Griggs Hampton Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: About 3 miles west of Galax off US 58
Directions: This cemetery is in a pasture field near the end of Field View Lane, the next road past State Shed Lane (Rt 841) when traveling west on Grayson Parkway (US 58).
GPS Coordinates: N36.63053 W80.99598
Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson 4 Aug 2003; updated 26 Mar 2008
Comments:
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| HIGGINS, Linville | 18 Aug 1839 | 5 Apr 1868 | [s/o Goldman & Margaret Hampton Higgins] |
| BURROUGHS, Lena | 28 Mar 1873 | d/o Rufus & Jennie Burroughs; age 2 months 14 days | |
| EDWARDS, Violet | 3 May 1812 | 11 Apr 1892 | w/o Cox Edwards; [d/o Griggs & Phillis Sutherland Hampton] |
| EDWARDS, Cox | 24 Sep 1813 | 5 Jan 1890 | [s/o Young Edwards] |
| Row 2 | |||
| EDWARDS, Margie | 14 Mar 1847 | 8 Aug 1862 | [d/o Cox & Violet Hampton Edwards] |
| EDWARDS, Marceline | [d/o Cox & Violet Hampton Edwards] | ||
| EDWARDS, Sarah E. | [d/o Cox & Violet Hampton Edwards] | ||
| EDWARDS, Amelia C. | [d/o Cox & Violet Hampton Edwards] | ||
| EDWARDS, Matilda | [d/o Cox & Violet Hampton Edwards] | ||
| EDWARDS, Martha | [d/o Cox & Violet Hampton Edwards] | ||
| EDWARDS, Ward | [s/o Cox & Violet Hampton Edwards] | ||
| EDWARDS, Thomas | [s/o Cox & Violet Hampton Edwards] | ||
| unknown | field stone | ||
| Row 3 | |||
| HAMPTON, Tamsy M. | 23 Feb 1840 | 29 Jul 1859 | [d/o Randolph & Celia Hayes Collins; w/o Wm. O. Hampton] |
| HAMPTON, Wm. O. | 17 Mar 1839 | 16 Dec 1865 | “was shot and killed by J.W. Kitchens”; [William Oliver, s/o Griggs & Phillis Sutherland Hampton] |
| PERY, [Jane] | 24 Feb 1823 | ? Jul 1856 | [“Jennie”, d/o Griggs & Philis Sutherland Hampton]; w/o John Pery; soapstone marker badly damaged by weathering; |
| HAMPTON, ____ | 1821 | illegible stone | |
| unknowns | four field stones | ||
| Row 4 | |||
| HAMPTON, Phillis S. | 29 Oct 1879 | consort of Griggs Hampton; age 85 yrs 1 mo 15 days; [d/o Alexander & Margaret Elizabeth Bryan Sutherland] | |
| HAMPTON, Griggs | 22 Nov 1788 | 24 Jan 1860 | [s/o Andrew & Sally Mina Griggs Hampton] |
| unknown | headstone is missing | ||
| unknowns | two field stones | ||
| Row 5 | |||
| HAMPTON, Chap L. | 10 Jun 1856 | 5 Oct 1922 | [Chapman, s/o Thomas B. & Mary Jestin Collins Hampton] |
| HAMPTON, Jestin C. | 16 May 1835 | 19 Feb 1866 | [Mary Jestin, d/o Randolph & Celia Hays Collins; w/o Thomas B. Hampton] |
| HAMPTON, T[homas] B., Capt. | 25 Dec 1830 | 20 Mar 1865 | Co G 63 VA Inf; [s/o Griggs & Phillis Sutherland Hampton]; “mortally wounded 19 Mar 1865 near Bentonville, Johnson Co, NC and died next day” |
| HAMPTON, Garland C. | 7 Nov 1858 | 11 Jun 1859 | [s/o Thomas B. & Mary Jestin Collins Hampton] |
| HAMPTON, Amelia E. | 7 Nov 1858 | 26 May 1859 | [d/o Thomas B. & Mary Jestin Collins Hampton] |
| unknown | broken stone | ||
| Row 6 | |||
| HAMPTON, Alfred Guy | 19 Apr 1881 | [s/o Calvin & Mary Thompson Hampton]; age 10 yr 7 mo 14 days | |