Poole Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Near the Virginia/North Carolina state line.
Directions: The cemetery is on the east side of Rt. 615 (Savannah Road), 1.4 miles from its intersection with Rt. 613 (Edmonds Road).
GPS Coordinates: N36.571450 W80.961823
Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson 5 May 2003; updated 1 Apr 2008
Comments: The cemetery is well fenced and maintained. A large monument at the entrance to the cemetery states “The Poole Cemetery, Est. 1825, Erected 1991” lists some of the burials.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| BOONE, George W. | 26 Jul 1878 | 12 Apr 1955 | [George Washington, s/o Daniel & M. Boone] |
| BOONE, Lucinda Samantha Hoppers | 3 Apr 1877 | 1 Apr 1935 | w/o George Washington Boone; [d/o Jacob & P. Hoppers] |
| HIGGINS, Bobbie Dean | 15 Jun 1936 | 11 Oct 1936 | [s/o Bruce Higgins & Virgie Boone] |
| POOLE, Roger C. | 13 Feb 1913 | 5 Dec 2002 | [Roger Clinton, s/o Martin Elbert Poole & Alice Idalia Lowe] |
| POOLE, Nita C. | 10 Jun 1917 | 29 May 1998 | shared stone with above; [Nita Cecil, d/o Albert Nathan Combs & Martha Alice Crawford; w/o Roger Clinton Poole] |
| POOLE, Jimmy C[linton] | [29] Apr 1938 | [03] Jul 1966 | [s/o Roger Clinton Poole & Nita Cecil Combs] |
| Row 2 | |||
| POOLE, Ida Lee | 29 Apr 1917 | 29 Jul 1917 | [d/o Martin Elbert Poole & Alice Idalia Lowe] |
| POOLE, Ida | 15 Dec 1879 | 15 Jul 1917 | 2nd. w/o Martin Elbert Poole; [Alice Idalia, d/o Taylor & Sarah Lowe] |
| POOLE, M[artin] E., Elder | 27 May 1859 | 14 May 1939 | shared stone with Ida and Peggie; [Martin Elbert, s/o James Poole & Lucinda Frances Simcock] |
| POOLE, Peggie | 9 Feb 1861 | 29 Sep 1892 | 1st. w/o Martin Elbert Poole; [Margaret, d/o Hampton & Zilphia Moore] |
| Row 3 | |||
| BOTTOMLEY, Hattie Rachel | 30 May 1904 | 3 Aug 1904 | [d/o F.M. Bottomley & Margie Lucinda Poole] |
| BOTTOMLEY, Margie Lucinda Pool | 22 Feb 1875 | [29 Jun 1904] | [d/o James Poole & Lucinda Frances Simcock] |
| POOLE, Lucinda F. | 26 Nov 1833 | 15 Oct 1894 | [Lucinda Frances, d/o John Kelly Simcock & Julia Ann Stoneman; w/o James Poole] |
| POOLE, Jas. M. | 15 Jul 1861 | 11 Mar 1908? | [s/o James Poole & Lucinda Frances Simcock]; stone is broken through death date |
| Row 4 | |||
| DAVIS, Edna | 11 Aug 1908 | 26 Nov 1921 | [d/o James Luther Davis & Lolia Wright] |
| DAVIS, Wilma | 13 Sep 1918 | 26 Jun 1919 | [Wilma Elsie, d/o James Luther Davis & Lolia Wright] |
| DAVIS, James F[oster] | 5 Jul 1912 | 5 Jun 1915 | [s/o James Luther Davis & Lolia Wright] |
| DAVIS, Henry | 20 Nov 1829 | 26 Jan 1911 | Pvt Co G 63 VA Inf CSA and Co C 8th VA Calvary CSA; [s/o Josiah Davis & Frances Williams] |
| DAVIS, Bulah Jane | 9 Jun 1832 | 15 Nov 1899 | w/o Henry Davis; [d/o Joel Simcock & Sally Perry; census records show birth year to be 1842] |
| DAVIS, Fielden E. | 28 Dec 1853 | 22 Sep 1954 | [Fielden Elwood, s/o Henry Davis & Bulah Jane Simcock] |
| DAVIS, Jennie E. | 25 Oct 1857 | 11 Jun 1931 | shared stone with above; [Virginia Ellen, d/o Isaac Burcham & Hannah Larowe] |
| DAVIS, Margie L. | 8 Mar 1885 | 25 Feb 1923 | [Margie Lucinda, d/o Fielden Elwood Davis & Virginia Ellen Burcham] |
| DAVIS, Laura A. | 4 Mar 1880 | 2 Apr 1957 | [Laura Alberta, d/o Fielden Elwood Davis & Virginia Ellen Burcham] |
| Row 5 | |||
| POOLE, Glenn E. | Jan 1895 | 23 Sep 1916 | [Glenn Elwood, s/o William Mitchell Poole & Mary Francis Davis; 1 Jan 1897 in Alleghany County NC Death Records] |
| POOLE, Mary Francis | 2 Apr 1878 | 25 Apr 1909 | w/o William Mitchell Poole; [d/o Fielden Elwood Davis & Virginia Ellen Burcham] |
| POOLE, Clara E. | 20 Dec 1903 | 29 Aug 1905 | [d/o William Mitchell Poole & Mary Francis Davis] |
| POOLE, Sophina | 1830 | 22 Mar 1909 | |
| unknown | field stone | ||
| Row 6 | |||
| DAVIS, Luther | 22 Sep 1887 | 10 Apr 1924 | [James Luther, s/o Fielden Elwood Davis & Virginia Ellen Burcham] |
| DAVIS, Lolia | 18 May 1890 | 13 Jun 1952 | shared stone with above; [d/o John Wright & Eliza Payne] |
| On the right side of cemetery at the entrance | |||
| POOLE, Thelma L. | 12 Oct 1920 | 14 Jun 2001 | In memory of; Las Vegas, Nevada |
| POOLE, Michael Jay | 24 Sep 1963 | 5 Feb 1997 | In memory of; Las Vegas, Nevada |