William H. Harman Family Cemetery, .2 miles off Bethlehem Church Road on Running Cedar Road NE, Little River District, Floyd Co., VA.

N 36 58.420’ W 80 15.526’ Visible using Google Earth.

36.97372-80.25881

 

Google Maps using coordinates 36.97372-80.25881

(src: FAG, photo by Don Yearout, added by Betty Jean Wolverton-George Jan 2012

 

Original Source: Documented by Jo Parr and Genevieve C. Starkey – date not given. “Visible from the road is the large obelisk marking Mr. Harman’s grave. We are told it took 8 horses to haul this marker to the location.” 

Published Books:

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.

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

Tombstone Inscriptions of Floyd County, Virginia ~ Compiled by Donna J. Robertson ~ © 1993

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

Find A Grave Name: Harman Cemetery

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

Marker not found but was noted in original survey

Harman, Alma L.

yes

1868

1875

 

Alma Lee Harman, d/o William Harvey & Mary Etta (Yearout) Harman. [Death not recorded in 1875 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Harman_William_2wives]

 Elizabeth <I>Gish</I> Harman

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Don Yearout Feb 2012)

Harman, Elizabeth Gish

yes

1822

1878

Wife of William Harman

nee Elizabeth Gish, d/o unknown. [Death not recorded in 1878 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [no file]

m. 1857 Roanoke as 2nd wife of

William Harman, s/o unknown. [Harman_William_2wives] William 1st m. 1819 Susanna “Susan” Wolfe, d/o John & Mary Magdalene (Lewis) Wolfe. (src: Ancestry.com Don Yearout: Yearout Family Tree).

 James W Harman

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Don Yearout Feb 2012)

Harman, James W.

 

26 Apr 1863

25 Aug 1864

Son of Wm H. & Mary E. Harman

James W. Harman, s/o William Harvey & Mary Etta (Yearout) Harman. [Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available for 1864] [Harman_William_2wives]

Larger memorial image loading...

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Don Yearout Feb 2012)

Harman Mary E.

 

13 Oct 1837

25 Feb 1922

 

nee Mary Etta Yearout, d/o Charles Jr & Mary Etta (Todd) Yearout. [Death Cert] [obit – can’t find] [Yearout_Charles_Mary]

m. 1855 Floyd

William Harvey Harman, s/o William & 1st wife Susanna “Susan” (Wolfe) Harman. [Death Cert – indexed on Ancestry as William H. Harrison – name of mother confused with name of wife] [Harman_William_2wives]

Larger memorial image loading...

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Don Yearout Feb 2012)

Harman, Jennie

 

21 Jul 1865

21 Mar 1881

Daughter of Wm H. & Mary E. Harman

Virginia Victory “Jennie” Harman, d/o William Harvey & Mary Etta (Yearout) Harman. [Death not recorded in 1881 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Harman_William_2wives]

 William Harman

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Don Yearout Feb 2012)

Harman, William

yes

01 Jul 1790

03 Jul 1881

Soldier of War of 1812

William Harman, s/o unknown. [Death not recorded in 1881 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Harman_William_2wives]

1st m. 1819 WVA Susanna “Susan” Wolfe, d/o John & Mary Magdalene (Lewis) Wolfe. [no file]

2nd m. 1857 Roanoke, Elizabeth Gish, d/o unknown. [no file]

 William H Harman

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Don Yearout Feb 2012)

Harman, William H.

yes

01 Nov 1831

07 Feb 1914

 

aka William Harvey Harman, s/o William & 1st wife Susanna “Susan” (Wolfe) Harman. [Death Cert – indexed on Ancestry as William H. Harrison] [Harman_William_2wives]

m. 1855 Floyd

nee Mary Etta Yearout, d/o Charles Jr. & Mary (Todd) Yearout. [Death Cert] [Yearout_Charles_Mary]

 

Picture of

(src: Find A Grave, photo added by Remembrance)

The World-News

Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, February 07, 1914

FAG only, not noted in original survey; obit states buried in Abbs Valley, VA which is in Tazewell Co., VA. NOT BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY

Hunley, Mary Rose

NO

 

 

 

Mary Hunley, 74, of Bassett, VA passed away on Wednesday, January 12, 2022.
Born on September 24, 1947 in Wilcoe, West Virginia she was a daughter of the late George and Evelyn Harman Rose. Formally of Jenkinjones, WV she had been a resident of Bassett, VA for the past 10 years and was a faithful homemaker. She was of the Methodist faith.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Fredy Hunley, Jr.
Those left to cherish Mary's memories are her sons, Michael Hunley and wife Pamela of Basset, VA and Claude Fredy Hunley, III of Bassett, VA; daughters, Melissa Hill and husband Tim of Bassett, VA, Constance May Drake of Bassett, VA, and Michelle Darlene Mitchell of Louisiana; brother, Vernon Rose of Bramwell, WV; sisters, Edna "Penny" Whitley of Warner Robbins, GA, Lucy Walsh of North Tazewell, VA, and Ruthie Blankenship of War, WV; 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at the Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Chapel in Bluewell with Rev. Mary Lambert officiating. Burial will follow at Harman Cemetery in Abbs Valley, VA with Tyler Drake, Jacob Foley, Austin Long, Sammy Shatley, Ernie McGlothlin, and Jackie Rose serving as pallbearers. Friends may call from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service. Online condolences will be accepted at www.cravens-shires.com.

 Eliza A <I>Harman</I> Pendleton

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Don Yearout Feb 2012)

Pendleton, Eliza

yes

08 Oct 1858

09 Aug 1886

Wife of

Wm Pendleton

& daughter of

Wm H. & Mary Harman

nee Eliza Harman, d/o William Harvey & Mary Etta (Yearout) Harman. [Death not recorded in 1886 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Harman_William_2wives]

m. 1876 Floyd

William Pendleton, 1847-1916, s/o Micajah & Mary Ann (Carper) Pendleton. [no file] Wm m. 2nd 1891 Patrick, Birtie H. Penn. [no file]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Don Yearout Feb 2012)

Pendleton, Frank P.

yes

18 Oct 1885

27 Apr 1911

 

Frank P. Pendleton, s/o William & Eliza (Harman) Pendleton. [Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available for 1911] [no file] [Harman_William_2wives]

 

1900 Floyd Co., VA

 

 

Original Survey:

WILLILAM H "BALDY" HARMAN CEMETERY

Just off Bethlehem Church Road on Running Cedar Road Documented by Jo Parr & Genevieve C Starkey

Visible from the road is the large obelisk marking Mr Harman's grave.

We are told it took 8 horses to haul this  marker to the location.

Mary E

Harman

18 Oct 1837

23-Feb-1923

 

William H

Harman

1 Nov 1831

7-Feb-1914

 

Frank P

Pendleton

8 Oct 1885

2-Apr-1911

 

Elizabeth Gish

Harman

1822

1879

w/o William Harman

William

Harman

1 Jul 1790

3 Jul 1881

Soldier of War 1812

Jennie

Harman

21 Jul 1865

21 Mar 1881

d/o Wm H & Mary E Harman

Eliza

Pendleton

8 Oct 1859

9 Aug 1886

w/o Wm Pendleton d/o Wm H & Mary Harman

James M

Harman

1863

1864

 

Alma L

Harman

1868

1875