Akers - Turman Family Cemetery, on Laurel Branch Road (SR 719) about 1 ½ miles left off U.S. 221, Floyd Co., VA., Floyd Co., VA.

just past Little River, left onto a private driveway to curve and it’s on the left in a grove of pines

aka

Akers, Weeks, Hensley, Slusher, Turman, Weeks Cemetery

Last surveyed & photo documented by Tracy C. Aug 2021

36.9128690, -80.3653230

(src: Google Maps)

Original Source: Archie & Phyllis Sumner March 1995.

The Sumners had described this as a large cemetery in an open pasture field. Dorraine Phillips and Genevieve C. Starkey visited this 29 May 2007, with directions from Lester Weddle, and we found the pines surrounding it.  We did not locate all the graves listed by the Sumners and were uncertain of some of the dates due to time and erosion.  There are several graves marked with rocks only.

Find A Grave Name: Same

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: 2007 Cemetery is completely overgrown. There are rocks marking other graves.

IMAGE	NAME	Original Survey X	BIRTH	DEATH	MARKER NOTES	ANNOTATIONS
Marker not found Aug 2021	Akers, Elizabeth	X		28 Jun 1882	Age 55 years one date	Elizabeth Akers – can’t id. [Death – not recorded Floyd]
(src: Find A Grave, photo added by Tracy C. Aug 2021)	Akers, Floyd	X		1862	Age 12 years one date
Marker not found Aug 2021	Graham, Barbara	X	1829	04 Dec 1887	Age 59	nee Barbara “Barbary” Strickler, d/o Jacob M. & Mary (Kagey) Strickler. [1887 Floyd Death Register] [Strickler_Jacob_Mary] 1^st m. 1853 Floyd, Alvin "Babe" Whitlock, s/o Henry A. Jr & 1st wife Martha Elizabeth (Graham) Whitlock. [Whitlock_Alvin_Barbara] 2^nd m. 1879 Floyd, John W. Graham, s/o William & Mary (Elkins) Graham. [Graham_JohnW_2wives]
Marker not found Aug 2021	Hensley, Sarah M.	X	23 Oct 1870	13 Jan 19??	Wife of E. B. Hensley	nee Sarah Margaret Weeks, d/o Robert & 1st wife Sarah (Houchins) Weeks. [Weeks_RobertL_2wives] m2 1896 Floyd [FCVA1896_0028] both were divorced Elijah B. Hensley, b. Henry, s/o Rebecca Hensley. He was 1^st married to Isabell “Bell” Dehart 1878 Floyd, d/o James A. Dehart [no file] They were in Rockingham Co., NC 1900 census
Marker not found Aug 2021	Slusher, Samuel W.	X	24 Oct 1875	23 Aug 1876	Age 26	[1876 Floyd Death Register] There is a Samuel W. Slusher death recorded in 1876 but he was 10 yo, not 26. But age 26 does not fit the YOB & YOD on stone either so...
	Turman, George	X		30 Jun 1839	Age 48 years one date	George Turman – can’t id.
	Turman, Sarah	X		Feb 1840	Age 41 years one date	Sarah Turman – can’t id.
(src: Find A Grave, photo added by Tracy C. Aug 2021)	Weeks, Robert L.	X	20 Aug 1830	17 May 1906		Robert L. Weeks, s/o Joseph R. & Mary (Creasy) Weeks. [Weeks_RobertL_2wives] m. 1846 Surry Co., NC nee Sarah “Sally” Houchins, d/o unknown. Can’t see that her death is recorded in 1890 or 1891 Floyd Co., VA
(src: Find A Grave, photo added by Tracy C. Aug 2021)	Weeks, Sallie	X	12 Sep 1825	22 Apr 1891	Wife of Robert Weeks	nee Sarah “Sally” Houchins, d/o unknown. Can’t see that her death is recorded in 1891 Floyd Co., VA m. 1846 Surry Co., NC as 1^st wife (does not indict marital status of either) Robert L. Weeks, s/o Joseph R. & Mary (Creasy) Weeks. [Weeks_RobertL_2wives]
Marker not found Aug 2021	Whitlock, Barbara (maybe surname should be Graham??)	X	1829	1888	Age 59	nee Barbara "Barbary" Stricker d/o Jacob M. & Mary (Kagey) Strickler. [Strickler_Jacob_Mary] 1^st m. 1852 Floyd, Alvin "Babe" Whitlock, s/o Henry A. Jr & 1st wife Martha Elizabeth (Graham) Whitlock. [Whitlock_Alvin_Barbara] 2^nd m. 1879 Floyd, John W. Graham, s/o William & Mary (Elkins) Graham. [Graham_JohnW_2wives]

Original Survey:

Cemetery (Name Unknown) (Named Akers-Turman Family Cemetery)

This Cemetery is located in Floyd County, VA. It is located on State Route 719 North Just pass Little River on the left. This is a large cemetery in an open pasture field. There was not much left of it. There were several soap stones. Some of these soap stones were even with the ground. Several concrete stones were missing. These are the stones we were able to find and read. Archie and I were there in March 1995.
Archie Sr. and Phyllis Sumner

Wife of E. B. Hensley---10-23-1870 ----- 1-13-19??
Floyd Akers ---Died 1862 age 12 years
Elizabeth Akers ---- June 1882
Sallie Weeks wife of Robert Weeks --- 9-12-1825 ----7-23-1890
Robert L. Weeks ----- 8-20-1830 ---- 5-17-1906
Sarah  Turman  ----- 1840 --- ?-2-? ------Age 41 years
Jud George Turman  ---- 6-30-1839 ---- 48 years
Samuel W. Slusher  ------- 10-24-1875- or 8-23-1876 ---- age 23
Barbara Whitlock ----- 1829 ------ 12-12-1888 --- age 59 (maybe surname should be Graham??)