Harrington Family Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Bethel
Directions: From Comers Rock Rd (Rt 658) turn SE onto Bethel Rd (Rt 673) travel approximately 0.9 mile. Bethel Methodist Church is on left of road, cemetery is on hill on right side of road and is visible from the road.
GPS Coordinates: N 36.689652 W81.269932
Surveyed by: Mary Taylor Harrington & Susan Taylor Woodson; updated 25 Apr 2009 by Rich Ballard
Comments: The cemetery is on the hill directly across the road from Bethel Memorial United Methodist Church and is visible from the road. Bethel UMC uses three cemeteries, Cornett, Harrington and Shuler, for its members.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| WOLFE, ____ | “E.J.L.” footstone marks grave; [Wolfe boy who was visiting at the time of death; thought to be a nephew of Eliza J. Leonard] | ||
| LEONARD, Eliza J. | 15 Sep 1834 | 7 Jul 1922 | [nee Hamins; w/o Jefferson Leonard] |
| THOMPSON, Etta C. | 5 Apr 1878 | 3 Mar 1885 | [d/o Loranzo and Mary Emeline Cornett Thompson] |
| UPCHURCH, David Mark | 13 Mar 1950 | 28 Oct 1977 | [s/o Joseph Staley and Patricia Cowden Upchurch; h/o Dora Durden] |
| Row 2 | |||
| HARRINGTON, John A. | [27 Jul] 1856 | [14 Aug] 1937 | [John Alvin, s/o William and Matilda Hall Harrington]; double stone with next |
| HARRINGTON, Franky E. | 14 Jul 1860 | 10 Apr 1943 | [Franky Eveline, d/o James Monroe and Polly Cornett Cornett] |
| HARRINGTON, Katherine | 1898 | 1918 | [d/o John Alvin and Franky Eveline Cornett Harrington] |
| HARRINGTON, N[ancy] E[lla] | 7 Sep 1882 | 5 May 1894 | [d/o John Alvin and Franky Eveline Cornett Harrington] |
| HARRINGTON, W.R. | 16 Sep 1879 | 11 Jan 1880 | [s/o Joseph G. and Laura V. Paxton Harrington] |
| [GOLDEN, _____ ] | foot stone “T.F.C.”; [The foot stone was probably borrowed from another grave to replace a field stone. Three graves here are thought to be of children of the Golden family; They probably all died in some epidemic. They were buried before Harrington bought the land on which the cemetery is located.] | ||
| unknown | foot stone “W.B.H.”; see notes above. | ||
| unknown | foot stone “J.G.H.”; see notes above. | ||
| Row 3 | |||
| HARRINGTON, William Patrick | 1921 | 1922 | [s/o John Wycliff and Stella Whisman Harrington] |
| HARRINGTON, John Wick | 1879 | 1944 | [John Wycliff, s/o John Alvin and Frankie Eveline Cornett Harrington; other source lists dates as 7 Jun 1875 – 11 Mar 1945] |
| HARRINGTON, Stella Whisman | 1897 | [18 Jun] 1929 | [d/o Hiram Thompson & Pearl Ann Keasling Whisman; w/o John Wycliff Harrington; other source lists birth as Jan 1898] |
| HARRINGTON, John Wycliff, Jr. | 6 May 1917 | 22 Oct 1919 | s/o John Wycliff and Stella Whisman Harrington |
| [HARRINGTON, Elizabeth] | [11 Dec 1836] | [28 Feb 1903] | [d/o John Calvin and Katherine Huddle Harrington]; marked only by footstone “V.A.S.” |
| HARRINGTON, Nancy | 24 Jul 1823 | 14 Oct 1896 | [d/o John Calvin and Katherine Huddle Harrington] |
| HARRINGTON, J[ohn] C[alvin] | 11 May 1797 | 9 Dec 1874 | age 77 yrs 6 mos 28 days; [born London, England] |
| HARRINGTON, Katherine | 14 Aug 1801 | 17 Jan 1866 | age 64 yrs 5 mos 3 days; [born Wythe County, d/o Gideon and Barbara Gose Huddle] |
| [HARRINGTON, John Mitchell] | [20 May 1839] | [1863] | [CSA; s/o John Calvin and Katherine Huddle Harrington; died in Richmond of measles]; marked only by footstone “J.C.H.” |
| [HARRINGTON, Charles Wesley] | [26 Mar 1841] | [9 May 1862] | [CSA; s/o John Calvin and Katherine Huddle Harrington; died in Richmond of measles]; marked only by footstone “N.E.H.” |
| LONG, Eli | [13 Jul] 1828 | [23 Nov] 1906 | [s/o Henry and Susan Long]; double stone with next |
| LONG, Barbara Ann | [29 Dec] 1828 | [27 Feb] 1891 | [d/o John Calvin and Katherine Huddle Harrington] |
| Row 4 | |||
| THOMPSON, Georgia | 1926 | 2006 | flat metal marker |
| MAYS, Albert Dean | 29 Jan 1933 | 29 Jan 1933 | [s/o Carl and Ohna Doss Mays; gs/o George Wesley and Cynthia Johnson Mays]; marker fallen |
| MAYS, George W. | 14 Feb 1877 | 31 Dec 1958 | [George Wesley, s/o Stephen Hammond and Rosamond Harrington Mays]; double stone with next |
| MAYS, Cynthia J. | 6 Mar 1885 | 11 Mar 1958 | [d/o Rebecca Johnson] |
| MAYS, Stephen H. | 27 Dec 1844 | 4 Dec 1924 | [Stephen Hammond, s/o Shelton V. and Martha Mays]; double stone with next |
| MAYS, Rosamond H. | 17 May 1845 | 10 Mar 1912 | [Rosamond C., d/o John Calvin and Katherine Huddle Harrington] |
| MAYS, John Kenley | 24 Sep 1873 | 14 Apr 1894 | [s/o Stephen Hammond and Rosamond Harrington Mays]; footstone from another grave |
| [MAYS, Shelton V.] | [ca 1812] | [aft 1880] | [s/o Jesse & Agnes Mays; m1 Martha Patsy Laffoon, m2 Arrena Martin]; footstone from another grave |
| [MAYS, George] | [ca 1857] | [s/o Shelton V. and Martha Mays; m Malinda Darthula Russell]; footstone from another grave | |
| [DAVIS, Muns] | [ca 1850] | [Jack Monroe, s/o Henry & Anna Davis]; footstone from another grave | |
| [DAVIS, Mary] | [ca 1847] | [d/o Shelton V. and Martha Mays; w/o Muns Davis]; footstone from another grave | |
| Row 5 | |||
| HARRINGTON, John C. | 8 Aug 1911 | 1 Dec 1911 | [s/o Joseph G. & Alberta Boyer Harrington] |
| HARRINGTON, Mary L. | 30 Dec 1906 | 23 May 1907 | [d/o Joseph G. & Alberta Boyer Harrington] |
| MAYS, Herbert | 14 Oct 1908 | 17 Oct 1978 | World War II; [Herbert Z., s/o George W. and Cynthia Johnson Mays]; double stone with next |
| MAYS, Frances | 19 Apr 1909 | 3 May 1993 | [Frances Mae, d/o Will and Cora Hale Hash] |
| HARRINGTON, Laura V. | 7 May 1870 | 5 Mar 1893 | [d/o Webster Paxton; 1st w/o Joseph Harrington, the s/o William Hale and Matilda Hall Harrington. Joseph Harrington m2 Bird Boyer] |
| HARRINGTON, W[illiam] H. | 19 Mar 1843 | 6 Apr 1897 | age 63 yrs 17 days; [William Hale, s/o John Calvin and Katherine Huddle Harrington; Grayson Co Militia and Co D 37th VA Cavalry, CSA]; double stone with next |
| HARRINGTON, Matilda | 7 Jun 1838 | [21 Feb 1915] | [d/o Hezekiah Hiram and Katherine Shuler Hall] |
| HARRINGTON, B[radford] A. | 19 Mar 1865 | 12 Nov 1894 | [Bradford Alex, s/o William Hale and Matilda Hall Harrington] |
| HARRINGTON, L.G. | 26 Sep 1876 | 12 Oct 1876 | age 14 days |
| HALL, Katherine | 16 Jan 1808 | 16 Jan 1879 | age 71; [d/o Michael and Charity Shuler; 1st w/o Hezekiah Hiram Hall (divorced); he is buried in Letcher County, Kentucky.] |
| CARRICO, Stuart A. | 2 Dec 1903 | 26 Dec 1903 | s/o J. Riley and Maude E. Carrico; [grave moved from the Miles Clark Carrico Cemetery 1998] |
| CARRICO, Ettie | 4 Jul 1869 | 21 Feb 1933 | [d/o Miles Clark and Nancy Eveline Perkins Carrico; grave moved from the Miles Clark Carrico Cemetery 1998] |
| CARRICO, Wava Virginia | 7 Jul 1917 | 7 Jul 1917 | [d/o Stuart Worth and Lessie Harrington Carrico; stillborn twin to Ora Lee Carrico; grave moved from the Miles Clark Carrico Cemetery 1998] |
| Row 6 | |||
| BOLT, Mary A. | 12 Apr 1865 | 14 Mar 1903 | [d/o Steven and Sarah Caroline Carrico Harrington]; w/o John [Marion] Bolt |
| HARRINGTON, Stephen | 1 Aug 1831 | 6 Apr 1889 | [s/o John Calvin and Katherine Huddle Harrington]; “This is presented by George Harrington to father and mother”; double stone with next |
| HARRINGTON, Sarah C. | 23 Feb 1832 | 28 Jul 1880 | [Sarah Caroline, d/o James and Elizabeth Shuler Carrico] |
| unknown | child’s grave marked with heart-shaped stone; missing in 2009 | ||
| CARRICO, James | 15 Apr 1815 | 24 Apr 1884 | [s/o Peter & Nancy Wilkerson Carrico] |
| CARRICO, Elizabeth | 17 Mar 1812 | 1 Apr 1895 | [d/o Michael and Charity Shuler; w/o James Carrico] |
| CARRICO, Infant | infant s/o James & Elizabeth [Shuler] Carrico | ||
| CARRICO, Miles Clark | 16 Feb 1843 | 1 Aug 1918 | [s/o James and Elizabeth Shuler Carrico; grave moved from the Miles Clark Carrico Cemetery 1998]; double stone with next |
| CARRICO, Elizabeth J. | 13 May 1843 | 22 Jun 1924 | [d/o John and Eva Hackler Cannoy; 2nd w/o Miles Clark Carrico; grave moved from the Miles Clark Carrico Cemetery 1998] |
| CARRICO, J. D[ayton] | 13 Jan 1867 | 12 May 1901 | [James Dayton, s/o Miles Clark and Nancy Eveline Perkins Carrico; grave moved from the Miles Clark Carrico Cemetery 1998] |
| CARRICO, Lutitia | 11 Sep 1871 | 26 Oct 1893 | d/o M[iles] C[lark] and [Nancy] Eveline [Perkins] Carrico; [grave moved from the Miles Clark Carrico Cemetery 1998] |
| Row 7 | |||
| TAYLOR, Birket F. | 1 Apr 1887 | 21 Jul 1958 | [Birket Foster, s/o Freel Alexander and Rosa Belle Harrington Taylor]; double stone with next |
| TAYLOR, Ruth S. | 16 Dec 1892 | 26 Jan 1976 | [Ruth Susannah, d/o Alexander and Eliza C. Comer Sutherland] |
| TAYLOR, Freel A. | 5 Mar 1866 | 8 Aug 1917 | [Freel Alexander, s/o Anderson Lee and Nancy Elizabeth Rhudy Taylor]; double stone with next |
| TAYLOR, R. Belle | 16 Apr 1869 | 25 Nov 1933 | [Rosa Belle, d/o William Hale and Matilda Hall Harrington] |
| TAYLOR, B[lanche] A[ileen] | 5 May 1914 | 27 Jun 1914 | [d/o Freel Alexander and Rosa Belle Harrington Taylor] |
| TAYLOR, Nannie E. | 15 Feb 1891 | 9 Jan 1892 | d/o F.A. and R.B. Taylor |
| TAYLOR, Cleo Matilda | 26 Oct 1888 | 5 Jan 1892 | d/o F.A. and R.B. Taylor |
| TAYLOR, Florence E. | 23 Feb 1890 | 5 Mar 1890 | d/o F.A. and R.B. Taylor |
| TAYLOR, Philip A. | 17 Sep 1904 | 19 Dec 1906 | s/o F.A. and R.B. Taylor |
| TAYLOR, Roy Alexander | 25 Jun 1916 | 26 Nov 1988 | [s/o Birket Foster and Ruth Susannah Sutherland Taylor]; double stone with next |
| TAYLOR, Ora Lee C. | 7 Jul 1917 | 1 Jan 2001 | [d/o Stuart and Lessie Harrington Carrico] |
| Row 8 | |||
| TAYLOR, Bayard C. | [5 Jan] 1897 | [23 Apr] 1972 | [Bayard Coy, s/o Freel Alexander and Rosa Belle Harrington Taylor]; double stone with next |
| TAYLOR, Geneva H. | [11 May] 1901 | [26 Dec] 1986 | [Nettie Geneva, d/o Stuart and Ella Cornett Hackler] |
| TAYLOR, Phil B. | 17 Oct 1928 | 2 May 1992 | [Phil Bane, s/o Baynard Coy and Nettie Geneva Hackler Taylor]; Pvt U.S. Army World War II; double stone with next |
| TAYLOR, Irene H. | 6 Aug 1935 | 7 Jul 2001 | [d/o Rush Kent and Lois Tibbs Hedrick] |
| MAYS, Steven Samuel | 1894 | 1902 | [s/o Martin V. and Nancy Clarenda Hackler Mays] |
| MAYS, Martin V. | [26 Apr] 1870 | [20 May] 1898 | [s/o Stephen Hammond and Rosemond Harrington Mays]; double stone with next |
| MAYS, Clara H. | [Mar] 1870 | 1942 | [Nancy Clarenda “Cleary”, d/o Stephen Harvey and Mary Melvina Roark Hackler] |
| TAYLOR, B.F. | 30 Jan 1923 | [Birket Foster, Jr.; World War II; s/o Birket Foster and Ruth Susannah Sutherland Taylor]; double stone with next | |
| TAYLOR, Reva | 16 Mar 1933 | 23 Oct 1991 | [Reva Elizabeth, d/o Willard Hardin and Zola Captiola Maines Reeves; w/o Birket Foster Taylor, Jr.] |
| [WOODSON, Susan Taylor] | [29 Aug 1953] | [23 Mar 2009] | [d/o Dale C. & Beryl Cornett Taylor] |
| TAYLOR, Dale Chap | 14 Dec 1925 | 26 Jul 2008 | [s/o Birket Foster & Ruth Susannah Sutherland Taylor]; Tec 5 U.S. Army World War II; double stone with next |
| TAYLOR, Beryl Cornett | 24 Jul 1927 | [Beryl Elizabeth, d/o Vester Clay & Edith Melvina Wright Cornett] | |
| Row 9 | |||
| ROACH, Roy | 9 Mar 1933 | double stone with next | |
| ROACH, Anna Maie | 23 Sep 1935 | 21 Jun 2006 | |
| ROACH, Billy H. | 4 Nov 1940 | 26 Jun 2003 | double stone with next |
| ROACH, Agnes | 10 Jun 1943 | married 1 Apr 1964 | |
| JOHNSON, Charles W. | 1908 | 1970 | [Charles Wesley, s/o Noah J. and Nancy Bell Mays Johnson]; double stone with next |
| JOHNSON, Kate | 1907 | [nee Kirby] | |
| JOHNSON, Barbara Jean | 25 Jul 1954 | 26 Aug 1966 | [d/o Anna Mae Johnson] |
| JOHNSON, Nancy B. | [6 Jul] 1881 | 1951 | [Nancy Belle, d/o Stephen Hammond and Rosemond Harrington Mays]; double stone with next |
| JOHNSON, Noah J. | 1879 | 1958 | [s/o Rebecca Johnson] |
| MAYS, Nathaniel | 16 Mar 1904 | 16 Mar 1904 | infant s/o Mr. and Mrs. George Mays [George Wesley and Cynthia Johnson Mays. Bible record shows both dates as 6 May 1911.] |
| JOHNSON, Rebecca | Jan 1837 | Mar 1917 | |
| [TESTERMAN, children] | five graves, all marked by field stones without inscriptions; [children of John and Zollie Johnson Testerman] | ||
| [TESTERMAN, John] | [buried beside his wife but exact grave locations unknown; h/o Zollie Johnson Testerman]; slab | ||
| [TESTERMAN, Zollie] | [27 Sep 1938] | [d/o Noah J. and Nancy Belle Mays Johnson]; exact location unknown; field stone without inscription | |
| Row 10 | |||
| HARRINGTON, Glen | 28 Jan 1894 | 13 Nov 1986 | [Early Glen, s/o James Lee and Cleopatria Clementine Shuler Harrington]; double stone with next |
| HARRINGTON, Vena A. | 30 Sep 1899 | 15 Jun 1953 | [Vena Arlacha, d/o Fielden and Virginia Leonard Cornett] |
| SUTHERLAND, Virginia A. | 6 Mar 1882 | 1 Mar 1911 | age 28 yrs 11 mos 25 days; [d/o James Lee and Cleopatria Clementine Shuler Harrington; 1st w/o Lonnie Sutherland] |
| HARRINGTON, Lee | 19 Mar 1888 | 22 Feb 1909 | age 22 yrs 11 mos 3 days; [Hiram Lee, s/o James Lee and Cleopatria Clementine Shuler Harrington] |
| HARRINGTON, James L. | 12 Oct 1858 | 3 Aug 1947 | [James Lee, s/o William Hale and Matilda Hall Harrington]; double stone with next |
| HARRINGTON, Cleopatria | 26 Jan 1860 | 24 Feb 1943 | [Cleopatria Clementine, d/o James K. and Lois Perkins Shuler] |
| HARRINGTON, Beauregard | [30 Apr] 1861 | [16 Apr] 1939 | [s/o William Hale and Matilda Hall Harrington]; double stone with next |
| HARRINGTON, Mary E. | [18 Mar] 1868 | [20 Jul] 1922 | [Mary Elizabeth, d/o Churchwell and Amanda Hale Boyer] |
| HARRINGTON, Maiden B. | 15 Jul 1894 | 6 Nov 1960 | [Maiden Beaugard, s/o Beauregard and Mary E. Boyer Harrington]; double stone with next |
| HARRINGTON, Nora E. | 12 Apr 1896 | 23 Jun 1969 | [d/o Emmett and Mary Elizabeth Funk] |
| Row 11 | |||
| HARRINGTON, Infant | 1913 | 1913 | [d/o James Lee and Cleopatria Clementine Shuler Harrington] |
| ROBBINS, Infant | 10 Dec 1907 | 10 Dec 1907 | s/o J[ohn] L. and V[erda Harrington] Robbins; [gs/o Beauregard and Mary Elizabeth Boyer Harrington] |
| HARRINGTON, Max H. | 26 Nov 1929 | 10 Mar 1999 | double stone with next |
| HARRINGTON, Peggy M. | 5 Mar 1932 | ||