Old Elk Creek Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Elk Creek
Directions: From the junction of Elk Creek Pky (US 21) and Comers Rock Rd (Rt 658) the cemetery is about 0.4 mile west on Comers Rock Rd at the northeast corner with Valley View Rd (Rt 659).
GPS Coordinates: N36.721958 W81.177231
Surveyed by: Susan Taylor Woodson 27 May 2001; updated by Paul and Bette Nelson and Ginger Ballard 10 May 2009
Comments: The cemetery is mown but no other maintenance seems to be ongoing. Probably half of the stones are broken and/or fallen. Of those still upright, many are encased in lichens. Many graves are unmarked. This cemetery is unusual in that some of the stones date back to the 1850s and 1860s. This cemetery is in dire need of some restoration.Genealogical information was provided by Susan Taylor Woodson, Mary Taylor Harrington, and Bette Nelson. Additional information comes from an undated survey done by Paul Herndon et al in the early 1990s.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone fragments lying partially buried at top of the bank next to Valley View Road. These stones may have been dumped here as the Stonemans did not live in this community in 1900 or 1910. | |||
| STONEMAN, daughter | 23 May 1905 | 6 May 1906 | d/o L. & L.M. Stoneman |
| [STON]EMAN, ____ | 4 Mar 1902 | 25 Jan 1910 | ____ L.M. & A. [Ston]eman |
| unknown | illegible fragments | ||
| Row 1 | |||
| LANE, Ella M. | 8 Sep 1907 | 21 Aug 1910 | d/o D.S. & V.E. Lane |
| Row 2 | |||
| SAGE, Juanita V. | 13 May 1902 | 13 Feb 1907 | d/o Rev. Jasper & Ida Sage |
| CORNETT, W.J. | 8 Jan 1841 | Gentleman age 68 yrs; [William J., s/o Alexander W. & Jemima Rhudy Cornett] | |
| CORNETT, Margaret E. Hale | 5 Apr 1846 | 13 Sep 1903 | w/o W.J. Cornett; [d/o Samuel M. & Sarah Ann Andis Hale] |
| HALE, S.A. | 15 Jan 1823 | 15 Jun 1896 | d/o John & Nellia Andis; [Sarah, w/o Samuel M. Hale]; loose footstone “L.C.H.” leaning against stone, possibly for Leonidas C. Hale, next row |
| Row 3 | |||
| FUNK, George W., Sr. | [4 Aug 1841] | Co F 4th Va Inf CSA; [s/o Jessee & Sarah Vaught Funk] | |
| FUNK, Samuel W. | 26 May 1846 | 9 Mar 1916 | [s/o Jessee & Sarah Vaught Funk; census indicates birth 1856]; double stone with next |
| FUNK, Sarah E. | 2 Jan 1856 | 22 Feb 1916 | “replacement stone placed by descendants in 2008”; [Sarah Ellen, d/o George & Nancy Sage] |
| CANNOY, B[arney] B. | 26 Nov 1836 | 20 Oct 1901 | age 64 yrs 10 mo 24 days; [s/o John V. & Phebe Eve Hackler Cannoy; m1 Sarah Jane “Katie” Cornett, m2 Margaret Matilda Perkins] |
| CANNOY, Margaret M. | 18 Apr 1847 | 18 Oct 1906 | [2nd] wife of B.B. Cannoy; age 59 yrs 6 mo; [d/o Isaac & Eliza Perkins] |
| HALE, Elizabeth | 6 Aug 1857 | aged 4 yrs 5 ms 17 days | |
| HALE, [Leonida]s C. | 5 Aug 1862 | 16 ys 2 m 30 d; stone broken | |
| Row 4 | |||
| WARRICK, George W. | 20 Jun 1827 | 2 May 1909 | [s/o James & Susannah Cannoy Warrick]; double stone with next |
| WARRICK, Elizabeth J. | 13 Feb 1836 | 18 Nov 1908 | [nee Stone] |
| WARRICK, Effie E. | [ca 1872] | [26 Aug 1890] | [d/o G.W. & E.J. Warrick]; stone not found in 2001 or 2009 but possibly was located here |
| CANNOY, Robert Neal | 26 Aug 1877 | 18 Jun 1878 | age 9 mo 22 ds; [s/o Barney B. & Margaret Matilda Perkins Cannoy] |
| CANNOY, Sarah J. | 28 Oct 1839 | 29 Dec 1867 | age 28 yrs 2 mo 1 day; [1st w/o Barney B. Cannoy; d/o Hazel & Catherine Cannoy Cornett] |
| WYNN, Josiah | [1861] | Co F 4th Va Inf CSA; [b Tazewell Co; killed in 1st Battle of Manassas] | |
| WYNN, James Emory | 18 Dec 1852 | 8 Sep 1854 | s/o Josiah & Amanda J. [Dutton] Wynn |
| Row 5 | |||
| WARRICK, Horace G. | 23 Apr 1878 | 26 Nov 1906 | died at Alliance, Neb; [s/o G.W. & E.J. Warrick] |
| SCOTT, Virginia Elzimer | 26 Feb 1870 | 22 Feb 1895 | [d/o George W. & Elizabeth J. Warrick]; wife of W[illiam] W[orley] Scott; aged 24 yrs 11 mo 26 days; shared stone with next |
| SCOTT, Infant Son | 13 Feb 1895 | 18 Feb 1895 | s/o Dr. W.W. & V.E. Scott |
| WARRICK, W.A. | 11 Jun 1877 | 1898 | [s/o G.W. & E.J. Warrick]; stone broken, illegible |
| WARRICK, Glen Rupert | 17 Jul 1880 | 23 Feb 1881 | |
| WARRICK, Martha E. | 22 Jul 1865 | aged 14 m | |
| BOYER, Cally A. | 22 Jun 1864 | age 3 yrs 15 d; d/o J. & M.A. Boyer; stone fallen | |
| BOYER, Martha | 11 Feb 1864 | d/o J. & M.A. Boyer; age 8 days; stone fallen | |
| Row 6 | |||
| CANNOY, Sarah Lucinda | 15 Apr 1854 | 19 Aug 1855 | d/o John J. & Polly Cannoy |
| CANNOY, Jacob Winton | 18 Sep 1851 | 17 Sep 1854 | [s/o George H. & __ Cannoy] |
| unknowns | two illegible stones | ||
| Row 7 | |||
| MARTIN, Delphia A. | 7 Feb 1896 | 24 May 1899 | |
| MARTIN, William A. | 9 Sep 1888 | 19 Dec 1918 | |
| HALE, Nancy Malinda | 7 Jun 1853 | 18 Aug 1880 | wife of Nickolas Hale |
| WARRICK, James | [ca 1792] | 1830-1840 | one headstone for this family of five; three corners of plot marked by blocks |
| WARRICK, Susan | [ca 1794] | 1830-1840 | [d/o Barney & Catherine Hoppes Cannoy] |
| WARRICK, children | 1830-1840 | [three children of James and Susan Warrick] | |
| GRIFFITH, Samuel | 1813 | 8 Feb 1908 | [s/o Daniel & Elizabeth Griffith; h/o Holly Barker d 1860 Surry Co, NC] |
| Row 8 | |||
| STONE, Paul | 16 Nov 1886 | 25 Sep 1887 | age 10 mo; infant son of J.W. & N[annie] C. [Hale] Stone |
| STONE, Orlie C. | 16 Apr 1885 | 30 Sep 1885 | age 5 mo; infant son of J.W. & N.C. Stone |
| WITHERSPOON, Margaret Ann | 2 Jun 1852 | 30 Jul 1885 | w/o S.J. Witherspoon |
| HUTSELL, Catherine | 18 Aug 1802 | [22 Mar] 1885 | |
| HAWKS, Elvira J. | [18 Oct] 1866 | 1942 | age 78; [d/o Stephen H. & Mary Melvina Roark Hackler] |
| [HAWKS], Ja[mes T.] | 1868 | [1935] | most of stone now illegible; [s/o Lydia Hawks] |
| TRENT, William T. | [May 1839] | [1910] | Co F 4th Va Inf CSA ; [h/o Lydia Hawks] |
| Row 9 | |||
| FARKAS, Susan Mabel Victoria | 15 Jan 1878 | 12 Jan 1899 | dau. of C.G. & S[arah] E. Delp. beloved wife of F[rank] Farkas; married 17 Sep 1895 |
| MARTIN, Alice H. | 4 Jun 1864 | 27 Nov 1896 | [probably d/o Jacob B. & Barbara Hale, w/o George Martin] |
| DELP, George | 17 Feb 1814 | ____ of Mary Delp | |
| unknown | illegible | ||
| DELP, Eliza Luxory | 23 Sept 1879 | 3 Nov 1881 | daughter of C.G. & S.E. Delp |
| unknowns | two stones fallen, illegible | ||
| Row 10 | |||
| WETTERLING, Nellie E. | 9 Feb 1876 | 1 May 1900 | |
| DELP, Mallie Rose | 19 Nov 1892 | dau of H.E. & C.E. Delp; aged 3 yrs 2 mo 4 days | |
| DELP, John | 14 Feb 1818 | 23 Nov 1910 | shared stone with next; [s/o George & Polly Baker Delp] |
| DELP, Rebecca Fisher | 2 Feb 1820 | 18 Jun 1890 | [d/o Joseph & Caty Fisher Hutsell] |
| GRAYBEAL, Roamy C. | 1 Nov 1853 | 2 Mar 1884 | w/o Henry Graybeal; [Rosana Caroline, d/o William & Susan Hines Delp] |
| CORNETT, George W. | 27 Dec 1831 | 10 Feb 1919 | [George Washington, s/o Levi & Olive Hale Cornett; m1 Elizabeth Herbert, m2 Sarah Gentry] |
| CORNETT, Sallie Gentry | 7 Apr 1839 | 21 Feb 1902 | w/o G.W. Cornett; [Sarah Jane, d/o Allen & Rebecca Reeves Gentry] |
| CORNETT, Arthur Gentry | 27 Sep 1866 | 14 Sep 1867 | |
| CORNETT, Canars Cleavland | 18 Jan 1875 | 8 Jul 1875 | s/o G.W. & Sallie [Gentry] Cornett |
| unknown | illegible stone | ||
| CORNETT, Elizabeth Herbert | 1841 | 17 Sep 1862 | [1st] wife of G.W. Cornett; aged 21 yrs |
| MITCHELL, William L. | 21 Apr 1826 | 18 Feb 1894 | stone broken |
| MITCHELL, Isabel J. | 3 Mar 1854 | age 24 yrs 24 days; w/o W.L. Mitchell; d/o Levi & Olive [Hale] Cornett | |
| PERKINS, Nancy A. | 13 Aug 1851 | w/o Lewis H. Perkins; d/o Levi & Olive [Hale] Cornett; 17 y 9 m 17 days | |
| Row 11 | |||
| ROARK, Hiram | abt 1818 | 3 May 1893 | |
| BANES, Hiram Joseph | 2 Nov 1867 | 8 Dec 1901 | [s/o Samuel T. & H.E. Bane; b PA; h/o Cora R. Cornett] |
| DOSS, Sallie C. | 25 Dec 1840 | 28 Feb 1904 | [birth year also read as 1810] |
| CORNETT, Virgil F. | [1891] | [12 May 1894] | stone illegible; [s/o Freeling A. & Hester Rebecca Ring Cornett] |
| CORNETT, Olive | 13 Apr 1810 | 6 Apr 1899 | w/o Levi Cornett; [d/o Dudley & Nancy Burroughs Hale] |
| CORNETT, Levi | 9 Jun 1880 | age 76 yrs 2 mo; [s/o William Jefferson & Jane Sutherland Cornett]; stone broken | |
| CORNETT, Caroline L. | 19 Jan 1876 | 26 yrs 8 mo 5 days | |
| ANDIS, Earl Carson | 15 Oct 1833 | 12 Jan 1905 | 1st Lieut Co F 4 Va Inf CSA; [m1 Thursa Cornett; m2 Julia Ann Bourne] |
| ANDIS, Thursa C. | 8 Jul 1840 | 1 Mar 1876 | [w/o Earl Carson Andis; d/o Levi H. & Olive Hale Cornett] |
| CORNETT, Charlotte H. | 1 Feb 1836 | 18 Nov 1862 | w/o James M. Cornett; [d/o Levi & Olive Hale Cornett] |
| Row 12 | |||
| BURRIS, George W[ashington] | [30 Apr 1841] | [6 Jul 1916] | Co F 4th Va Inf CSA; [s/o Jonathan & Polly J. Mays Burris] |
| SAGE, Elizabeth | 15 Dec 1904 | aged 61 yrs; w/o [Martin] V.B. Sage ; [nee Elizabeth Jane Hale] | |
| Row 13 | |||
| CRIGGER, William Henry | [1912] | Co B 50th Va Inf CSA; [s/o Joseph & Susan Kreger] | |
| KREGER, Susan | 21 Oct 1826 | 9 Oct 1907 | |
| KREGER, Joseph | 30 Jun 1819 | 20 Dec 1900 | |
| GRIFFITH, Susan A. | 24 Oct 1843 | 31 Jul 1905 | [d/o Elizabeth Coppybarger; w/o Samuel Griffith] |
| WARD, Jane Wynn | 27 Aug 1823 | 20 May 1891 | w/o Chesley Ward; footstone shows birth year double cut as 1823 and 1826 |
| DELP, George | about 1790 | 9 Apr 1845 | married 28 Jul 1814; shared stone with next |
| DELP, Mary Polly Baker | about 1795 | after 1860 | [other source lists death as 5 Apr 1861] |
| HALE, Mary E. | 24 Jun 1860 | 30 Jun 1887 | [1st] wife of L[evi] M. Hale; [d/o James M. & Charlotte Cornett Cornett] |
| Row 14 | |||
| WARD, H.R. | 13 May 1904 | 16 Aug 1904 | |
| Row 15 | |||
| MANN, Roxie | 16 Dec 1873 | 23 Mar 1900 | |
| Row 16 | |||
| SAWYERS, Floyd | 7 Apr 1934 | 30 Oct 1954 | Virginia, SN U.S. Navy; [twin to Loyd Sawyers; s/o Henry Harrison Sawyers. Remains removed from Galilee Cemetery, Wytheville, and reinterred here 18 Jul 1992.] |
| SAWYERS, Elizabeth Ruth | 5 Sep 1919 | 31 Aug 1920 | [d/o Henry Harrison & Carrie Virginia Horne Sawyers] |
| SAWYERS, Bettie Rose | 19 Mar 1917 | 17 Aug 1920 | [d/o Henry Harrison & Carrie Virginia Horne Sawyers] |
| SAWYERS, Carrie Virginia | 1896 | 1936 | [nee Horne] |
| SAWYERS, Henry Harrison | 12 Mar 1890 | 22 May 1955 | [m1 Ethel McLean, m2 Carrie Virginia Horne; s/o Robert Hasting & Elizabeth Sawyers. Remains removed from Galilee Cemetery, Wytheville, and reinterred here 18 Jul 1992.] |
| SAYERS, Ethel P. | 9 Oct 1896 | 14 Jan 1916 | dau of J[ohn] R[ufus] & P[earlie] E. [Bourne] McLean; [1st w/o Henry Harrison Sawyers] |
| SAYERS, Robert H[asting] | 1857 | 1917 | [s/o John M. & Caroline Rutherford Sawyers; m1 Eliza J. ____, m2 Ellen Hawkins, m3 Eva Walters, m4 Lura E. ____] |
| SAYERS, Eliza J. | 25 Jun 1859 | 24 Jan 1895 | w/o R.H. Sayers |
| Row 17 | |||
| ROSE, Meril, Jr. | 4 Aug 1947 | 14 Dec 1947 | |
| Listed in earlier surveys but not found in 2009 | |||
| BOYER, Elizabeth M. | Dec 1861 | [d/o Johnson & Margaret A. Stone Boyer; Grayson death register lists death as 1864]; stone not found in 2001 or 2009 | |
| CORNETT, Infant | Oct 1866 | infant of __ & M.E. Cornett; stone not found in 2001 or 2009 | |
| CORNETT, Miles Foy | 1843 | 1863 | [s/o Levi & Olive Hale Cornett]; stone broken, not found in 2001 or 2009 |
| CRAWFORD, Miss Susan | unmarked grave | ||
| TROY, Marcus L. | 8 Dec 1845 | 5 Apr 1901 | [Marcus Lafayette, s/o Henry & Nancy Carrico Troy] |
| [MARTIN, Draper] | [5 Mar 1831] | [7 May 1906] | [s/o Smith & Nancy Livesay Martin]; unmarked grave |
| [MARTIN, Lucinda] | [10 Feb 1830] | [1 Oct 1919] | [d/o Dudley & Susannah Wright Hale; w/o Draper Martin]; unmarked grave |