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Gray Cemetery – Graysville Rd SE (Sr 641),
Copper Hill, Floyd Co., VA.
aka Howery/Gray Cemetery
Just beyond 1376 Grayville Rd
SE, on left. Enclosed by wrought iron fence.
N 37 00.221 W 80 08.453
Photo
documented Jan 2014 by Tracy C. & revisited by Tracy C. Jan 2022 – no changes
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Overgrown steps leading up to gate.
(src: Find A Grave; photo by H.G.H. Oct 2020)
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(src: Find A Grave; Tracy C. added Jan 2014)
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Original Source: Document 22 Mar
2009 by Genevieve C. Starkey. Tracy C. documented with photos 2014.
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Find A Grave Name: same
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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
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Notes: We were told there was a Young
Buried here, died not see the stone. The cemetery is overgrown with stones
down, so possibly hidden.
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Photo
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NAME
X = Original
survey
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BIRTH
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DEATH
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MARKER NOTES
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ANNOTATIONS
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(src: Find A Grave; Tracy C. added Jan 2014)
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Gray, Ann E.
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10 Jun 1825
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30 Mar 1897
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w/o James
Gray
71y 8m 20d
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nee Ann Eliza Kelley,
d/o George Washington Sr & 1st wife Sarah (Webster) Kelley.
[Kelly_GeorgeW_2wives]
m. 1854 Floyd as 1st
wife of
James Gray, s/o Cary & Rebecca (Sowder) Gray. [Gray_Cary_Rebecca]
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(src: Find A Grave; Tracy C. added Mar 2014)
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Gray, Cary
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27 Oct 1805
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9 Mar 1890
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74y 4m 12d
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Cary Gray, s/o
Edward Gray Jr [Gray_Cary_Rebecca]
m. 1829 Franklin
Rebecca Sowder,
1806-1885, d/o Ann (Prillaman)
Sowder - CHECK.
It is thought that
Rebecca is also buried in this cemetery & as she died just 5 years
before Cary, she probably was. However, evidence of a stone has not been
found.
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(src: Find A Grave; Tracy C. added Jan 2014)
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Gray, James
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19 Sep 1832
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25 Oct 1919
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James Gray, s/o Cary & Rebecca (Sowder) Gray. [Gray_Cary_Rebecca]
1st m. 1854
Floyd, nee Ann Eliza Kelley, d/o George Washington Sr &
1st wife Sarah (Webster) Kelley. [Kelly_GeorgeW_2wives]
2nd
m. 1898 Floyd, Mary Jane Aldridge, d/o Joseph L. & Mary Magdalene
(Webster) Gray.
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(src: Find A Grave; Tracy C. added Jan 2014)
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Hollans, Mary
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6 Sep 1826
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15 Jan 1917
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Wife of W. R.
Hollands
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nee Mary Jane
Moore, d/o John & Annie (Austin) Moore.
(src: desc) [no file]
m. 1843 Floyd
William Reiley Hollans, s/o unknown John
& Mary (Mowry) Hollans. [Hollins_WilliamR_Mary]
Family currently uses “Holland” spelling.
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WRH (footstone?)
(src: Find A Grave; Tracy C. added both Jan 2014)
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Hollans, William R.
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1 Oct 1825
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4 Sep 1897
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aka William Reiley Hollans, s/o unknown. [Hollins_WilliamR_Mary]
m. 1843 Floyd
nee Mary Jane
Moore, d/o John & Annie (Austin) Moore.
(src: desc) [no file]
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(src: Find A Grave; Tracy C. added Jan 2014)
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Howery, Annie G
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4 Jul 1897
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6 Jan 1898
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Annie G.
Howery, d/o John Harman & Mary Elizabeth (Gray) Howery
& granddaughter of James &
1st wife Ann Eliza (Kelley) Gray. [Howery_Daniel_Mary]
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(src: Find A Grave; Tracy C. added Jan 2014)
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Howery, Ida B.
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15 Jun 1891
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23 Jul 1891
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Ida B.
Howery, d/o John Harman & Mary Elizabeth (Gray) Howery
& granddaughter of James &
1st wife Ann Eliza (Kelley) Gray. [Howery_Daniel_Mary]
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Marker illegible.
(src: Find A Grave; Tracy C. added Jan 2014)
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Howery, Rufus W.
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Abt 1886
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6 Dec 1891
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Rufus Wilson Howery,
d/o John Harman & Mary Elizabeth (Gray) Howery &
granddaughter of James & 1st
wife Ann Eliza (Kelley) Gray. [Howery_Daniel_Mary]]
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Original Survey:
HOWERY-GRAY
CEMETERY
Off Parkway onto
Graysville Road and after passing a large pond on left and past the next driveway,
cemetery on hill on left N 37 00.221 W 80 08.453 There is a wrought iron fence
around it
Documented 22 March 2009 by Genevieve C Starkey
Thanks to Charlotte Lampey and Dorothy Epperly for telling us of this one
We were told
there was a Young Buried here, died not see the stone. The cemetery is
overgrown with stones down, so possibly hidden
Annie G Howery 4
Jul 1897 6 Jan 1898
William H 1867 stone
was hand carved, eroded could he Hollans or Howery
Mary Hollans 6
Sep 1826 15-Jan-1917 w/o W R Hollans
James Gray 19 Sep
1832 25-Oct-1919
Ann E Gray 10 Jun
1825 30 Mar 1897 w/o James Gray
Cary Gray 27 Oct
1805 9 May 1890
Rufus W Howery
writing side down on ground not able to read date