Francis Cornett Family Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Fallville Community
Directions: From Elk Creek Pkwy (US 21) drive east on Spring Valley Rd (Rt 805) for about 1.66 miles past Pilgrim Fork Rd (Rt 656) until you see a gap in the fence on the right/south side of the road. From this point walk to the cemetery about 0.24 mile south. The cemetery is in a small brace of trees on the hill to the left/east of Pilgrim Fork Rd.
GPS Coordinates: N36.735443 W81.134406 (estimate)
Surveyed by: Susan Taylor Woodson; genealogy by Mary Harrington and Susan Taylor Woodson.
Comments: The cemetery is not in good shape and apparently no longer has a caregiver. In 1997 there were 15 to 20 graves marked with field stones.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| McCARTER, Van Buren | [9 Dec] 1837 | [9 Jul] 1893 | age 55 yrs 7 mo; [Martin Van Buren, s/o Philander and Thurza McCarter] |
| McCARTER, Amanda Virginia | [21 Oct] 1840 | [3 May] 1916 | [d/o Francis and Catherine Fulton Cornett; w/o Martin Van Buren McCarter] |
| Row 2 | |||
| CORNETT, Catherine | 1809 | [26 Feb] 1876 | age 66 yrs 7 mo; stone broken into 2 pieces and lying flat on the ground; [d/o Samuel and Martha Powell Jones Fulton; w/o Francis Cornett] |
| CORNETT, Francis | 1808 | [27 Feb] 1876 | age 68 years 5 mos; [Francis S., s/o William Jefferson and Jane “Jennie” Sutherland Cornett] |
| CORNETT, Martha J. | [17 Mar] 1839 | [17 Nov] 1903 | [d/o Francis and Catherine Fulton Cornett] |
| Known to be buried here, locations unknown | |||
| CALLAHAN, Drucie | [d/o William & Jestin Roberts Poole; w/o Hugh Callahan. On 13 Nov 1995, her son, Boge Callahan, age 90, stated his mother was buried in this cemetery] | ||
| McCARTER, Ella | [5 Jul] 1868 | [8 Sep] 1975 | |