James Byrd Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: North of Fries
Directions: This cemetery is on a hillside on the north side of Liberty Hill Rd (Rt 604) 0.25 mile from its intersection with Stevens Creek Road (Rt 647). The cemetery is in a hayfield and is visible from the road. Access is by a roadway beside the residence at 774 Liberty Hill Road. Travel up the hillside and go to the right to the cemetery.
GPS Coordinates: N36.74166 W80.99618
Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson 1 Dec 2005; updated 25 Apr 2008
Comments: The cemetery has a good fence, but it is overgrown with grass and weeds. The genealogy information is from Paul Herndon’s files.
Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
---|---|---|---|
Row 1 | |||
unknowns | four field stones | ||
Row 2 | |||
SHUPE, Dale | 18 Oct 1956 | Mar 1979 | |
LINEBERRY, Allen | 1973 | 1973 | |
[LINEBERRY], Allen, Baby | 2 Feb 1973 | 7 Jul 1973 | second marker for the above child |
BYRD, Fielder | 3 Feb 1890 | 10 Oct 1890 | |
Row 3 | |||
unknown | field stone | ||
BYRD, M[ary] J[ane] | 10 Mar 1867 | 8 Aug 1897 | w/o J[ames] W[illard] Byrd; [nee Williams] |
Row 4 | |||
BYRD, Marvin N. | 1880 | 1936 | [s/o Samuel M. Byrd & Almeda A. Butler] |
BYRD, Ruby P. | 3 Oct 1892 | 1897 | |
BYRD, Ruth E. | 3 Nov 1878 | 24 Jul 1896 | |
BYRD, Almeda A. | 1855 | 1935 | [w/o Samuel M. Byrd; nee Butler] |
BYRD, Samuel M. | 1860 | 1951 | [s/o James Byrd and Eleanor B. Barber] |
BYRD, Narcy B. | 1891 | 1967 | [d/o Samuel M. Byrd & Almeda A. Butler] |
unknown | field stone | ||
Row 5 | |||
BYRD, Eleanor B. | 22 Mar 1823 | 7 Dec 1908 | [d/o Allen Barbour & Jane Haughey; w/o James Byrd] |
BYRD, James | 21 Sep 1819 | 11 Aug 1904 | [s/o John Byrd & Eleanor Atkins] |
BARBER, Allen | [17 Jan 1852] | [20 Feb 1913] | no marker; [s/o Jeremiah Barber and Mary Atkins] |
BYRD, Thomas Talmadge | [6 Dec 1893] | [26 Jun 1894] | no marker; [s/o James Willard Byrd &Mary Jane Williams] |
BYRD, Nellie Rose | [16 Mar 1895] | [28 Mar 1895] | no marker; [d/o James Willard Byrd & Mary Jane Williams] |
[BYRD, Eva R.] | [1879] | no marker; [d/o James Willard Byrd & Mary Jane Williams] |