Boyer-Poe Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Independence
Directions: This cemetery is on a hillside near the west edge of Independence. Head west from Independnece on West Main (US 58). Turn north from West Main on to Curry Street. The cemetery can be seen from the road.
GPS Coordinates: N36.62134 W81.16408
Surveyed by: Rich and Ginger Ballard 17 Mar 2003
Comments: This cemetery is fenced and well maintained.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| HALSEY, Edith Grace | 6 May 1916 | 13 Aug 1920 | d/o Mack and Zenna Cox Halsey |
| unknown | field stone | ||
| Row 2 | |||
| WINDSOR, Sallie | 8 Oct 1828 | 15/16 May 1909 | w/o S.B. Windsor |
| CARPENTER, Temperance | 24 Mar 1853/1852 | 24 Oct 1903 | w/o J[ohn] M[ack] Carpenter |
| WINDSOR, Claud Hampton | 30 Apr 1896 | 5 Jun 1896 | s/o T.R. and Bessie Windsor |
| BOYER, A. C. | 15 Apr 1868 | 12 Nov 1901 | w/o Ephraim Boyer |
| Row 3 | |||
| EDWARDS, Kemp Grady | 28 Oct 1893 | 16 Apr 1923 | |
| unknown | field stone | ||
| JAMES, John A. | broken; Masonic symbol | ||
| JAMES, Elizabeth Frances | 13 Mar 1836 | 17 Nov 1891 | w/o John A. James |
| unknown | field stone | ||
| BOYER, Stephen | 23 Jun 1820 | 21 Jan 1911 | double stone with next |
| BOYER, Polly | 4 Nov 1828 | 20 Jul 1898 | [d/o John Busick and Susannah Barton] |
| Row 4 | |||
| EDWARDS, Joe N. | 1856 | 1925 | double stone with next |
| EDWARDS, Lula B. | 1873 | 1916 | [d/o Steven Boyer] |
| unknowns | 2 field stones | ||
| BOYER, Lydia | 8 Dec 1849 | 16 Apr 1879 | w/o Daniel Boyer |
| BOYER, Infant | 6 Apr 1879 | 9 Apr/Jun 1879 | Infant d/o Daniel and Lydia Boyer |
| BOYER, Guy | 1 Apr 1875 | Dec 1879 | s/o Daniel and Lydia Boyer |
| unknowns | 2 field stone | ||
| unknown | broken stone | ||
| BOYER, William | 14 May 1814 | 15 Jul 1888 | double stone with next |
| BOYER, Catherine G. | 21 Jun 1827 | 14 Jan 1918 | [nee Green] |
| POE, Drucy J. | 1891 | 1969 | |
| Row 5 | |||
| BOYER, Mary Wingate | 29 Mar 1855 | 28 Jan 1895 | |
| unknown | field stone | ||
| AUSTIN, Billie L. | 16 Aug 1882 | 18 Sep 1885 | s/o J.C. and V.J. Austin; name also read as “Daniel L.”] |
| AUSTIN, Infant | infant s/o J.C. and V.J. Austin; broken | ||
| AUSTIN, | 2 Jul ____ | 19 ___ 18__ | d/o J.C. and V.J. Autsin; broken |
| POE, Eula Enos | 9 Oct 1911 | 24 Jan 1912 | |
| POE, Everett | 11 Mar 1883 | 1 Apr 1913 | foot: E.E.P.; broken |
| POE, Walter Glenn | 29 Oct 1912 | 13 Aug 1913 | |
| Row 6 | |||
| BOYER, Harvey | 24 Jan 1847 | 16 Dec 1928 | double stone with next |
| BOYER, Sallie James | 13 Sep 1848 | 1 Apr 1892 | [nee Jones] |
| unknown | field stone | ||
| BOYER, Nancy J. | 25 Jul 1874 | age 22 yrs 13 days | |
| unknown | field stone | ||
| WINGATE, Isaac | 10 Jun 1852/1862 | 7 Jun 1913 | |
| WINGATE, Joicey | 11 Aug 1857 | 24 Mar 1913 | nee Boyer |
| POE, Robert Friel | 21 Apr 1866 | 1 Jun 1937 | double stone with next |
| POE, Levicia Adeline Cole | 19 Jan 1861 | 17 Apr 1940 | d/o Joshua and Harriett Cornett Cole |
| Row 7 | |||
| AUSTIN, W[illiam] C. | 3 Nov 1831 | 2 Apr 1912 | [s/o Bledsoe and Nancy Austin Moore]; double stone with next; broken |
| AUSTIN, E[lizabeth] J[ane] | 24 May 1832 | 11 Jul 1915 | [nee Cornett] |
| illegible | |||
| illegible | |||
| POE, Claude | 7 Apr 1894 | 27 Oct 1918 | |
| POE, J.T. | 9 Oct 1832 | 15 Oct 1917 | |
| ANDERS, Celia | 28 Oct 1838 | 12 Jul 1928 | w/o J.T. Poe |
| Row 8 | |||
| JENKINS, George | 16 May 1872 | 2 May 1915 | |
| unknowns | other possible graves | ||
| Row 9 | |||
| FENDER, Robert Bays | 12 May 1920 | 3 Feb 1927 | |
| FENDER, Solomon Stephen | 23 Mar 1872 | 27 Dec 1928 | double stone with next |
| FENDER, Jency Ennice Poe | 21 Nov 1877 | 18 May 1947 | [nee Poe] |
| EDWARDS, John J. | 16 Dec 1908 | 31 Oct 1984 | |
| EDWARDS, Blanch | 1908 | 1946 | [nee Wilson] |
| EDWARDS, Robert Scott | 10 Jul 1946 | 16 Feb 1995 | [s/o Johnny J Edwards & Blanche Lee Wilson] |
| Believed to be buried in this cemetery | |||
| PORTER, Polly Ann | 1 Jan 1929 | ||
| BROCKENS, Ellen | unmarked grave | ||
| JENKINS, Marshall Fields | unmarked grave, inside gate on the right. [reported to have died at 2 weeks of age] | ||
| JENKINS, Anthine | unmarked grave | ||
| AUSTIN, Infant | 1874 | unmarked grave | |
| AUSTIN, Manson | unmarked grave | ||
| BOYER, Daniel | 6 Mar 1870 | 1 Dec 1879 | unmarked grave |