Bishop Family Cemetery, Indian Valley Rd NW (SR 787), Floyd Co., VA.

on Elbert E. Phillips farm in 1975

Need GPS

(src: Find A Grave, photo added by Nancy Mayo Bishop May 2020)

Original Source: 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.

Find A Grave Name: Bishop Family Cemetery, Indian Valley Rd NW (SR 787), Floyd Co., VA. (no GPS)

Annotations – added by Barb Camery Reininger

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

+ indicates on same tombstone

& indicates a relationship

Notes: “This cemetery has several graves that were not marked when copped in 1975, also it was in poor condition and needed the underbrush cleaned off.” Original surveyors.

Photo	NAME	Original survey	BIRTH	DEATH	MARKER NOTES	ANNOTATIONS
(src: Find A Grave, photo added by Nancy Mayo Bishop May 2020)	Bishop, Elizabeth	yes	11 Jan 1843	26 Jul 1923		nee Elizabeth Altizer, d/o Elias Elkins & Cynthia (Ratcliffe) Altizer. [Death Cert] [Altizer_Elias_Cynthia] m. 1866 Floyd Henry Wesley Bishop, s/o Henry & 1st wife Nancy (Quesenberry) Bishop. [Death Cert] [Bishop_Henry_2wives] Per ole Paul of the Floyd Co., VA Mailing List a hog scared her horse.
(src: Find A Grave, photo added by Marc Bishop Mar 2017)	Bishop, Henry Wesley	yes	25 Apr 1842	26 May 1926		Henry Wesley Bishop, s/o Henry & 1st wife Nancy (Quesenberry) Bishop. [Death Cert] [Bishop_Henry_2wives] 1^st m. 1866 Floyd, nee Elizabeth Altizer, d/o Elias Elkins & Cynthia (Ratcliffe) Altizer. [Death Cert] [Altizer_Elias_Cynthia] 2^nd m. 1925 Floyd, Miriam Flinchum nee Harris, d/o Lewis H. & Letitia (Lester) Harris. [Death Cert] [Harris_Thomas_Elizabeth] Miram 1^st m. 1891 Pulaski, James Henry Flinchum, s/o Jonathan & Mary (Shackelford) Flinchum of NC. [no file] Miriam m. 3^rd 1930 Radford, William Thomas Higgs, 185-1934, b. Carroll, s/o Alex & Elizabeth (Jennings) Higgs. She’ll m. 4^th 1936 Floyd, William Henry Quesenberry, b. Carroll, 1872-1950, s/o Asa R. & Frances Jane (Hollandsworth) Quesenberry.
(src: Find A Grave, photo added by Marc Bishop Mar 2017)	Bishop, Joseph C.	yes	04 Feb 1833	18 Feb 1920		Joseph Cullum Bishop, s/o Henry & 1st wife Nancy (Quesenberry) Bishop. [Death Cert] [Bishop_Henry_2wives] 1^st m. 1861 Floyd, Ruth Sumpter, 1840-1867, d/o Edmund Jr & Delilah (Eskew? Seamos/Searug?) Sumpter. [1867 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Sumpter_Edmond2] 2^nd m. 1868 Floyd, nee Lutisha Adline “Tish” Simpkins, 1851-1929, Baxter & Lucinda (Showalter) Simpkins of Montgomery Co., VA. [Death Cert] Burial Bishop Chapel. [no file]
Marker not found but was noted in original survey	Duncan, Nancy H.	Yes	20 Dec 1879	30 Dec 1879	Dau. of A. J. & R. Duncan	Nancy H. Duncan, d/o can’t id. Death not recorded 1879 Floyd Co., VA Death Register (it is missing districts) or 1880 Mortality Schedule.

Original Survey: 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.

Bishop Family Cemetery, Intersection of SR 752 & 787, Copper Valley, Floyd Co., VA. (this compiler can’t see where these 2 roads intersect so using FAG location)

Pg 27

(several unmarked graves)

Bishop, Joseph C.

b. 2-4-1833, d. 2-18-1920

Bishop, Henry Wesley

b. 4-25-1842, d. 5-26-1926

&

Bishop, Elizabeth (nee Altizer)

b. 1-11-1843, d. 7-26-1923

Duncan, Nancy H.

b. 12-20-1879, d. 12-30-1879

Dau of A.J. & R. Duncan