William Long Cemetery
aka Dodge Phipps Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: North of Independence
Directions: The cemetery is in Long’s Gap on the west side of Elk Creek Pky (US Hwy 21) between Cloverdale Ln (Rt 729) and Big Ridge Rd (Rt 611) in front of the old Long and Phipps homeplace. The cemetery is visible from the highway.
GPS Coordinates: N36.676405 W81.2030578
Surveyed by: Roderick Coates, July 2002; Renea Estep and Jane Halsey, 1984; Mary Harrington 1992; Olive Benkelman, George Scott, Mrs. Willard Stone, 1970. additional genealogy provided by Ginger Ballard.
Comments: The cemetery was cleaned up in 2008. This cemetery is also known as the Dodge Phipps Cemetery because he was a more recent owner of the land and home.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHIPPS, J. Dodge | 8 Dec 1848 | 8 Jan 1899 | aged 50 yrs 1 month |
| PHIPPS, Sena | abt 1936 | [nee Mitchell; w/o J. Dodge Phipps]; unmarked grave | |
| SNOW, B. Leota | 15 Oct [1919] | [d/o W. Houston & Rosa A. Snow. Other dates obliterated. Another child, Orvata Snow, also should be buried here.] | |
| SNOW, Bob Caudel | 28 Oct 1925 | ||
| SNOW, Rosa A. | 1877 | 1941 | [nee Hensdale; m1 Walter Kirby, m2 William Houston Snow. Some descendants believe that her name was Rose; however, it is written as Rosa on her marriage record.] |
| SNOW, W. Houston | 1874 | 1955 | |
| BLAND, Robert Hurley | 15 Dec 1896 | 16 Apr 1909 | aged 12 yrs. 4 months 1 day. [s/o George & Dora Bland] |
| EDWARDS, Clabie V. | 15 Apr 1919 | 22 Aug 1920 | [Three babies of Walter & Bessie Edwards share this stone: Clabie V., Lockie B. & Opal L.] |
| EDWARDS, Lockie B. | 30 Oct 1923 | 27 Feb 1924 | |
| EDWARDS, Opal L. | 7 Mar 1930 | 18 Mar 1930 | |
| BOWERS, Giles | CSA Co C 56 N.C. Inf CSA | ||
| BOWERS, Nancy Louise | 3 Jan 1847 | 26 Apr 1933 | [w/o Giles Bowers] |
| BOWERS, Rose V. | 15 Feb 1908 | 5 Jan 1923 | [d/o Dol & Mary Bowers] |
| SHAFFER, Nancy | 25 Nov 1855 | 1 Dec 1917 | [w/o Lee Shaffer]; moved to Forest Methodist Church Cemetery |
| SHAFFER, Mary Lucinda | 15 Apr 1887 | 10 Sep 1923 | [w/o Markis F. “Dink” Shaffer]; moved to Forest Methodist Church Cemetery |
| SHAFFER, Markis F. “Dink” | 10 May 1877 | 22 Mar 1950 | moved to Forest Methodist Church Cemetery |
| SHAFFER, Earnest Fields, Jr. | 14 May 1932 | [s/o E.F. Shaffer, Sr. and Ruby Sutherland Shaffer]; moved to Forest Methodist Church Cemetery | |
| SHAFFER, Lee | 20 May 1866 | 26 Apr 1945 | moved to Forest Methodist Church Cemetery |
| SHAFFER, Johnnie Dale | 18 Mar 1947 | 3 May 1947 | [s/o E.F. Shaffer, Sr. and Ruby Sutherland Shaffer]; moved to Forest Methodist Church Cemetery |
| POE, Isabelle | 1875 | 1963 | [d/o Rosey Hash; w/o James Poe, Jr. who is buried in the Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery.] |
| POE, James Worth | 1 Feb 1912 | 11 Mar 1923 | s/o Isabelle H. Poe |
| BOWERS, Dol H. | 14 Apr 1877 | 3 Aug 1962 | shared stone with next; [s/o Giles & Nancy Louise Bowers] |
| BOWERS, Mary E. | 5 Jul 1886 | 12 Dec 1966 | [w/o Dol H. Bowers.] |
| BOWERS, Infant | 10 Dec 1925 | 25 Dec 1925 | [c/o Alex A. Bowers & Lillian Boyer] |
| DUNCAN, Nancy | 3 May 1894 [1904] | 22 May 1900 [1906] | [d/o Will & Lue Duncan] |
| BILLINGS, J. Irwin | 13 Feb 1863 | 19 Feb 1927 | |
| BILLINGS, Emma B. | 21 Jul 1871 | 18 Aug 1950 | [w/o J. Irwin Billings; d/o Giles & Nancy Louise Bowers.] |
| BILLINGS, Rance | 9 Jul 1899 | 19 Jun 1942 | [s/o J. Irwin & Emma B. Billings] |
| KING, Elijah W. “Elige” | 26 Sep 1872 | 5 Jan 1932 | [s/o William and F.C. King]; shared stone with next |
| KING, Margie | 1 Jun 1875 | 1 Jun 1954 | [w/o Elige W. King; d/o Thomas and Nancy Bolt] |
| KING, Fields | 21 Apr 1910 | 8 Apr 1934 | [s/o Elige & Margie King] |
| HOWARD, Frank | ca 1835 | [m1 Lucy Ann, m2 Mollie McKinney] | |
| unknown | [African-American. One of several “colored” persons` reportedly buried in this cemetery in unmarked graves.] | ||
| HOWARD, Lucy Ann | ca 1840 | bef 1900 | [w/o Frank Howard] |
| unknown | [possibly Mollie McKinney, w/o Frank Howard. Afro-American] | ||
| HOWARD, Minnie M. | [1st wife of Frank Howard] | ||
| unknown | ca 1908 | Afro-American child | |
| JONES, Percy | |||
| unknown | Afro-American | ||
| HOWARD, Carl | |||
| unknown | Afro-American | ||
| HUDSON, children | [two children of Leonard Hudson & Sophia Stamper. Sophie later married Fred Thompson.] | ||
| SAWYERS, Infant | child of Harrison Sawyers & Ethel McLean | ||
| The following are believed to be buried here. | |||
| LONG, William, Jr. | [ca 1777] | [1861] | [s/o William & Catherine Long] |
| LONG, Elizabeth “Betsy” | [ca 1785] | [nee Howell; w/o William Long, Jr.] | |
| LONG, Catherine “Caty” | [ca 1822] | [14 Mar 1891] | [d/o William Long, Jr. & Elizabeth Howell] |
| LONG, Jestiana | [ca 1833] | [d/o William Long, Jr. & Elizabeth Howell] | |
| LONG, Emily | [ca1835] | [d/o William Long, Jr. & Elizabeth Howell] | |
| LONG, Martin | [ca 1844] | [CSA; relationship to other Long’s unknown. He served in Grayson Co Militia CSA] | |
| LONG, John, Sr. | [1845] | [s/o William & Catherine Long] | |
| LONG, William | [ca 1755] | [1821] | |
| LONG, Catherine | [ca 1760] | [ca 1828] | [w/o William Long] |
| ELLER, Margaret | [w/o Frederick Eller; d/o William & Catherine Long] | ||
| ELLER, Frederick | |||
| LONG, Catherine “Caty” | [d/o William & Catherine Long] | ||
| BOYER, Polly | [ca 1784] | [8 Mar 1864] | [d/o William & Catherine Long; w/o John Boyer] |
| OWENS, Infant | [child of _____ Owens & Cora King] | ||