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R.H. Sutherland Family Cemetery

aka Sammy Sutherland Cemetery

Grayson County, Virginia

Location: Elk Creek

Directions: From the junction of Comers Rock Rd (Rt 658) and Stones Chapel Rd (Rt 665) go 0.2 mile south on Stones Chapel Rd. The cemetery is on right (west) on ridgeline approximate 200 yards distance.

GPS Coordinates: N36.720985 W81.185565

Surveyed by: Mary Taylor Harrington & Susan Taylor Woodson

Comments: Located on old Maiden Roberts farm which was the Samuel Sutherland farm. Cemetery is visible from the road.

R.H. Sutherland Family Cemetery, Grayson County, Virginia
Name Birth Death Comments
SUTHERLAND, Ruth Jane 26 Mar 1831 17 Jul 1862 age 31 yrs 3 mo 7 days; [d/o Hardin and Nancy Reeves Cox; 1st w/o Richard Henry Sutherland]
SUTHERLAND, Richard Henry 7 Feb 1822 24 Jul 1903 age 81 yrs 5 mo 17 days; [s/o John and Rhoda Isabelle Johnson Sutherland; m1 Ruth Jane Cox, m2 Arriana Reed, who is buried in Alexander Sutherland Cemetery]
SUTHERLAND, Terry 17 ___ 1869 5 Oct 1904 [s/o Samuel and Jane Sutherland Sutherland]
SUTHERLAND, Polly 22 Jun 1813 23 ___ ____ age 30 yrs; [d/o John and Rhoda Isabelle Johnson Sutherland]
SUTHERLAND, Samuel [1826]   unmarked grave; [s/o John and Rhoda Isabelle Johnson Sutherland]; believed to be buried here
SUTHERLAND, Jane [25 Jun 1830] [10 Jan 1897] believed to be buried here in unmarked grave; [d/o Joseph Alexander and Sarah King Sutherland of NC; w/o Samuel Sutherland]