Wilson Cemetery
Carroll County, Virginia
Pipers Gap District
Location: Wilson’s Knob Community
Directions: On the north side of Rt. 720 (Martha’s Knob Road), .1.8 miles from Rt. 609 (Peak’s Mountain Road).
GPS Coordinates: N 36.61325 W 080.87391
Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson; 05 Jan 2005, Updated 14 Oct 2009; buford-wilson@outlook.com
Comments: The cemetery is called by several different names, but in some of the older Carroll County records it is referred to as The Wilson Cemetery The cemetery is well fenced and in good condition. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| WILSON, Mildred Ann | 18 Oct 1847 | 10 Dec 1901 | d/o Enoch Wilson & Eleanor Edwards |
| Unknown | No name | ||
| Unknown | Field stone | ||
| Unknown | Field stone | ||
| Unknown | Illegible | ||
| Unknown | No name | ||
| Unknown | No name | ||
| Unknown | Field stone | ||
| Row 2 | |||
| WILSON, Martha E. | 12 Mar 1870 | 28 Aug 1950 | d/o Enoch Wilson & Melvina Bedsaul |
| WILSON, Delilah B. | 02 Oct 1868 | 02 Mar 1934 | d/o Enoch Wilson & Melvina Bedsaul |
| WILSON, Enoch | 08 Jun 1823 | 30 Apr 1907 | Co. D 37th VA Inf. CSA; Shared stone with next; s/o Jeremiah Wilson Jr. & Lydia Davis; h/o 1st Eleanor Edwards; 2nd Melvina Bedsaul |
| WILSON, Melvina | 17 Jun 1832 | 22 Feb 1912 | d/o John Bedsaul & Delilah Carrico |
| Unknown | No name | ||
| SHINAULT, Richard | [Age 83] | [27 Aug 1895] | Co. C 29th VA Infantry CSA; s/o Polly Shinault; h/o Sarah Bedsaul |
| Unknown | No name | ||
| Unknown | No name | ||
| Unknown | No name | ||
| Row 3 | |||
| BEDSAUL, Linda | |||
| Unknown | Illegible | ||
| Unknown | Field stone | ||
| Unknown | Field stone | ||
| Row 4 | |||
| WILSON, Charley B. | s/o Fleming Cooper Wilson & Adeline Pattie Smith | ||
| WILSON, Fleming | 30 Oct 1873 | 16 Jun 1933 | Fleming Cooper; s/o Enoch Wilson & Melvina Bedsaul |
| WILSON, A. P. | 03 Mar 1876 | 03 Mar 1899 | Adeline Pattie; d/o Mallory Smith &: Nancy Burcham;w/o Fleming Cooper Wilson |
| WILSON, Walter | 21 Oct 1895 | 10 Nov 1895 | s/o Fleming Cooper Wilson & Adeline Pattie Smith |
| WILSON, Hance Kenny | 05 May 1845 | 18 Feb 1886 | s/o Enoch Wilson & Eleanor Edwards |
| BEDSAUL, John M. | 13 Apr 1856 | 06 Mar 1893 | John Matthew; 23 Apr 1856 on stone; s/o Peter Bedsaul & Malinda Matilda Mary Baker; h/o Alverta Davis |
| BEDSAUL, John Bruce | [02 Jul] 1892 | [04 Sep] 1963 | Shared stone with next; s/o John Matthew Bedsaul & Alverta Davis; h/o 1st Thelma Elizabeth Harrison; 2nd Verna Wright; 3rd Leona Belle Crigger |
| BEDSAUL, Leona Belle | [09 Sep] 1906 | [25 Jul] 1977 | d/o Castine Crigger & Carrie Carter |
| Row 5 | |||
| Unknown | Fieldstone | ||
| Unknown | Fieldstone | ||
| BEDSAUL, No Name | |||
| Unknown | Fieldstone | ||
| Unknown | Fieldstone | ||
| BEDSAUL, Robert Bruce | 17 May 1937 | 13 Jul 2000 | s/o John Bruce Bedsaul & Leona Belle Crigger |
| Row 6 | |||
| DOTSON, Callie | Unmarked; Infant d/o Elijah Franklin Dotson & Jestin Surilda Smith | ||
| DOTSON, Joseph R. | 24 Jul 1852 | 08 Apr 1916 | Joseph Robert; s/o Elijah H. Dotson & Jemina Frances Hollingsworth/Hollandsworth; h/o 1st Sarah Elizabeth Bedsaul; 2nd Jennie Payne; 3rd Nannie Todd |
| DOTSON, Sarah Elizabeth | 24 Feb 1854 | 28 Mar 1897 | d/o Peter Bedsaul & Malinda Matilda Mary Baker |
| DOTSON, William L. | 21 Mar 1897 | 25 Mar 1897 | William Lazarous; s/o Joseph Robert Dotson & Sarah Elizabeth Bedsaul |
| Row 7 | |||
| GOODSON, Grady Isaac | 23 Apr 1908 | 07 Sep 1908 | s/o Early Ambrose Goodson & Susan Levena Dotson |
| Buried here in an unmarked grave | |||
| WILSON, John | [8 years old] | [25 Oct 1863] | Unmarked; From Grayson Death Records; s/o Enoch Wilson & Eleanor Edwards |