Joel Mallory Family Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Providence
Directions: Go east from Elk Creek Pky (US 21) on Spring Valley Rd (Rt 805) to Bainbridge Rd (Rt 649) then north on Bainbridge Rd to Atkins Ln (Rt 788). From Atkins Memorial United Methodist Church, situated at the end of Atkin Ln, Mallory Cemetery is approximately 1/2 mile north in the woods.
GPS Coordinates: N 36.721940 W81.025903
Surveyed by: Info from Paul Herndon’s files, 1993; updated by Rich Ballard & Mickey Mallory 11 Apr 2009
Comments: Cemetery was in immediate danger of being destroyed. It was so thickly overgrown it is possible there are several other graves no longer visible.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| CORNETT, Frances Caroline | 9 Aug 1852 | 26 May 1890 | wife of O[rville] A[lexander] Cornett; [d/o of Alfred G. and Malinda Mallory Bartlett] |
| BARTLETT, Malinda | 8 Jan 1829 | 11 May 1889 | age 60 yrs 4 mos 3 days; [d/o Joel H. and Sallie Carico Mallory; w/o Alfred Goldston Bartlett] |
| Row 2 | |||
| unknowns | three field stones | ||
| MOORE, Julia A. | 12 Nov 1836 | 13 May 1875 | aged 3_; [d/o Joel H. and Sallie Carico Mallory; 1st w/o Martin Moore. A young son died shortly after his mother. It is likely that one of the above field stones marks his grave.] |
| MALLORY, Sally | 14 Jan 1799 | 20 Jan 1874 | aged 75 yrs 6 d; [w/o Joel H. Mallory] |
| MALLORY, Joel H. | 2 Oct 1803 | 3 Jan 1876 | aged 72 y 3 mos 1 day; [s/o Thomas and Nancy Byrd Mallory] |
| Row 3 | |||
| MALLORY, Ellis | 20 Jul 1865 | 25 Aug 1865 | [s/o Alford Sheffey and Elizabeth Hale Mallory; stone is badly worn] |
| DEFRIECE, Eliza | 18 Dec 1900 | This stone so badly worn that the name cannot be read at all. [It is believed from other records that this is the grave of Eliza Defriece, w/o Elam Defriece and d/o Joel H. and Sallie Carico Mallory.] | |
| Row 4 | |||
| unknown | field stone | ||
| Row 5 | |||
| unknown | field stone | ||