Rector Family Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Delhart
Directions: From the junction of Delhart Rd (Rt 624) and Grouse Hollow Ln (Rt 615) go 1.0 mile west on Grouse Hollow Ln to its end. Continue west on private road approximately 0.1 mile to cemetery on knoll.
GPS Coordinates: N36.569802 W81.004203
Surveyed by: Surveyed by Pat Davis ca 1990, Paul Herndon 1995, Rodney Johnson 2008
Comments: Cemetery is not visible from Grouse Hollow Ln but is visible from private extension, on old Mont Rector homeplace. The cemetery is in very poor condition, stones stacked and strewed about. The cemetery is untended and in danger of becoming lost. There are 23 identified graves, the earliest of which dates from 1858.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| RECTOR, Bennett | 30 Dec 1832/1833 | 9 Apr 1909 | [s/o James S. and Ruth Swindall Rector]; double stone with next |
| RECTOR, Serphina | 10 Feb 1842 | 15 Jan 1924 | [d/o John T., Jr. and Lelia(Celia?) Rainey Collins; w/o Bennett Rector] |
| RECTOR, Alexander Chapman | 2 Dec 1860 | 27 Nov 1939 | [“Chap”; s/o Bennett and Serphina Collins Rector]; double stone with next |
| RECTOR, Rosamond | 2 May 1858 | 27 Oct 1920 | [“Rausa”; d/o Haywood and Lucinda Carr Edwards; 1st w/o Alexander Chapman Rector] |
| WILSON, Della | 25 Jun 1865 | 25 Feb 1938 | [d/o Bennett and Serphina Collins Rector] |
| WILSON, William N. | 1863 | 1922 | [“Billy”; s/o Riley and Elizabeth Hampton Wilson; h/o Della Rector Wilson] |
| RECTOR, John Mitchell | 14 Apr 1870 | 9 Feb 1951 | [s/o Bennett and Lucy Emma Todd Rector]; double stone with next |
| RECTOR, Lucy Emma | 16 Jan 1874 | 7 Feb 1951 | [d/o Andrew Jackson and Leannah Rector Todd; w/o John Mitchell Rector] |
| RECTOR, Rosamond | 1837 | 1858 | [d/o John T., Jr and Lelia (Celia?) Rainey Collins; w/o James Columbus Rector] |
| RECTOR, Mahlon F. | 9 Jul 1856 | 1871 | [Mahlon Floyd, s/o James Columbus and Rosamond Collins Rector] |
| Stacked stones | |||
| COLLINS, John | Mar 1808 | 15 May 1871 | |
| COLLINS, Celia | 24 Jul 1811 | w/o John Collins | |
| COLLINS, Margee | 9 ___ 1874 | age about 3 years, d/o W.G. & E.F. Collins | |
| COLLINS, Callie | 22 May 1877 | age about 16 months, d/o W.G. & E.F. Collins | |
| COLLINS, Mary E. | 1 Jun 1873 | age about 3 years, d/o W.G. & E.F. Collins | |
| WOODRUFF, Emory G. | 10 Dec 1876 | 31 Aug 1880 | s/o W.A. & M. Woodruff |
| Believed to be buried here | |||
| RECTOR, Clayton | 3 Jan 1883 | 24 Jun 1897 | [s/o Alexander and Rose Edwards Rector] |
| RECTOR, Anna | [d/o Alexander and Rose Edwards Rector] | ||
| RECTOR, Infant | [child of Alexander and Rose Edwards Rector] | ||
| RECTOR, James Leon | 26 Jun 1893 | 16 Jun 1922 | [s/o John Mitchell and Lucy (Emma) Todd Rector] |
| RECTOR, Celia Ruth | 5 Apr 1902 | 23 Aug 1906 | [d/o John Mitchell and Lucy (Emma) Todd Rector] |
| RECTOR, Jane | 1858 | 1880 | |