Pugh-Greear Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Grant Community
Directions: From the junction of Troutdale Hwy (SR 16) and Low Gap Rd (Rt 730) go south approximately 400 feet on Troutdale Hwy to cemetery lying along the left (east) side of the highway.
GPS Coordinates: N36.655343 W81.405527
Surveyed by: Minnie Hall; Mary Harrington 1995; Jeff Weaver 7 Mar 2003
Comments: The cemetery was overgrown for many years, but recently cleaned off, and currently maintained by Joe Pugh who lives in the house next to the cemetery. Many of the stones in this cemetery have been damaged.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| GREEAR, Flossie | 29 Feb 1880 | 20 Jul 1886 | d/o S.M. and Cynthia Greear |
| PUGH, Shadrach L. | 18 Oct 1849 | 26 Feb 1916 | |
| PUGH, Missouri S.E. | 28 Feb 1859 | 26 Jul 1912 | [nee Bryant; w/o Shadrach Pugh] |
| unknown | field stone | ||
| Row 2 | |||
| unknowns | three field stones | ||
| GREEAR, Shadrach [Marshall] | 28 Sep 1801 | 15 Apr 1876 | [Shadrach Marshall; m1 Celia Thomas, m2 Sarah Baker] |
| GREEAR, Sarah | 11 Sep 1813 | 3 Jul 1875 | 61 yrs 9 mo 22 d; [2nd w/o Shadrach Greear] |
| unknown | field stone | ||
| Row 3 | |||
| unknowns | six field stones | ||
| Row 4 | |||
| MAIDEN, Josie | 8 Aug 1881 | 31 Jul 1882 | d/o Emory Henry and Mary E. Maiden |
| MAIDEN, Pearly | 7 Sep 1879 | 5 May 1881 | d/o Emory Henry and Mary E. Maiden |
| unknowns | ten field stones | ||
| Row 5 | |||
| HACKLER, Joseph | Sep 1860 | stone is now broken and illegible. | |
| WEISS, Marion F. | 28 Aug 1858 | 7 Jul 1859 | s/o B.F. and S. Weiss |
| WEISS, Malissa | 9 May 1855 | 21 Dec 1856 | d/o B.F. and S. Weiss |
| unknown | field stone which had been hand carved at one point and, with patience and the proper tools, might be deciphered | ||
| unknown | field stone | ||
| Row 6 | |||
| WEISS, B[enjamin] F[ranklin] | 1 Feb 1821 | 27 Jul 1906 | age 85 yrs 5 mo 26 dys. This stone is eroding and very difficult to read. |
| WEISS, Sarah | 19 Jan 1828 | 10 Mar 1895 | wife of B.F. Weiss; [d/o Christopher Columbus & Ann Whisman Reedy]. This stone is broken and eroding, difficult to read. |
| unknown | field stone | ||
| Tradition holds that other children of Benjamin Franklin and Sarah Weiss are buried here in unmarked graves. The following come from Minnie Hall’s notes: | |||
| WEISS, Canzada | [1850] | [3 Jun 1862] | |
| WEISS, James M. | [1852] | [14 Jun 1862] | |
| WEISS, Lovey | |||