Byram Ross Cemetery
aka Ross-Anderson Family Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Barton Crossroads
Directions: The cemetery is west of Sugar Branch and Razor Ridge Rd (Rt. 677) one mile north of Fox Creek Bridge. Access to this cemetery is either via a dirt road off Razor Ridge Rd about 0.15 mile south of the junction with Chestnut Ridge Road through a Christmas tree farm or through the driveway and yard of a house on Razor Ridge Road just north of the junction with Chestnut Ridge Road.
GPS Coordinates: N36.681657 W81.393968
Surveyed by: Rich and Ginger Ballard on 28 Mar 2003, with genealogical notes from Bette Nelson, and info from Paul Herndon’s files (survey by Kenneth Young in 1992)
Comments: This cemetery shows the attention folks have given it recently. It is surrounded by a white picket fence and several of the unmarked graves have been marked with white vinyl markers while others have been designated by metal or wooden stakes. Winter freezes have dislodged several of the metal stakes but their positions still show locations of the graves. This cemetery is across the road from the Adams Cemetery and both surnames appear in both cemeteries.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| ADAMS, Wayne | [5 May] 1914 | [25 Oct] 1984 | vinyl and metal marker |
| ADAMS, Jim | 1901/1904 | [16 Dec] 1966 | vinyl-metal marker |
| ADAMS, Edna | [27 Apr] 1881 | [27 Jun] 1965 | vinyl-metal marker |
| ADAMS, Garnett | 1921 | 1939 | age 18 |
| unknowns | seven vinyl markers, no id | ||
| Row 2 | |||
| ANDERSON, Maggie | 7 May 1889 | 3 Dec 1971 | [w/o Rush Anderson] |
| ANDERSON, Rush N. | Jun 1881 | 7 Sep 1961 | [marker not found in 2003. His name is reported as Rush Floyd Anderson.] |
| PUGH, Charlie Ray | 1944 | 1988 | vinyl-metal marker |
| HICKMAN, Virginia P. | 1923 | 1994 | vinyl-metal marker |
| Row 3 | |||
| unknowns | five field stones | ||
| SHUMATE, Ruth | 1903 | 1988 | |
| Row 4 | |||
| ADAMS, Cessie | [5 Oct] 1908 | [18 Sep] 1987 | |
| ADAMS, John | [4 Aug] 1907 | [25 Aug] 1988 | |
| ROSS, Celia Ann | 15 Feb 1861 | 18/19 Apr 1935 | [d/o Henry C. and Mary A. Thomas Austin; w/o Marion A. Ross] |
| unknown | field stone | ||
| unknown | hand carved field stone”L.C.A.” | ||
| unknowns | eight stakes | ||
| PRIVETT, Charlie | 11 Mar 1909 | 27 Jul 1996 | double stone with next, [s/o William & Elisabeth Sexton Privett] |
| PRIVETT, Clyde M. | 18 Dec 1901 | 28 Sep 1988 | [d/o Marian Adolphus & Celia Austin Ross] |
| Row 5 | |||
| ROSS, Carl Eugene | 30 Dec 1918 | 5 Nov 1970 | |
| unknown | vinyl marker, no id | ||
| ROSS, Carl E. | 20 Sep 1918 | 26 Jan 1920 | |
| ROSS, Glenn R. | 31 Dec 1903 | 7 Jan 1912 | age 8 yr ____ |
| ROSS, George | 17/27 May 1885 | 18 Apr 1887 | double stone with next |
| ROSS, Nona | 2 Apr 1891 | 12 Aug/Jun 1895 | |
| unknowns | five stakes | ||
| Row 6 | |||
| CLOTHIN, Jim | 12 May 1865 | 5 Nov 1948 | double stone with next |
| CLOTHIN, Emeline | 10 Jul 1860 | 15 Nov 1943 | |
| ROSS, Byram B. | 8 Jan 1855 | 9 Jul 1937 | |
| unknown | stake | ||
| ROSS, Wayne C./G. | 5 May 1914 | 15 Sep 1925 | |
| unknowns | seven stakes | ||
| COTHIN, James Winston | 4 Jul 1903 | 13 Dec 1993 | [s/o Jim Cothin & Emmaline Ross] |
| COTHIN, Victoria H. | 22 Jun 1898 | 1 Jun 1985 | |
| COTHIN, Zella D. | 3 Jul 1938 | ||
| PARKS, Minnie B. | 5 Apr 1887 | 21 Sep 1956 | [Minnie Brown, d/o Floy Ross & Martha Adams; w/o W.K. Parks] |
| JOHNSON, Infant | 1915 | 1915 | age 1 mo; [Victor,] s/o J.N. and Mary J. Johnson |
| BROWN, Cicero T. | 3 Sep 1890 | 8 Apr 1924 | |
| unknowns | four stakes | ||
| unknown | vinyl marker, no id | ||
| unknown | stake | ||
| BROWN, Blanche L. | 25 Aug 1913 | 5 Jul 1994 | [Blanche Lula, d/o Cicero & Minnie Ross Brown] |
| BROWN, Willis E. | 20 Apr 1935 | 27 Nov 1989 | [Willis Eugene, s/o Blanche Brown] |