Chestnut Hill Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Northeast of Independence
Directions: The cemetery is at the junction of Ridge Fork Ln (Rt 686) and Chestnut Hill Rd (Rt 654), northeast of Independence near Chestnut Hill Church.
GPS Coordinates: N36.650591 W81.133419
Surveyed by: Ginger Ballard, 26 Mar 2003.
Comments: This cemetery is below the Chestnut Hill Baptist Church but the older portion predates the church, which was established in 1941, by many years. The old cemetery shows evidence of several unmarked graves and may have been known as a Moxley cemetery at some time.
| Row | Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Section | unknowns | 4 graves marked by cement blocks | ||
| Old Section | unknowns | 18 graves marked by field stones | ||
| Old Section | unknowns | 2 graves with stone fragments | ||
| Old Section | MOXLEY, Eve | 2 Jul 1804 | 31 Mar 1883 | [nee Boyer; w/o Daniel Moxley, Jr.] |
| Known to be buried here | BEDWELL, Lucy Moxley | [19 Feb 1834] | [1931] | [d/o Daniel and Eve Moxley; w/o Isaac Bedwell] |
| Known to be buried here | BEDWELL, Isaac | [6 Dec 1885] | [h/o Lucy Moxley] | |
| Believed to be buried here | MOXLEY, Daniel, Jr. | [1802] | [28 Dec 1898] | [s/o Daniel and Nancy Spurling Moxley] |
| Believed to be buried here | MOXLEY, Clark Moxley | [12 Dec 1885] | [age 56; s/o Daniel and Eve Moxley; h/o Cynthia Thomas] | |
| Believed to be buried here | BEDWELL, David W. | [1 Jun 1860] | [died young] | |
| Believed to be buried here | BEDWELL, Virginia | |||
| New Section | ||||
| Row 1 | HASH, Matthew Roger | 22 Jun 1983 | 29 Apr 2002 | |
| Row 2 | SNOW, Tony K. | 13 Nov 1955 | 26 Aug 2000 | double stone with next |
| Row 2 | SNOW, Jennifer D. | 20 Oct 1957 | ||
| Row 3 | OSBORNE, Robert Howard | 30 Apr 1920 | 7 Jun 1998 | double stone with next |
| Row 3 | OSBORNE, Della Elizabeth | 4 Jul 1921 | 28 Jul 1991 | married 27 Apr 1940; [d/o Earl & Helen Toogood Pennington] |
| Row 3 | HALL-BURRIS, Della E. | 13 Oct 1941 | double stone with next | |
| Row 3 | HALL-BURRIS, Calvin L. | 30 Mar 1938 | 3 Nov 2000 | |
| Row 4 | TEASTER, Donald Buckey | 24 Jul 1977 | 18 Jan 2002 | |
| Row 4 | ADAMS, Gladys L. | 19 Mar 1917 | 23 Mar 2001 | |
| Row 5 | THORNTON, Lewis W. | 22 Mar 1923 | 9 Oct 1987 | SSML 2 U.S. Navy World War II |
| Row 6 | SNOW, Robert W. | 28 Jul 1916 | 28 Jun 1988 | double stone with next |
| Row 6 | SNOW, Mary H. | 24 Sep 1914 | married 25 Nov 1935; Joe, Daisy, Elizabeth, Margaret, Scottie, Bobby, Sandra, and Donny | |
| Row 6 | RAY, D. Parks | 23 Sep 1911 | 17 Aug 1986 | double stone with next |
| Row 6 | RAY, Idella J. | 19 Dec 1910 | 10 Jun 1994 | [d/o Carlton & Polly Ann Osborne Joines] |
| Row 7 | MATTOX, Christopher J. | 13 Mar 1978 | 5 Aug 1999 | |
| Row 7 | HODGE, Dawn E. | 17 Feb 1973 | ||
| Row 7 | VAUGHT, Ted M. | 29 Nov 1933 | double stone with next | |
| Row 7 | VAUGHT, Rose Ray | 20 Jul 1936 | 31 Aug 1998 | wed 4 Oct 1956 |
| Row 8 | BULLINS, James C., Sr. | 25 Dec 1925 | 29 Feb 1984 | U.S. Army World War II |