Independence Town Cemetery (A-A)
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Northwestern part of Independence
Directions: From Main St and North Independence Ave go north on North Independence Ave (US 21) and turn left on Elliott Place (Rt 684). At the junction with Round Hill Drive (T 1120) there is also a dirt road that runs between these two paved road. Follow that dirt road about 200 feet up the hill through the woods.
GPS Coordinates: N36.6260426 W81.1603854
Surveyed by: Rich and Ginger Ballard 23 Apr 2003; updated by Gil Wetmore Aug 2008
Comments: This cemetery cannot be seen from 1120 but is plainly visible from the end of the dirt road. It is partially surrounded by a chain link fence.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| JONES, Mike W. | 22 Apr 1919 | 23 May 2003 | S2 US Navy World War II |
| JONES, Gladys L. | [9 Jun] 1921 | [18 Jun] 1993 | [Gladys Lucille, d/o John Wise Johnson & Eula Hale; w/o Mike W. Jones] |
| JONES, Thomas R. | 1946 | 1962 | |
| GENTRY, William | [22 Jul] 1915 | [17 Jun] 1989 | metal marker; [William Joe Miller, s/o Joe Gentry & Maude Leona Jones] |
| MOSES, Fred | 1898 | 1968 | metal marker; [s/o Lon Reeves & Lena Moses] |
| unknowns | indeterminate number of unmarked graves | ||
| REEVES, Ellis L. | [Sep 1893] | 7 Feb 1935 | VA Pvt 158 Depot Brig; [s/o Huston & Caroline Reeves] |
| TAYLOR, John | Mar 1836 | 28 Mar 1911 | [s/o Richard & Bettie Taylor; h/o Hannah Stewart] |
| JONES, Alaska Nevada | 20 Apr 1903 | 23 Jul 1941 | [d/o Leonard & Cynthia McKinnon; w/o Booker T. Jones] |
| ALLEN, Lessie A. | 1889 | 1967 | double stone with next; [d/o Thomas Jones & Sarah Cox; she m1 Reed Goins, 3rd w/o George W. Allen] |
| ALLEN, George W. | 1883 | 1960 | [s/o Henderson Allen & Martha Martin; he m1 Hattie C. ____, m2 Sue McMillan Cox, m3 Lessie Jones Goins] |
| DICKERSON, Carrie A. | 25 Dec 1905 | 2 Sep 1960 | |
| ALLEN, Hazel M. | 9 Aug 1922 | 17 May 1984 | |
| ALLEN, Paul | 1921 | 2004 | [possibly Thomas P., s/o George W. & Hattie C. Allen] |
| GOINS, Vance | 13 Mar 1906 | 22 Mar 1978 | ST3 U.S. Navy World War II; [s/o Colonel Goins & Minnie Lynch]; double stone with next |
| GOINS, Leona A. | 22 Feb 1914 | 23 Dec 1989 | [Leona Lannie, d/o George Allen & Hattie Reeves] |
| Row 2 | |||
| JONES, David Lee, Sr. | 3 Nov 1946 | 5 Oct 1998 | A1C U.S. Air Force Viet Nam |
| unknown | field stone | ||
| MOSES, William K. | 26 Dec 1873 | 24 Apr 1905 | [William Kyle, s/o George Washington Moses & Amanda Jones] |
| Row 3 | |||
| JONES, Thomas | [ca Feb 1862] | family stone with next; [Thomas J., s/o Thomas M. & Mourning Jones] | |
| JONES, Sarah | [ca Jan 1868] | family stone with next; [nee Sarah A. Cox; w/o Thomas J. Jones] | |
| JONES, William | [ca Apr 1893] | family stone with next; [William E., s/o Thomas J. & Sarah A. Cox Jones] | |
| JONES, Maude | [ca Mar 1895] | family stone with next;[Maude L., d/o Thomas J. & Sarah A. Cox Jones; she m Joe Gentry] | |
| JONES, Carl | [ca Oct 1894] | family stone with next; [Thomas Carl, s/o Thomas J. & Sarah A. Cox Jones; he m Nancy L. ____] | |
| JONES, Lela | [22 Sep 1885] | [Laura Lelia, d/o Thomas J. & Sarah A. Cox Jones; she m2 Charlie Grant] | |
| BLAIR, William M. | 1865 | 1954 | double stone with next |
| BLAIR, Jane B. | 1877 | 1959 | |
| GOINS, Caroline | [probably widow/o George H. Goins; she m1 Jacob Reeves] | ||
| REEVES, Charlie | 1872 | 1947 | [probably s/o Jacob & Caroline Reeves; if so, Grayson birth records list his birth as 15 May 1876] |
| unknown | field stone | ||
| REEVES, Ollie | 1886 | [5 Jun] 1979 | double stone with next; [Ollie Beatrice, d/o Rilda or Murella Parks; obit lists birth as Dec 1880] |
| REEVES, Lonnie | 1878 | 1960 | married 7 Nov 1900; [s/o Jacob & Caroline Reeves] |
| REEVES, Brother Will | [ca 1871] | [s/o Jacob & Caroline Reeves] | |
| unknown | metal marker Leon Reeves 1919-1986; probably the original marker for the next grave | ||
| REEVES, William L. | 18 Aug 1919 | 6 Jan 1986 | double stone with next; [William Leon, s/o Lonnie Reeves & Ollie B. Parks] |
| REEVES, Ophellia | [21 Jun] 1920 | [nee Gambill] | |
| REEVES, Selven | 1914 | 1967 | |
| Row 4 | |||
| BANKS, Estel C. | 25 Oct 1905 | 27 Apr 1943 | double stone with next; [s/o Candis Banks] |
| BANKS, Irene A. | 19 Jan 1917 | 5 Nov 1998 | |
| unknowns | six field stones | ||
| unknown | unmarked grave | ||
| unknowns | three field stones | ||
| POE, Mazie | Sep 1858 | 17 May 1910 | [w/o Jacob Poe; d/o Ben & Phebe Edwards; she m1 ___ Cockerham, m2 John Miller, m3 Jacob Poe] |
| REEVES, William T. | 24 May 1947 | 3 Apr 1948 | |
| REEVES, Ollie Pearl | 23 Aug 1943 | 3 Apr 1993 | [d/o Leon Reeves & Ophelia Gambill; obit lists birth as 22 Aug 1943] |
| GENTRY, Ella Kay | 10 Jun 1917 | 6 Sep 2000 | |
| Row 5 | |||
| unknowns | three or four unmarked graves | ||
| REEVES, Reaney | [ca Jul 1841] | 20 Aug 1905 | [her children included Sindy, Mollie (m Rowan Foote), Callie, Hattie, and Allice] |
| ALLEN, Infant | 6 Feb 1909 | 25 Feb 1909 | infant of G.W. and H.C. Allen |
| ALLEN, Hattie | 22 May 1880 | 26 Apr 1922 | w/o G.W. Allen; stone fallen |
| unknowns | three field stones | ||
| REEVES, J. Estelle | 17 Dec 1911 | 4 Sep 1984 | |
| REEVES, Rosa F. | 23 Mar 1892 | 21 Sep 1955 | double stone with next; [[d/o Houston Reeves & Callie Moses] |
| REEVES, John W. | 23 Jun 1879 | 19 Oct 1965 | [s/o Cinda Reeves] |
| Row 6 | |||
| WASHINGTON, Mary | __ Dec 1862 | [bef 1900] | w/o T[hompson] R. Washington; [d/o Mary Doughton] |
| Row 7 | |||
| WASHINGTON, Lula | 22 Dec 1890 | 13 Apr 1975 | [d/o Thompson R. Washington & Mary Doughton; she m Quiller Thompson] |
| DAUGHTON, Camit | 1878 | [3 Mar] 1956 | [McCamant, s/o Mary Doughton; he m Easter Johnson; wife Alice] |
| DOUGHTON, Mattie | 1883 | 1941 | hand carved; [nee Martha McMillan; w/o Fields Doughton] |
| DAUGHTON, Fields | 1865 | 1941 | broken stone, fallen; [s/o Thursey Doughton; he m Mattie McMillan] |
| unknowns | five field stones | ||
| WASHINGTON, Edward | 23 Apr 1869 | double stone with next; [s/o George & Matilda Washington] | |
| WASHINGTON, Jossie | 14 Oct 1872 | 10 Jun 1947 | [Josie A., d/o Caroline Laurence, sd/o Benjamin Bourne] |
| Row 8 | |||
| MAXWELL, William A. | 8 Sep 1870 | 7 Jul 1946 | |
| MAXWELL, Rosa | 1904 | 1943 | w/o Barney Jones; [probably d/o William Maxwell; she m1 Carl Lee] |
| unknowns | three or four unmarked graves | ||
| unknown | metal marker, no data | ||
| Known to be buried here but no markers found | |||
| ALLEN, Gloria Lee | [12 Mar 1952] | [22 Dec 1956] | [d/o Paul Allen & Hazel McMillan] |
| REEVES, Infant | [25 Apr 1952] | [26 Apr 1952] | [infant s/o Sonny Reeves] |