John Byrd Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Baywood
Directions: This cemetery is in a hayfield on the north side of Grinders Mill Rd (Rt 634) 0.3 mile from its intersection with Beech Grove Rd (Rt 636). The cemetery is well maintained, is well fenced, and is visible from the road.
GPS Coordinates: N36.63470 W81.01909
Surveyed by: This cemetery was surveyed by Pat Davis in the 1980’s and was updated by Buford C. Wilson on 27 Mar 2008.
Comments: This is a small family cemetery that has a good fence and it is well maintained.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 01 | |||
| FIELDS, Pauline | 10 Aug 1914 | 6 Aug 1915 | d/o Andrew A. Fields & Sue Holcomb |
| FIELDS, Bernice | 8 Jan 1911 | 27 Feb 1920 | d/o Andrew A. Fields & Sue Holcomb |
| Fieldstone | |||
| Fieldstone | |||
| Unmarked | |||
| Fieldstone | |||
| Row 02 | |||
| HOLCOMB, James Elbert | 23 Jun 1887 | 20 Jan 1888 | s/o George W Holcomb &Martha C. Boswell |
| HOLCOMB, George W. | 13 Jan 1855 | 15 Dec 1912 | Aged 57yrs. 11mos. 2days; [s/o J. & N. Holcomb] |
| HOLCOMB, Martha C. | 1856 | 1925 | [w/o George W Holcomb; Nee Boswell] |
| BYRD, Mattie E. | 12 May 1901 | 9 Dec 1906 | d/o Elbert Johnson Byrd & Sarah Jane “Jennie” Holcomb |
| BOSWELL, Eliza R. | 12 May 1825 | 18 Mar 1909 | Aged 83yrs. 10mos. 6days |
| Fieldstone | |||
| Fieldstone | |||
| Row 03 | |||
| COLLINS, Andrew L[ester] [“Andy Gump”] |
20 Oct 1889 | 27 Nov 1956 | World War I [s/o Reid Collins & Mary V. Collins] |
| BOYER, Mary V. Collins | 1 Apr 1863 | 29 Jun 1952 | [d/o John Collins & Phillis Hampton; w/o 1st Reid Collins 2nd Harvey Boyer] |
| BYRD, [Sarah] Missouri Collins | 12 Jan 1859 | 27 Jun 1935 | w/o John Allen Byrd; [d/o John Collins & Phillis Hampton] |
| BYRD, [Mary Phillis] Ellen | 28 Jun 1896 | 24 Mar 1897 | [d/o John Allen Byrd & Sarah Missouri Collins] |
| BYRD, John Allen | 1 Apr 1852 | 4 Jan 1933 | [s/o James E. Byrd & Eleanor Barbour; h/o 1st Mary Catherine Porter 2nd Sarah Missouri Collins] |
| BYRD, Mary C[atherine] | [14 Jun] 1853 | [20 Aug] 1888 | [d/o Thornberry & Sarah Porter] |
| Fieldstone | |||
| SPURLIN, Lelia | 1926 | Shared stone with Mittie & Huston; Sister on footstone; [d/o Joshua Spurlin & Abia Barton] | |
| SPURLIN, Mittie | [16 Jul 1893] | [16 Aug] 1925 | Shared stone with Lelia & Huston; Mother on footstone; [d/o Emmet & Rosamond Felts; w/o Huston Spurlin] |
| SPURLIN, Huston | [25 Dec 1877] | [28 Sep] 1952 | Shared stone with Lelia & Mittie; Father on footstone [s/o Joshua Spurlin & Abia Barton] |
| Row 04 | |||
| BYRD, Bruce H. | 27 Oct 1900 | 21 Sep 1984 | [Bruce Hampton, s/o John Allen Byrd & Sarah Missouri Collins; m1 Imogene Chipman, m2 Edith Mae (Barrett) Hall] |
| BYRD, Walter C. | 27 Oct 1900 | 13 Dec 1995 | [Walter Cabel, s/o John Allen Byrd & Sarah Missouri Collins] |
| BYRD, Rose C. | 14 Sep 1899 | 29 Jan 1956 | [Rose Mary, d/o Martin Kenny Collins & Frances M Rector; w/o Walter Cabel Byrd] |
| BYRD, Joe Thomas | 29 Oct 1937 | 1 Oct 2004 | PFC U. S. Army; [s/o Walter Cabel Byrd & Rose Mary Collinsl; h/o Rubye Hawks Morris] |
| [BYRD, James William Cleveland] | [12 Nov 1884] | [12 Jun 1888] | [s/o John Allen Byrd & Mary Catherine Porter] No stone; From “The Early Byrds” Book |
| [BYRD, Samuel Moses] | [25 May 1888] | [8 Jun 1889] | [s/o John Allen Byrd & Mary Catherine Porter] No stone; From “The Early Byrds” Book |
| [BYRD, Allen] | [28 Jun 1896] | [24 Mar 1897] | [s/o John Allen Byrd & Sarah Missouri Collins] No stone; From “The Early Byrds” Book |