Livesay - Ross Cemetery
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Livesay-Ross Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Buck Mountain
Directions: From the junction of Flatridge Rd (Rt 601) and Comers Rock Rd (Rt 658) go east 3.3 miles on Comers Rock Rd to Big Ridge Rd (Rt 611). Then go right on Big Ridge Road approximately 1/2 mile to a private road on the right. The cemetery is approximately 1/4 mile on this property.
GPS Coordinates: N36.683575 W81.286049
Surveyed by: Teresa Smith Uccellini in June 2002.Submitted by: Buford C. Wilson
Comments: Notes were added by Virginia Smith, great-great-granddaughter of James & Matilda (Bird) Livesay. Virginia Smith is the Historian Emeritus of the Livesay Historical Society. She is also a great-great-granddaughter of Wm. Granville and Diann (Rimer) Ross. She has a lot of information and is willing to share. Notes were also added from Paul Herndon's files.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | ["CMH"; possibly footstone for Celia May used to mark another grave] | ||
| HAGA, Celia May | 26 Feb 1901 | 14 Dec 1906 | aged 5 yrs 10 mo 12 dys |
| unknown | "ML", possibly a footstone | ||
| ROSS, Mary E. | [1 Dec] 1857 | [25 Apr]1894 | [d/o James and Matilda Byrd Livesay; w/o John Marion Ross] |
| ROSS, John M. | 1849 | 1927 | [John Marion, s/o Granville and Dianne Ross; m1 Mary Emma Livesay, m2 Julia Livesay Haga Anderson] |
| unknown | "LMC", possibly a footstone for Lucy Mildred Cornett | ||
| unknown | "JLC", possibly a footstone for James Lester Cornett | ||
| CORNETT, Ida Jane | 25 Nov 1873 | 11 Oct 1911 | d/o John Marion and Mary Emma Livesay Cornett; w/o Alexander Cornett |
| CORNETT, Lucy Mildred | 10 Jun 1903 | 14 Jul 1905 | [d/o Alexander and Ida Jane Livesay Cornett] |
| CORNETT, James Lester | 22 Jul 1890 | 18 Sep 1890 | [s/o John Marion and Emma Mary Livesay Cornett] |
| LIVESAY, James | 24 Apr 1811 | 19 Jul 1900 | [s/o James and Ellender Caldwell Livesay] |
| LIVESAY, Matilda | 1 Apr 1815 | 25 Jan 1886/1885 | [d/o William and Sally Martin Byrd Sr.] |
| unknown | "JT", possibly footstone for Jesse | ||
| TESTERMAN, Jesse | 10 Jan 1835 | 1 Dec 1895 | [s/o Abraham & Polly Testerman; h/o Thursa Jane Byrd Livesay] |
| PARSONS, Glen Perry | 12 Sep 1951 | [infant] | |
| PARSONS, Charles Stewart Parsons | 6 Apr 1953 | [infant] | |
| Believed to be buried here in unmarked graves | |||
| TESTERMAN, Thursa Jane | [d/o James & Matilda Livesay] | ||
| HAGA, Raby | |||
| PARSONS, Infant | |||
| TESTERMAN, Vergie | |||
| HAGA, Pogy | [nee Mays; w/o Raby Haga] | ||
