Fees Ridge Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Wolf Knob Community
Directions: From the junction of Wolf Knob Road (Rt 797) and Spencer Branch Road (Rt 746) go south 0.9 mile, to the junction of Spencer Branch Road and Fees Branch Rd (Rt 782). Take Fees Branch Rd west 0.9 mile to private drive on right. Take this private drive/road 1.1 miles to Thornton Kilby Cemetery on right alongside of road. Continue 0.3 mile past the Thornton Kilby Cemetery to point where road enters woods, begins a steep upgrade and is strewn with loose rocks. On foot, continue up to the crest of Fees Ridge; cemetery is on the right at the end of the road.
GPS Coordinates: N36.593456 W81.511223
Surveyed by: Linda Sharpe and Brenda Greer in Sept 1995 and Jeff Weaver, Leon Meyers, 2003
Comments: 44 graves. Additional information was provided by Bette Nelson.
Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Row 1 | |||
RASH, Thomas | 1846/1847 | 1926 | |
RASH, Charity | [4 Jun] 1852 | 1920 | [d/o Andrew & Malinda Weaver Weaver] |
SHEETS, Johnny B. | 15 Jan 1915 | 30 Jul 1916 | [Johnny Bruce, s/o Charles & Melinda Weaver Sheets] |
SHEETS, Melinda W. | 10 Feb 1884 | 23 Jan 1925 | [Melinda Eveline, d/o Clayborn Monroe & Martha Lutisha Phipps Weaver; w/o Charles Sheets] |
Row 2 | |||
unknown | stone | ||
MILLER, Phebe J. | 29 Aug 1846 | 7 Mar 1874 | [Phebe Jane, d/o Jason & Matilda Privett Weaver; w/o of Harrison Baker Miller] |
unknowns | three stones | ||
WEAVER, Andrew | 9 Dec 1822 | 3 Feb 1899 | Co C 63rd Virginia CSA; [s/o Isaac & Mary Francis Weaver; printed obit lists death as 31 Jan 1899] |
FARMER, Mary Jane | 22 Aug 1844 | 12 Aug 1900 | [d/o Andrew & Malinda Weaver Weaver; w/o Noah Farmer] |
unknown | stone | ||
WEAVER, Melinda B. | 3 Apr 1825 | 22 Dec 1900/1909 | [d/o Lt. Isaac & Jane Lewis Weaver, w/o Andrew Weaver] |
FARMER, Noah | [14 Jan 1842] | [1 Jun 1930] | Co A 26th NC CSA; [s/o John O’Johnson Wilson Farmer] |
Row 3 | |||
unknown | stone | ||
unknown | footstone inscribed “P.J.M.” | ||
unknowns | five stones | ||
unknown | “A.W.W.” | ||
unknowns | two stones | ||
unknown | footstone only, inscribed with “M.W.” | ||
Row 4 | |||
WEAVER, Jason | [25 Mar 1825] | [12 Mar 1892] | Co C 63 Va CSA; [s/o Isaac V. & Mary Francis Weaver] |
Row 5 | |||
unknowns | four stones | ||
FRANCIS, Charles | 1765 | 1840 | [s/o Henry Francis Weaver; father of Mary Francis Weaver] |
unknowns | four stones | ||
RASH, ____ | |||
unknowns | four stones | ||
WEAVER, Infant | [18 Oct 1884] | 18 Oct 1884 | infant d/o Gideon Vance [& Virginia Oregon Sheets] Weaver |
unknown | stone | ||
Row 6 | |||
unknowns | numerous stones | ||
Row 7 | |||
FARMER, Daisy I. | 10 Aug 1915 | 16 July 1944 | |
Also known to be buried in this cemetery | |||
WEAVER, Isaac Vance | [25 Jul 1797] | [Aug 1870] | [s/o William, Sr., & ____ McDaniels Weaver] |
WEAVER, Mary Francis | [11 Jan 1797] | [ca 1863] | [one source identified death as 21 Dec 1868] |
SEXTON, Betty Louise | [1947] | [1948] | |
SEXTON, Robert Jackson | [23 Dec 1938] | [24 Feb 1939] | |
FARMER, Thomas Gideon | [21 Jan 1888] | [1968] | |
DARNELL, Martha Weaver | [4 Mar 1847] | [16 Apr 1877] | [d/o Andrew & Malinda Weaver Weaver; w/o Sylvester Darnell] |
RASH, Sarah | [1878] | [1878] | 1 mo 21 days; [d/o Thomas & Charity Weaver Rash] |
RASH, Bertie | [188_] | [1882] | [d/o Thomas & Charity Weaver Rash] |
REEDY, Celia Evaline | 20 Feb 1863 | [d/o Andrew & Malinda Weaver Weaver; w/o Robert Reedy] | |
REEDY, Robert | 25 Apr 1863 | 8 Jul 1918 | stone engraved incorrectly as “Rudy” |
WEAVER, Clayborne Monroe | 15 Mar 1866 | 19 Jan 1928 | [s/o Andrew & Malinda Weaver Weaver] |
WEAVER, Martha Lutisha Phipps | 6 Sep 1865 | 21 Jan 1935 | [w/o Clayborne M. Weaver; d/o James Harvey & Eveline Weaver Phipps] |
WALTON, Mary Jane Weaver | 1 Nov 1899 | 28 Oct 1921 | [d/o Clayborn Monroe & Martha Lutisha Phipps Weaver; w/o Sylvester Walton] |
WALTON, Vester Lessie | 7 Oct 1921 | 1990 | [s/o Sylvester & Mary Jane Weaver Walton] |
MONTGOMERY, Thomas | |||
MONTGOMERY, Magnolia | 28 Feb 1883 | 27 Oct 1887 | |
WARREN, Elizabeth Kilby | 20 Feb 1863 | 28 Jul 1905 | |
FAIRCLOTH, Thelbert | Co B 37th Battalion Virginia Cavalry CSA |