This blog will provide information about cemeteries and graveyards in both Monroe and Greenbrier Counties in West Virginia.

Our Mission

Our mission is to log locale's and photographs of as many graves and cemeteries as possible within Monroe and Greenbrier Counties.

We are a one-woman team, so progress may be slow, and will take place as weather permits. If you know of a cemetery or graveyard that you would like to see showcased here, please let us know.

Proud member of the Graveyard Rabbit Association.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Still Raining!

It is still pouring rain here!

So I'm not sure when I will be able to head out to begin taking more cemetery photos. But I am hoping very soon!!!

Until the time when we get some clear and dry weather, please keep those cemetery suggestions coming!!!

Be watching for the next cemetery coming soon!!!

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Out of Photos!

We are currently out of local photos!!! We will be heading to the cemeteries as soon as the weather permits. My assistant will be recording the stones, as I photograph them. So be watching for our new posts in the very near future!!!

Monday, May 17, 2010

HYLTON CEMETERY - CONTINUED




MARY M. JONES
MAR. 26, 1929
JAN. 24, 2004
ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS



ROSELLA HOKE
MORRIS
SEPT. 30, 1905
SEPT. 1, 198?


ROBERT D.
BOSTIC
APR. 28, 1911
FEB. 13, 1978


TALBERT L. MORRIS
1925 - 1965

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Hylton Cemeteery - Continued


MORRIS FAMILY STONE



MARY S. MORRIS
MAY 12, 1884

MARY M. MORRIS
SEPT. 9, 1921
SEPT. 25, 1922
STELLA V. MORRIS
SEPT. 15, 1911
DEC. 21, 1911


BIDDIE B. MORRIS
NOV. 28, 1893
AUG. 10, 1925


W. LEE MORRIS
MAR. 1, 1883

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Hylton Cemetery - Continued



FATHER
JAMES ERNEST
MORRIS
AUG. 27, 1899
JULY 8, 1982



JAMES ERNEST
MORRIS
JAN. 28, 1971
AUG. 8, 1997


MRS. L. E. MORRIS
{Illegible}

Friday, May 14, 2010

The Hylton Cemetery - Glace


The following IS NOT comprehensive of the stones located at the Hylton Cemetery in Glace, but just those photographs I already have in my files. Please be watching for an updated cataloging of stones in the near future!


ANDY L.                    LUCY E.
MORRIS                    MORRIS
APR. 10, 1844                    APR. 20, 1852
DEC. 4, 1936                    OCT. 27, 1940


CALVIN C.
JONES
JAN. 8, 1926
MAR. 29, 1990
ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS



JONES
CHARLES F.                    DELLA M.
NOV. 17, 1904                   JULY 4, 1897
SEPT. 6, 1958                    JAN. 25, 1977


CHARLES F. JONES - CLOSEUP



DELLA. JONES - CLOSEUP

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Young's Family Cemetery - Continued

MAGGIE ALTARE
MCDOWELL
1890 - 1973

WILLIAM A. YOUNG
CO. D
27 REGT
VA INF
CSA
MARCH 31, 1834
FEB. 3, 1907

WILLIAM C. YOUNG
APRIL 17, 1886
APRIL 7, 1952

[William C. Young - back of stone]

[William C. Young - footstone]

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Young's Family Cemetery - Continued

William & Arminda Young
[Back of Stone]

YOUNG
WILLIAM A.                    ARMINDA E.
MAR. 31, 1834                    DEC. 8, 1863
FEB. 3, 1907                    JUNE 28, 1949

Arminda E. Young - Footstone

Infant son of W.A. & A.E.
Young
June 24, 1882

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Young's Family Cemetery - Continued

DALTON

EMMA YOUNG                    LEE MONTA
APR. 3, 1900                    JUNE 12, 1889
SEPT. 12, 1988                    JULY 30, 1948

DALTON
EMMA YOUNG                                          
APR. 3, 1900                                             
SEPT. 12, 1988                                            


DALTON
                                         LEE MONTA
                                            JUNE 12, 1889
                                         JULY 30, 1948

Monday, May 10, 2010

Young's Family Cemetery

Young's Family Cemetery lies on Kate's Mountain Road in Greenbrier County, half-way between White Sulphur Springs and Glace.

YOUNG'S
FAMILY
CEMETERY
ESTABLISHED 1882


Young's Family Cemetery

Charles W. and Lucinda J. Myers

Charles W. Myers

FATHER

CHARLES W.
1861 - 1913


Charles W. Myers Footstone

C.W.M.

Lucinda J. Myers

MOTHER
LUCINDA J.
1871 - 1913

Lucinda J. Myers Footstone

L.J.M.


Sunday, May 9, 2010

Confederate Cemetery - Continued

Bronze Marker From Top of the Cross-Shaped Grave

"HERE REST THE REMAINS OF
APPROXIMATELY 95 UNKNOWN
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
KILLED OR DIED OF DISEASE
AND WOUNDS IN THE
BATTLE OF LEWISBURG"

Capt. J.W. Branham
This stone is located in the southwest corner of the cemetery.

In Memory Of
Capt. J.W. Branham
Died
June 3, 1870
In The
36 yr. of his age.

Let brotherly love continue.
                                        13th Chapt. Heb. 1st V.


                                                                  (illegible illegible)
                                                                                       Charleston, W.Va.                      


Col. Mordecia Halstead
This stone is located to the north side of Capt. Branham's.

COL.
MORDECIA
HALSTEAD
1808          1868



J. W. Rogers
This stone lies in the northwest corner of the cemetery. It is a broken stone, the top now rested on the ground in front of the base.

J.W. ROGERS
1836 - 1914
MAY HE REST IN PEACE.



Saturday, May 8, 2010

Confederate Cemetery - Continued

The grave as seen through the cemetery gates, at the foot of the cross, or east end.

As seen from the southeast edge of the graveyard.

As seen from the northwest corner of the cemetery.

As seen from the south edge of the cemetery.

As seen from the southwest corner looking east at the gates. This is a good view to see that the grave is a raised, or elevated grave, to form the shape of the cross.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Confederate Cemetery- Continued

Storyboard and Map

Closeup Colonel George Crook

Closeup of Storyboard
"The remains of 95 unknown
Confederate soldiers from the Battle of
Lewisburg, fought May 23, 1862, lie in
the cross-shaped common grave. It
has a vertical length 80 feet long and a
cross arm of 40 feet long, with an
overall width of 10 feet.

Colonel George Crook of the 3rd Ohio
Brigade would not permit the
Southern sympathizers to bury their
own dead, and thus they were
originally laid out in the Old Stone
Church and later placed in a trench
along the south wall of the church
without ceremony. It wasn't until after
the war that the remains of the 95
Confederate dead were removed from the churchyard and interred in this
cross-shaped mass grave.

The bronze marker, which serves as a headstone, was provided by the
Federal Government and erected on November 13, 1956."

Map on Storyboard.