Minitree Jones Family Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Providence District
Directions: From Scenic Rd (SR 94) go west 0.3 mile on Riverside Rd (Rt 274) to Minitree Acres Lane. Turn right. The old Jones home is on the left side of the driveway. Walk straight back behind the house, through the field to a gate at the edge of the woods, follow a roadway, through the woods about 0.5 mile. The cemetery is in a clearing at the top of the hill. The cemetery is well maintained and is in excellent condition. Most of the graves have modern day granite monuments. Three graves are marked with funeral home markers and there are six graves marked with field stones. These are said to be graves of slaves and were outside of the boundaries of the original cemetery.
GPS Coordinates: N36.67559 W81.02637
Surveyed by: Anita Salcido & Violet White on 6 Feb 1992
Comments: Cemetery cannot be seen from the road. Not fenced.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| CALLOWAY, Elizabeth R. | 1917 | 1987 | funeral home marker |
| CALLOWAY, Charity J. | 1888 | 1972 | funeral home marker |
| CALLOWAY, John Martin | 3 Aug 1869 | 16 Jul 1952 | |
| Row 2 | |||
| JONES, James Blaine | 25 Sep 1893 | 8 Feb 1965 | PFC 4 Mech Regt Air SVC World War I |
| JONES, Ralph McKinley | 1 Aug 1896 | 6 Mar 1963 | [youngest son of Thomas M., Sr., and Mary Faulkner Jones]; Pvt Quartermaster Corps World War I |
| JONES, William Thomas | 28 Dec 1877 | 21 Apr 1964 | double stone with next |
| BLANKENSHIP, Miney | 2 Mar 1903 | ||
| Row 3 | |||
| JONES, Thomas M., Sr. | 29 Jan 1848 | 17/21 Apr 1935 | [s/o Maj. Minitree and Celia Blair Jones]; double stone with next |
| JONES, Mary J. | 23 Mar 1858 | 10 Aug 1937 | [Mary Jane, d/o Gideon & Martha Fortner] |
| JONES, Minitree, Maj. | 6 Feb 1792 | 22 May 1873 | [War of 1812; s/o Minitree and Elizabeth Jones; m1 Nancy Golden, m2 Celia D. Blair. Bible record for Fred Jones states the death month as Aug]. double stone with next |
| JONES, Celia D. | 6 Jan 1807 | 22 Jan 1896 | [d/o John and Charity Bourne Blair; 2nd w/o Minitree Jones] |
| unknowns | three field stones | ||
| Row 4 | |||
| JONES, John M. | 26 Jan 1883 | 23 Mar 1949 | |
| JONES, Orville G. | [28 Oct] 1906 | [9 Apr] 1977 | Pvt U.S. Army World War II; [Orville George, s/o William Thomas & Annie Humphrey Jones]; double stone with next |
| JONES, Orphia M. | 1913 | [nee Wolford] | |
| JONES, Bobby R. | 21 Jun 1933 | 16 Feb 1949 | [s/o Orville G. and Orphia M. Wolford Jones] |
| HUMPHREY, Annie | 13/14 Apr 1879 | 5 Jan 1962 | |
| JONES, Thomas Roy | 28 Aug 1902 | 25 Aug 1934 | |
| JONES, Lucelia Ann | 16 Jan 1910 | 3 Apr 1911 | |
| JONES, John | 29 Jan 1848 | 10 Feb 1848 | infant twin; [s/o Maj. Minitree and Celia Blair Jones] |
| unknown | field stone | ||