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Melton-Burnett Family Cemetery

Carroll County, Virginia

Pipers Gap District

Location: Enola Community

Directions: On the north side of Rt. 706 (Farmers Market Road), 0.2 mile from Rt. 701 (Joy Ranch Road).

GPS Coordinates: N 36.722399 W 080.777206

Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson; 16 Sep 2010; buford-wilson@outlook.com

Comments: This is a very old cemetery and it is in fair condition. There are approximately 50 graves marked with fieldstones. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone.

Melton-Burnett Family Cemetery, Carroll County, Virginia
Name Birth Death Comments
WILLIAMS, David 03 Jul 1808 23 Oct 1890 Shared stone with next; This stone was cut wrong with the name as Daniel, and then changed to David. s/o Samuel Williams & Anna Margaretta Newman
WILLIAMS, Elizabeth 07 Jul 1814 20 May 1895 d/o Anna Burnett; w/o David Williams
CHRISLEY, Rose Ann 25 Aug 1837 20 Apr 1919 d/o William Richardson Melton & Sarah Bedsaul; w/o James H. Chrisley
MELTON, Sarah 23 May 1802 13 Jan 1879 d/o Elisha Bedsaul & Mary Margaret Edwards; w/o William Richardson Melton
MELTON, Wm R. 29 Sep 1802 11 Jul 1887 William Richardson; s/o Absalom Melton & Mary Richardson
BRYANT, Mabel Melton Burnett 13 Feb 1758 18 Oct 1845 d/o Absalom Melton & Nancy Ann Stokes; w/o Joseph Burnett, 1774 & Thomas Bryant, 11 Dec 1793
MELTON, Ira [1850] 12 May 1878 Age 28; s/o Elisha Melton & Martha Felts
BURNETT, Absalom [01 May 1816] 16 Nov 1837 Age 21; s/o Rebecca Burnett
MELTON, Mary 16 Aug 1825 Age 72; nee Richardson; w/o Absalom Melton
BURNETT, Isaac [17 Feb 1851] 1849 [20 Dec] 1932 Isaac Sanders; s/o Jonathan Burnett & Ruth Ann Farmer; birth & death dates from Clyde Burnett files
BURNETT, Sarah M. [09 Sep] 1855 [10 May] 1928 Sarah Margaret; d/o Martin Edwards & Malinda Melton; w/o Isaac Sanders Burnett; birth & death dates from Clyde Burnett files
MELTON, Hanerite 10 Jul 1874 Age 2; Henrietta Melton; No surname on the stone
By tradition the following people are buried here in unmarked graves
BURNETT, Rebecca 28 Feb 1797 14 Feb 1872 d/o Anna Burnett
CHRISLEY, James H. 01 Sep 1877 Co. E 45th Va. Inf. CSA; s/o Henry & Anna Chrisley
BURNETT, Anna 07 Jul 1778 02 Nov 1847 d/o Joseph Burnett & Mabel Melton
BURNETT, Mary Ann 30 Dec 1871 05 Sep 1884 d/o Isaac Sanders Burnett & Sarah Margaret Edwards
BURNETT, Harvey Columbus 22 Oct 1875 10 Nov 1884 s/o Isaac Sanders Burnett & Sarah Margaret Edwards
BURNETT, Rilda 22 Oct 1875 1875 d/o Isaac Sanders Burnett & Sarah Margaret Edwards
BURNETT, Michael E. 22 Aug 1877 28 Oct 1884 s/o Isaac Sanders Burnett & Sarah Margaret Edwards
BURNETT, Flora B. 22 Jun 1879 23 Nov 1884 d/o Isaac Sanders Burnett & Sarah Margaret Edwards
BURNETT, Luther 22 Jun 1879 1879 s/o Isaac Sanders Burnett & Sarah Margaret Edwards
BURNETT, Charlotte Addie 18 Oct 1889 1889 d/o Isaac Sanders Burnett & Sarah Margaret Edwards
BURNETT, Unnamed     c/o Isaac Sanders Burnett & Sarah Margaret Edwards