Higgins Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Southwest of Galax
Directions: This cemetery is on a hillside near the end of a gravel driveway, Azalea Lane, 0.6 mile from Peaks Mountain Road (Rt. 609). Azalea Lane is on the west side of Peaks Mountain Road 0.3 mile from its intersection with Coal Creek Road (Rt 608).
GPS Coordinates: N36.616482 W80.895562
Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson 11 Aug 2003; updated 24 Nov 2006
Comments: The cemetery is well fenced and someone keeps it mowed. It appears that cattle have been in the cemetery and some of the monuments have been toppled over and broken.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| TULBERT, Joshua C. | 1831 | 1865 | Co F 29 VA Inf CSA |
| SWIMS, family members | five field stones without inscriptions | ||
| Row 2 | |||
| DAVIS, Amaziah | 21 Jun 1837 | 25 Mar 1868 | |
| unknowns | four field stones | ||
| Row 3 | |||
| unknowns | two field stones | ||
| COX, Jeramiah | 17 Mar 1804 | 22 Oct 1886 | aged 82 yrs 7 mos 5 days; [s/o Enoch & Mary Cox] |
| COX, Edith | 6 Apr 1806 | 29 Aug 1859 | age 53 yrs 4 mos 23 days; [d/o Daniel & Jane Davis; w/o Jeramiah Cox] |
| Row 4 | |||
| COX, Joseph | 12 Jan 1829 | 24 May 1865 | age 26 yrs 3 mos 12 days; [s/o Enoch Cox & Nancy Cox; h/o Sena] |
| COX, William Jefferson | 9 Mar 1858 | 31 Mar 1865 | aged 7 yrs 22 days; [s/o Joseph & Sena Cox] |
| WILSON, John Ellis | 29 Sep 1850 | 5 Apr 1937 | |
| WILSON, Sena Ann | 5 Dec 1866 | 12 Dec 1892 | [d/o Joseph & Sena Cox; w/o John Ellis Wilson]; stone is broken |
| Row 5 | |||
| HIGGINS, children | three field stones without inscriptions; [children of Thomas Higgins & Mary Edwards] | ||
| RECTOR, John | 5 Jul 1825 | 24 Feb 1912 | |
| RECTOR, Rosa M. | 9 May 1842 | 16 Apr 1907 | shared stone with above |
| Row 6 | |||
| HIGGINS, Thomas | 2 Apr 1803 | 7 May 1877 | |
| HIGGINS, Mary, Mrs. | 30 Jul 1817 | 20 Mar 1873 | [d/o Young & Catherine C. Edwards; w/o Thomas Higgins] |
| unknown | field stone | ||
| HIGGINS, F. Lucinda | 9 May 1843 | 30 Nov 1928 | [2nd w/o Hardin Preston Higgins; nee Brewer] |
| HIGGINS, Hardin Preston | 2 Mar 1841 | 28 May 1897 | age 56 yrs 2 mos 26 days |
| HIGGINS, Silva C. | 21 Oct 1876 | age 25 yrs 9 mos 14 days; [d/o William & Polly Stoneman; 1st w/o Hardin Preston Higgins] | |
| HIGGINS, Nora Lee | 3 Aug 1891 | 24 Aug 1899 | aged 8 yrs 21 days; [d/o William Stanford Higgins & Nettie Caroline Rector] |
| HIGGINS, William Stanford “Bill” | 14 Jun 1870 | 18 Feb 1941 | |
| HIGGINS, Nettie Caroline | 22 Nov 1869 | 14 Oct 1940 | shared stone with above; [d/o William & Rosa Rector] |
| Row 7 | |||
| HIGGINS, Ruby R. | 9 Jan 1882 | 10 ___ 1882 | [Ruby Rhoda, d/o Houston E. & Luzena C. Higgins; died 18 Dec 1883 age 1 y 11 mo per Grayson death records]; broken stone |
| HIGGINS, Houston E. | 17 Feb 1839 | 21 Dec 1917 | age 78 yrs 10 mos 4 days |
| HIGGINS, Luzena C. | 17 Nov 1847 | shared stone sith sbove | |
| HIGGINS, Joe Howse | 15 May 1901 | 21 Jun 1903 | [s/o Charlie H. & Masie L. Higgins] |
| Row 8 | |||
| HIGGINS, Infant | 1934 | [s/o Dean Higgins & Mattie Lou Liddle] | |
| HIGGINS, William Jackson | 1933 | [s/o Roy Lee Higgins & Laura Mae Hawks] | |
| HIGGINS, Laura Mae | 20 Jul 1914 | 2 Jul 1988 | [d/o Mont Hawks; w/o Roy Lee Higgins] |
| unknowns | two field stones | ||
| DAVIS, Abner | 26 Aug 1801 | 19 Oct 1877 | [s/o Daniel & Jennie Davis] |
| DAVIS, Martha | 10 Mar 1810 | 27 Jan 1888 | [w/o Abner Davis; nee Harrold] |
| Row 9 | |||
| unknowns | two field stones | ||
| DAVIS, P[reston] F. | 9 Nov 1848 | 27 Dec 1912 | [s/o Abner Davis & Martha Harrold] |
| unknown | unmarked | ||