Washington Jackson Bowman Family Cemetery, along the west side of Shelor Rd SW (SR 632) close to end of driveway for 872 Shelor Rd SW, Floyd County, VA.

Coordinates: 36.7474910-80.4673440

 

(src: google maps using above coordinates)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Dec 2018 with this note: This small family cemetery is located along the west side of Shelor Rd. (Rt. 632) about midway between its intersections with McAlexander Rd. SW and Turnip Patch Rd. SW in the Meadows of Dan area of Floyd County, VA.
While the fencing around the cemetery is intact, the interior is becoming overgrown with brush and weeds. The four headstones are in very good condition.
Floyd County, VA GIS Parcel ID 79-17B
Owner Name BOWMAN CEMETERY
Acres 0.03

Original Source: Original Source: Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Burks Fork District Volume II Compiled by Phyllis Goad Phillips And Genevieve Cochran Starkey 19th of 109 Cemeteries pg 10. Added with permission of Genevieve Cochran Starkey May 2021. west side of SR 632/603 near Green Mountain Church, Floyd Co., VA

Find A Grave Name: W. J. Bowman Cemetery

Location: This small family cemetery is located along the west side of Shelor Rd. (Rt. 632) about midway between its intersections with McAlexander Rd. SW and Turnip Patch Rd. SW in the Meadows of Dan area of Floyd County, VA.
While the fencing around the cemetery is intact, the interior is becoming overgrown with brush and weeds. The four headstones are in very good condition.

Annotations – 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:

Photo

NAME

Original survey

X

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Dec 2018)

Bowman, Artis

X

25 Sep 1911

01 Jun 1987

 

Artis Bowman, s/o Washington Jackson & Eliza Willie (Cox) Bowman. Twin to Cartis Bowman. He died in WVA per SSDI. [Bowman_SamuelJr_Hannah]

m. 10-17-1953 McDowell Co., WVA.

Mary Price, 46 yo single w/f, b. Welch, WVA. [no file]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Dec 2018)

Bowman, Cartis

 

25 Sep 1911

26 May 1984

 

Cartis Bowman, never married s/o Washington Jackson & Eliza Willie (Cox) Bowman. Twin to Artis Bowman. [Death Cert] [Bowman_SamuelJr_Hannah]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Dec 2018)

Bowman, Valery

 

21 Aug 1906

25 Dec 1930

 

Valery Bowman, never married d/o Washington Jackson & Eliza Willie (Cox) Bowman. [Death Cert] [Bowman_SamuelJr_Hannah]   

 

Their daughter, Lula Bowman, b. & d. 20 Dec 1930, is also buried in this cemetery per her Death Cert.

A close-up of a document

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Brushbeater Dec 2018)

Bowman, W. J.

+

Bowman, Eliza W.

 

02 Mar 1857

 

03 Mar 1882

06 Jul 1932

 

03 Apr 1921

 

aka Washington Jackson Bowman, s/o Samuel Jr & Hannah (Cox) Bowman. [Death Cert] [Bowman_SamuelJr_Hannah]

m. 1905 Floyd

nee Eliza Willie Cox, b. Franklin Co., VA, d/o John Preston (b. Carroll) & Eliza Jane (Johnson) (b. Franklin) Cox. [Death Cert] [no file]

 

Original Survey:

Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Burks Fork District Volume II Compiled by Phyllis Goad Phillips And Genevieve Cochran Starkey 19th of 109 Cemeteries pg 10. Added with permission of Genevieve Cochran Starkey May 2021. west side of SR 632/603 near Green Mountain Church, Floyd Co., VA

 

Bowman, W. J.

b. 3-2-1857, d. 7-6-1932

+ m. 1905 Floyd

Bowman, Eliza W.

b. 3-3-1882, d. 4-3-1921

 

Bowman, Valerie

b. 8-21-1906, d. 12-25-1930

 

Bowman, Artis

b. 9-25-1911, d. 6-1-1987

 

Bowman, Cartis

b. 9-25-1911, d. 5-26-1984