Benjamin Duncan Family Cemetery, Higgs Rd NW (SR 655) Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA.

1 ½ miles from Indian Valley Rd NW, (SR 787), lt side of Troy Higgs house abt ½ mile from Higgs Rd NW (SR 655), Copper Valley, Floyd Co., VA.

This cemetery may be in the area of 791 Higgs Road.

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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: Benjamin Duncan Family Cemetery, Higgs Rd NW (SR 655) Indian Valley, Floyd Co., VA.

1 ½ miles from Indian Valley Rd NW, (SR 787), lt side of Troy Higgs house abt ½ mile from Higgs Rd NW (SR 655), Copper Valley, Floyd Co., VA.

This cemetery may be in the area of 791 Higgs Road.

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: There are approximately thirty graves marked with native stones. There are no names or dates on any of those stones HOWEVER, the named of some known to have been here were supplied by Ila Dalton & May Duncan.” – original surveyors 1970’s

Photo

NAME

Original survey

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

Native stone without markings

Carner, Delilah nee Duncan

yes

18 Apr 1850

10 Jun 1892

Wife of

Henry Carner

nee Delina Elizabeth Duncan, aka Delia or Delilah, d/o Benjamin & Nancy (Burnett) Duncan. [1892 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [obit not found] [Duncan_Benjamin_Nancy]

m. 1874 Floyd

Henry A. P. Carner, b. Floyd, 1852-1928, s/o William & Sarah Jane (Albright) Carner. [Death Cert] [obit not found] [Carner_William_Sarah] Henry m. 2nd 1909 Montgomery, Mary E. Vancil.

Native stone without markings

Duncan, Asa “Acie”

yes

08 Sep 1848

07 Jul 1918

aka Asa “Acie” Duncan, s/o Benjamin & Nancy (Burnett) Duncan. [Death Cert] [obit not found] [Duncan_Benjamin_Nancy]

m. 1870 Carroll

Nancy “Nannie” Duncan, d/o John & Lucy (Dalton) Duncan. [Death Cert] [obit not found] [Duncan Notes]

Native stone without markings

Duncan, Benjamin

yes

1817-1818

12 Dec 1893

75 yo

Benjamin Duncan, probable s/o John & Rhoda or Rachel (unknown) Duncan. [1893 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] Gives mothers name as Rachel vs Rhoda as remember by family. [obit not found] [Duncan_Benjamin_Nancy]

m. 1843 Floyd

Nancy Burnett, s/o Josiah & Jemima (Dickerson) Burnett. [Death Cert] [Burnett_Josiah_Jemimah]

Native stone without markings

Duncan, Infant

yes

after 1915

after 1915

Infant d/o Wyatt Lynch & Maud E. (Akers) Duncan. [Duncan_Benjamin_Nancy]

Native stone without markings

Duncan, Nancy

yes

24 Jun 1825

18 Dec 1917

Wife of

Benjamin Duncan

Nancy Burnett, s/o Josiah & Jemima (Dickerson) Burnett. [Death Cert] [obit not found] [Burnett_Josiah_Jemimah]

m. 1843 Floyd

Benjamin Duncan, s/o probable s/o John & Rhoda or Rachel (unknown) Duncan. [1893 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] Gives mothers name as Rachel vs Rhoda as remember by family. [obit not found] [Duncan_Benjamin_Nancy]

Native stone without markings

Duncan, Nannie

yes

21 Sep 1850

06 May 1935

Wife of

Asa "Acie" Duncan

Nancy “Nannie” Duncan, d/o John & Lucy (Dalton) Duncan. [Death Cert] [obit not found] [Duncan Notes]

m. 1870 Carroll

Asa “Acie” Duncan, s/o Benjamin & Nancy (Burnett) Duncan. [Death Cert] [Duncan_Benjamin_Nancy]

Native stone without markings

Duncan, Rhoda

yes

unknown

26 Dec 1862

Daughter of

Benjamin & Nancy Duncan

Rhoda Jane Duncan, d/o Benjamin & Nancy (Burnett) Duncan. [1862 Floyd Co., VA Death Register pg 2] looks like age 20 years but I don’t see her in 1850 or 1860 census with this family. [obit not found] [Duncan_Benjamin_Nancy]

 

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.

 

Benjamin Duncan Cemetery, SR 655, 1 ½ miles from SR 787, lt side of a house, Copper Valley, Floyd Co., VA

Pg 105-106

This old Duncan cemetery is located approximately one & 1 ½ miles from 787 on 655. It is on the left side of Troy Higgs house.

There are approximately thirty graves marked with native stones. There are no names or dates on any of those stones HOWEVER, the named of some known to have been here were supplied by Ila Dalton & May Duncan.

 

Benjamin Duncan, s/o John Duncan

b. about 1830, d.

&

Nancy Burnett Duncan, wife of Benjamin

 

Asa (Acie) Duncan, s/o Benjamin & Nancy

b. 9-8-1848, d.

&

Nannie (Duncan) Duncan, wife of Asa

 

Rhoda Jane Duncan, d/o Benjamin & Nancy

Died young

 

Infant Duncan of Lynch & Maude Akers Duncan

 

Delilah Duncan Conner, d/o Benjamin & Nancy & wife of Henry Conner

b. 5-18-1850