Celene |
PHIPPS, Feals Mc. | 9 Feb 1863/1868 | 29 Jan/Nov 1887 | (Fields); S/o Joseph Alexander and Cynthia Elizabeth Bourne Phipps; Died from pneumonia while away at college. |
PHIPPS, Franklin Con | 1 Jul 1870 | 28 Nov 1920 | double stone with next |
PHIPPS, Leota | 23 Aug 1875 | 12 Nov 1971 | D/o A.C. and Margaret Pierce Ross; Children: Hazel Irene, Ada Evangeline, Cynthia Celene and Marguerite Elizabeth |
WARD, | Two children of David and Minerva Ward are in unmarked graves. |