Quaker-Nester Cemetery
Carroll County, Virginia
Laurel Fork District
Location: Dugspur Community
Directions: Beside Rt. 624 (Nester School Road), 0.3 mile east of Rt. 671 (Newmantown Road).
GPS Coordinates: N 36.801768 W 080.575907
Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson, 19 January 2015; buford-wilson@outlook.com
Comments: The cemetery is well fenced and in good condition. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formerly known as the Charlie Walker Nester Cemetery. As per a monument erected in 1992 this cemetery is at the site of the old Fruit Hill Quaker Meeting House, 1805-1830. There is an undetermined number of burials here. Many of the older graves were marked only with fieldstones, most of which are illegible and have been removed and placed in piles at the edge of the cemetery. | |||
| Row 1 | |||
| NESTER, Connie E. | 16 May 1912 | 07 Aug 1963 | Shared stone with next; Connie Erthel; s/o Charles Walker Nester & Cleora Ellen Newman |
| NESTER, Nellie J. | 23 Mar 1912 | [02 Jul 1988] | Nellie Mildred; d/o Lindsey James & Chloe Epperly; w/o Connie Erthel Nester |
| NESTER, C. Walker, Elder | 19 May 1890 | 10 Apr 1956 | Shared stone with next; Charles “Charlie” Walker; s/o Matthew Ganey Nester & Mary Ann Puckett |
| NESTER, Cleora Ellen | 14 Aug 1888 | 25 Apr 1963 | d/o James Madison Newman & Louisa Jane McPeak; w/o Charles Walker Nester |
| NESTER, Eula Ocie | 28 Nov 1907 | 31 Aug 1949 | d/o Charles Walker Nester & Cleora Ellen Newman |
| NESTER, Cleavie | 11 Jul 1913 | 01 Mar 1970 | Cleve “Cleavie” Wateman; s/o Charles Walker Nester & Cleora Ellen Newman |
| Unknown | Fieldstone | ||
| McGRADY, Alva M. | 14 Jan 1914 | 05 Oct 1970 | Shared stone with next; Alva Martin; s/o Elcan Clinton McGrady & Elizabeth Lee Scales |
| McGRADY, Sereta | 13 May 1925 | d/o Jesse Lee Dalton & Rosa Ellen Largen; w/o Alva Martin McGrady | |
| GREER, Rosie Dalton | 06 Aug 1902 | 15 Apr 1993 | Rosa Ellen; d/o Robert E. Lee Largen & Cora M McPeak; w/o Jesse Lee Dalton & ? Greer |
| Row 2 | |||
| PICKETT, Chattie Caroline | 1881 | 08 Aug 1961 | d/o James Henderson Pickett & Mary Catherine Vaughan |
| Row 3 | |||
| These 2 names are listed on the historical monument mentioned above | |||
| STANLEY, Zachariah, Sr. | 06 Oct 1737 | 26 Feb 1810 | s/o Thomas Stanley & Elizabeth Crew |
| STANLEY, Sarah Crew | 1749 | 1812 | d/o Ellyson Crew & Lydia Ladd; w/o Zachariah Stanley, Sr. |
| Unknown | 6 Illegible or unmarked stones | ||
| Row 4 | |||
| Unknown | 3 Illegible or unmarked stones | ||
| From an earlier survey | |||
| HURST, Amacity | 29 Mar 1857 | d/o Franklin Hurst & Charity Montgomery | |
| HURST, Charity | 45 yrs 5 mos | 20 Jan 1868 | d/o Levi Montgomery & Rachel Dalton; w/o Franklin Hurst |
| L. E. M. | 28 May 1850 | 20 Oct 1857 | |
| D. C. | 18 Oct 1857 | ||
| P. M. | 15 yrs. | 12 Nov 1883 | |