Basham Family Cemetery, Whitetail Lane, Tindal, Floyd Co., VA.

In woods directly behind building in the photo. This is a very rough road to get to this cemetery. Use caution. Cemetery is currently extremely overgrown.

37.0073770, -80.3320340

Last visited by Tracy C. Aug 2020

Cemetery to the back left of building

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Basham Cemetery

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Aug 2020)

 

Original Source: Tracy Crosier found & documented this cemetery with photos Aug 2020.

 

Published Books:

Cemeteries Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Indian Valley District Volume I by Elza B. Cox & Phyllis G. Phillips ©1980. Added with permission of Elza B. Cox Nov. 2022.

Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Burks Fork District Volume II Compiled by Phyllis Goad Phillips And Genevieve Cochran Starkey 1st  of 109 Cemeteries pg 1-2. Added with permission of Genevieve Cochran Starkey May 2021.

Tombstone Inscriptions of Floyd County, Virginia ~ Compiled by Donna J. Robertson ~ © 1993

Head of the River, Rest Vale, Copper Hill Brethren, Wilson’s ~ Cemeteries in Floyd County ~ Work compiled by Billy & Juanita Grice, Salem, VA 1886-1997

Others submitted to original Floyd County, VA News List 1st maintained by Barb Stanley (1934-2006); compilers will be individually identified.

Find A Grave Name:

Annotations – added by Barb Camery Reininger BootsWI@gmail.com

+ indicates on same tombstone

& indicates a relationship

FAG: Find a Grave

[Death Record n/a] Floyd Co., VA Death Records n/a 1863-1864 & parts of other years seeming to be missing.

[Death Cert n/a] Virginia Death Records, with some exceptions, not available 1899-Jun 14, 1912. src: Virginia Vital Records • FamilySearch]

Notes:

IMAGES

NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Aug 2020)

Basham, Benjamin

08 Nov 1822

02 Apr 1901

 

aka Benjamin Johnson Basham, s/o Nathaniel & Ellender (Ross) Basham. [1901 VA Death Certs not available] [Basham_Benjamin_Mildred]

m. 1847 Floyd

nee Mildred Emily “Millie” Ridinger d/o George L & Catherine (Sowers) Ridinger. [Ridinger_George_Catherine]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Aug 2020)

Basham, Emilia “Millie”

07 Jan 1823

22 May 1864

 

nee Mildred Emily “Millie” Ridinger d/o George L & Catherine (Sowers) Ridinger. [Ridinger_George_Catherine]

m. 1847 Floyd

aka Benjamin Johnson Basham, s/o Nathaniel & Ellender (Ross) Basham. [1901 VA Death Certs not available] [Basham_Benjamin_Mildred]

 

Millie was still alive in 1900 so DOD misread

1900 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Little River District 17, H81:

……… Basham, Benjamin 83 yo father, b. Nov 1816 VA, parents b. VA, m. 60y, cannot read or write, Jim H. Basham HOH.

…………… Milly 82 yo mother, b. June 1817 VA, parents b. VA, m. 60y, 9 children with 7 living, cannot read or write, Jim H. Basham HOH.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Aug 2020)

Basham, Margaret Luther

27 Aug 1867

29 Nov 1916

 

Margaret Luther Basham, single d/o Benjamin Johnson & Emilia “Millie” (Ridinger) Basham. [Death Cert] [Basham_Benjamin_Mildred]

No photo of Pleasant’s grave

Epperly, Pleasant D. “Pled”

02 Jul 1848

09 Jul 1920

aka Pleasant D. “Pled” Epperly, s/o Solomon & Rachel (Ratliff) Epperly. [Death Cert] [Epperly_Solomon_Rachel]

1st m. 1869 Floyd, Emaline Roop, nee Lester, d/o Jacob Hiley & Cynthia (Sumner) Lester. [Lester_Other_fcva] Emaline was m. 1st Gordon Roop. [Roop_JamesSr_Elizabeth]

2nd m. 1878 Floyd, nee Roena Jane Basham, d/o Benjamin Johnson & Mildred Emily “Millie” (Ridinger) Basham. [Basham_Benjamin_Mildred]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Aug 2020)

Epperly, Roena Jane

26 Mar 1850

30 Nov 1903

w/o P. D. Epperly

nee Roena Jane Basham, d/o Benjamin Johnson & Mildred Emily “Millie” (Ridinger) Basham. [1903 VA Death Certs not available] [Basham_Benjamin_Mildred]

m. 1878 Floyd as 2nd wife of

Pleasant D. “Pled” Epperly, 1848-1920, s/o Solomon & Rachel (Ratliff) Epperly. [Epperly_Solomon_Rachel]

 

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Aug 2020)

Starkey, J. A.

 

02 Jan 1904

Aged 80 yr

There was a James A. Starkey in Little River District 1900 who was 69 yo. [1904 VA Death Certs not available]