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.

Floyd County, VA GIS Parcel ID 79-17B
Owner Name BOWMAN CEMETERY
Acres 0.03

Coordinates: 36.7474910, -80.4673440

src: google maps using above coordinates

src: FAG; 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.”

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.

Published Materials:

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

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 1^st maintained by Barb Stanley (1934-2006); compilers will be individually identified.

Find A Grave Name: W. J. Bowman Cemetery
872 Shelor Road SW (Rt. 632)
Floyd County, Virginia, USA

Coordinates: 36.74749, -80.46734

Cemetery ID: 267698

Floyd County, VA GIS Parcel ID 79-17B
Owner Name BOWMAN CEMETERY
Acres 0.03

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 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:

Photo	NAME	Original survey	BIRTH	DEATH	MARKER NOTES	ANNOTATIONS
src: FAG; photo added by Brushbeater Dec 2018	Bowman, Artis	yes	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] The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, June 02, 1987
src: FAG; photo added by Brushbeater Dec 2018	Bowman, Cartis	yes	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] The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, May 30, 1984
src: FAG; photo added by Brushbeater Dec 2018	Bowman, Valery	yes	21 Aug 1906	25 Dec 1930		Valery Bowman, never married d/o Washington Jackson & Eliza Willie (Cox) Bowman. [Death Cert] [obit – can’t find] [Bowman_SamuelJr_Hannah] relationship with Dewey Young Their daughter, Lula Bowman, b. & d. 20 Dec 1930, is also buried in this cemetery per her Death Cert.
src: FAG; photo added by Brushbeater Dec 2018	Bowman, W. J. + Bowman, Eliza W.	yes yes	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] [obit – can’t find] [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] [obit – can’t find] [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