Michael Akers Family Cemetery, intersection of River Hill Rd (601) & Reed Hill Rd (739), Floyd Co., VA.

Located in cow pasture at the corner of Reed Hill Rd and River Hill Rd. Requires parking on side of the road on Reed Hill and accessing through a gate. About 500 feet walk from gate. Cemetery is fenced but is quite overgrown.

Last visited: updated with photographs by Tracy C. Nov 2021.

N 36 58.734 W 80 28.190

36.97904, - 80.46982 Using Google Maps

 

(src: Google Maps)

 

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Nov 2021)

 

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Nov 2021)

Original Source: Documented by Mrs. Louisa Roop Akers – date unknown. Revisited by Genevieve Starkey with Jo Par Jan 2008.

Find A Grave Name: Akers Family Cemetery, Alum Ridge, Floyd Co., VA but as of Aug 19, 2021 this version is a blend of at least 2 different Akers Cemetery. Jim Slusher VP of, Floyd Co., HX Society & volunteer Tracy C. visiting these cemeteries to straighten them out.

Annotations in Blue – added May 2021 by Barb Camery Reininger

Annotations in Red – correction to original text by Barb Camery Reininger

+ indicates on same tombstone

& indicates a relationship

Notes: NOTE: as of Nov 10th, 2021 Tracy is working with FAG to get all these Akers memorials in the correct cemetery as they are also noted in yet another Aker Cemetery.

Photo

NAME

original survey

X

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by James Hartwell Aug 2012)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Nov 2021)

Akers, Ellen

X

12 Sep 1847

19 Mar 1924

 

nee Cloe Ellen “Ellen” Sowers, d/o John & Rhoda (Lester) Sowers. [DeathCert] [Sowers_John_Rhoda]

m. 1868 Floyd [MarCert]

William Wallace Akers, s/o Michael & Louisa (Beldon) Akers. [DeathCert] [Akers_Michael_Louisa]

 

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Nov 2021)

Akers, G. Washington

+

Akers, Sallie

X

 

X

18 Dec 1855

 

26 Dec 1860

17 May 1924

 

01 Aug 1913

 

aka George Washington Akers, s/o Michael & Louisa (Beldon) Akers. [DeathCert] [Akers_Michael_Louisa]

m. 1876 Floyd [MarCert]

nee Sarah “Sallie” Reed, 1860-1913, d/o Jesse & Delilah (Boothe) Reed. (Death Cert – can’t find] [Reed_Jesse_Delilah]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by James Hartwell Aug 2012)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Nov 2021)

Akers, Ida

X

19 Jul 1873

08 Oct 1956

 

aka Ida F. Akers, never married d/o William Wallace & Cleo Ellen “Ellen” (Sowers) Akers. [DeathCert] [Akers_Michael_Louisa]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Nov 2021)

Akers, Louis2

X

31 Mar 1880

20 Dec 1906

 

aka Louisa Akers, d/o William Wallace & Cleo Ellen “Ellen” (Sowers) Akers. [Akers_Michael_Louisa]

should be buried in this cemetery per her death cert but marker has not been found as of Nov 2021 - cannot verify she is buried in this cemetery

Akers, Louisa E.

no

 

 

 

nee Louisa E.Beldon d/o John & Hannah (A_ers?) Beldon. He marker not found but should be buried here per death cert. [Beldon_Hannah_John]

m. 1849 Floyd

Michael Akers, s/o Adam & Nancy (Altizer) Akers. [DeathCert] [Akers_Michael_Louisa]

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(src: Find A Grave; photo added by James Hartwell Aug 2012)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Nov 2021)

Akers, Michael

X

No date

No date

CO. B.

54 VA INF.

C.S.A.

Michael Akers, b. 27 Mar 1827, d. 27 Dec 1917, s/o Adam & Nancy (Altizer) Akers. [DeathCert] [Akers_Michael_Louisa]

m. 1849 Floyd FCVA1849_22FCVA1848_22aFCVA1848_22bFCVA1849_MR

nee Louisa Beldon d/o John & Hannah (A_ers?) Beldon. He marker not found but should be buried here per death cert. [Beldon_Hannah_John]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by James Hartwell Aug 2012)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Nov 2021)

Akers, Rodie

X

No date or sunken

No date or sunken

 

There is a Rodie Akers buried in this cemetery and FAG believes it is the gravesite for Rhoda Ellen Reynolds Akers, wife of George Washington Akers. And though I don’t disagree with details given in FAG, this compiler is not convinced the Rodie noted in this cemetery is the same person as Rhoda Ellen Reynolds Akers, wife of George Washington Akers, 1868-1921, s/o James Ira & Christina Angeline (Marshall) Akers.

 

nee Rhoda Ellen Reynolds, b. Carroll Co., VA, d/o John Calhoun & Louisa E. (Guynn) Reynolds.

m. 1889 Carroll

George Washington Akers, 1868-1921, s/o James Ira & Christina Angeline (Marshall) Akers.

 

Name:

Geo. W. Akers

Gender:

Male

Marital Status:

Single

Age:

20

Birth Date:

1869

Birthplace:

Carroll Co., VA.

Marriage Date:

03 Jan 1889

Marriage Place:

Carroll, Virginia

Father:

Jas. I.

Mother:

Angeline

Spouse:

Rhoda E. Reynolds

FHL Film Number:

31087

Reference ID:

p 73

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by James Hartwell Aug 2012)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Nov 2021)

Akers, Wallace

X

11 May 1850

17 Apr 1936

 

I have him as William Wallace Akers, s/o Michael & Louisa (Beldon) Akers. [DeathCert] [Akers_Michael_Louisa]

m. 1868 Floyd [MarCert]

nee Cloe Ellen “Ellen” Sowers, d/o John & Rhoda (Lester) Sowers. [DeathCert] [Sowers_John_Rhoda]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by James Hartwell Aug 2012)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Nov 2021)

Akers, Wilbert E.

X

22 Apr 1878

28 Sep 1959

 

aka Wilbert Edward Akers, never married s/o William Wallace & Cleo Ellen “Ellen” (Sowers) Akers. [DeathCert] [Akers_Michael_Louisa]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Nov 2021)

Light, Alonzo

+

Light, Dora M.

X

 

X

04 May 1879

 

19 Aug 1879

09 Aug 1960

 

09 Feb 1969

 

aka Alonzo Leonard Light, s/o Joseph Owen & 1st wife Louisa Frances (Amos) Light. [DeathCert] [Light_HenryWSr_Nancy]

m. 1899 Floyd [MarCert]

nee Dora Mae Light, d/o Henry Washington Jr & 1st wife Mary Magdaline (Lawrence) Light. [DeathCert]  [Light_HenryWSr_Nancy]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by James Hartwell Aug 2012)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Nov 2021)

Nixon, Mary Z.

X

15 Dec 1884

31 Aug 1917

 

nee Mary Z. Akers, d/o William Wallace & Cleo Ellen “Ellen” (Sowers) Akers. [DeathCert] [Akers_Michael_Louisa]

m. 1909 Floyd [no image]

William Alford/Alfred Nixon Sr, s/o Alfred Patterson & Mary Ellen (Moore) Nixon. He is buried in the Sunset Cemetery, Christiansburg, VA with his 2nd wife. [DeathCert] [Nixon_Elizabeth_Pattinson]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by James Hartwell Aug 2012)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Nov 2021)

Nixon, W. A. Jr

X

14 May 1912

13 May 1918

 

aka William Alford/Alfred Nixon Jr, s/o William Alford/Alfred Sr & Mary Z. (Akers) Nixon. [DeathCert] [Nixon_Elizabeth_Pattinson]

 

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