McKnight Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Baywood Community
Directions: This cemetery is in a pasture beside Kemp’s River Rd (Rt 625) 0.3 mile from its intersection with Old Baywood Rd (Rt 626). Enter the field at a gate across the road from the residence at 359 Kemps River Road. The cemetery is visible from the road. It has a fence, but it has fallen down and the cemetery is very overgrown with briars and weeds.
GPS Coordinates: N36.59834 W81.02081
Surveyed by: Pat Davis in 1990, Paul Herndon in 1995 and updated by Buford C. Wilson 23 Apr 2008. This listing is a combination of the three surveys.
Comments: This cemetery has a fence but it has fallen down. The cemetery is overgrown with briers and weeds.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| McKNIGHT, J. Kenley | 24 Jul 1867 | 20 Oct 1930 | [James Kenley, s/o Andrew & Darcus Collins McKnight] |
| McKNIGHT, Ella V. Hampton | 8 Mar 1873 | 6 Apr 1937 | w/o J.K. McKnight; [d/o Mina Griggs & Angelina S. Davis Hampton] |
| COLLINS, Elijah | 1802 | 10 Aug 1890 | [s/o John & Effey Conley Collins] |
| COLLINS, Margie | 15 Feb 1818 | 31 Jul 1904 | shared stone with above; [Margie Ann, d/o Joshua & Mary Elizabeth Cannady Cox] |
| Row 2 | |||
| McKNIGHT, Elijah C. | 8 Aug 1879 | 7 Sep 1943 | [s/o Andrew & Darcus Collins McKnight] |
| McKNIGHT, Pearl B. | 2 Mar 1888 | 4 May 1920 | w/o E.C. McKnight; [d/o Mina Griggs & Angelina S. Davis Hampton] |
| McKNIGHT, Andrew | 13 Mar. 1831 | 9 Oct [1909] | broken stone; [s/o Samuel & Nancy Welsh McKnight; 63rd VA Inf CSA. Jones Funeral Parlor records show a casket was bought for him 10 Oct 1909] |
| McKNIGHT, Darcus | 27 Apr 1836 | 14 Apr 1909 | w/o Andrew McKnight; [d/o Elijah & Margie Collins] |
| McKNIGHT, George A. | 27 Nov 1903 | 9 Dec 1903 | [s/o George & Cecil Thornsley McKnight] |
| McKNIGHT, Samuel | 21 Jun 1881 | 23 Sep 1881 | s/o Andrew & Darcus McKnight |
| McKNIGHT, Infant | 3 Feb 1915 | 5 Feb 1915 | s/o Pearl B. & E.C. McKnight |
| Row 3 | |||
| ROBERTS, Kenny F. | 8 Oct 1870 | 21 Mar 1953 | stone now is overturned and lost; [s/o Swift & Margaret Roberts] |
| ROBERTS, Sarah J. Fields | 20 Feb 1873 | 19 Sep. 1945 | stone now is overturned and lost; [2nd] w/o K.F. Roberts; [d/o Henry W. & Thursa Fields] |
| ROBERTS, Lizzie | 19 Apr 1867 | 5 Jan 1906 | [1st] w/o K.F. Roberts; [d/o M.C. & Julina Hampton] |
| ROBERTS, Baby | field stone; [By tradition this is an infant child of Mr. & Mrs. Joe Roberts] | ||
| unknowns | three field stones | ||