Keith Family Cemetery, Easy Drive NW (SR 766), Willis, Floyd Co., VA.

Last visited by Tracy C. Oct 2022

Need Coordinates for map

Original Source: see original survey at end

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

Find A Grave Name:

Annotations – added by Barb Camery Reininger

Annotations in Red – correction to original text by Barb Camery Reininger

+ indicates on same tombstone

& indicates a relationship

Notes: 5 rows, 9 graves marked with stones & 6 other large spaces that could be grave sites. Hylton markers have been updated from originals.

Photo

NAME

Original survey

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

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Howell, John P.

yes

06 Oct 1853

10 Feb 1898

aka John Pleasant Howell, s/o Henry B. & 1st wife Luanna (Epperly) Howell. [Death Records not available for 1897-1911] [Howell_John_Sarah]

m. 1883 Patrick

Evalina Alston “Lanie” Brammer, d. 1937, d/o Tazwell Perry & Lucinda (Dehart) Brammer of Patrick Co., VA. [Death Cert] [Obit – can’t find] [no file] She’ll m. 2^nd 1905 NC as 2^nd wife of David F. Pugh, 1845-1919, s/o Elam & Lydia (Sowers) Pugh. [Pugh_Elam_Lydia]

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Howell, Posey G.

yes

21 Apr 1890

25 Oct 1904

Posey G. Howell, s/o John Pleasant & Evalina Alston “Lanie” (Brammer) Howell. [Death Records not available for 1897-1911] [Obit – can’t find] [Howell_John_Sarah]

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Hylton, Amon

yes

20 Jan 1890

14 Jan 1968

Amon Hylton, never married s/o Elijah & Mary Ann (Pratt) Hylton. [Death Cert] [Hylton_HenryT_2wives]

The Roanoke Times

Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, January 16, 1968

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Oct 2022)

Hylton, Eden

yes

01 Jan 1895

08 Jan 1961

Eden Hylton, never married s/o Elijah & Mary Ann (Pratt) Hylton. [Death Cert] [Hylton_HenryT_2wives]

The Roanoke Times

Roanoke, Virginia · Monday, January 09, 1961

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Hylton, Edmond

yes

19 Jul 1891

11 Dec 1964

aka Floyd Edmond Hylton, never married s/o Elijah & Mary Ann (Pratt) Hylton. [Death Cert] [Hylton_HenryT_2wives]

The Roanoke Times

Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, December 12, 1964

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Hylton, Elijah

NO

06 Aug 1852

20 Mar 1927

Elijah Hylton, s/o Henry T. & 1st wife Catherine Lucretia (Hylton) Hylton. [Death Cert] [Obit – can’t find] [Hylton_HenryT_2wives]

m. 1875 Floyd

nee Mary Ann Pratt, d/o Ishmel & 1st wife Martha Jane (Howell) Pratt. [Death Cert] mother differs on DC [Pratt_John_Nancy]

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Hylton, Ishmael

NO

26 Jan 1880

09 Feb 1933

aka Henry Ishmel Hylton, single s/o Elijah & Mary Ann (Pratt) Hylton. [Death Cert] [Hylton_HenryT_2wives]

The Roanoke Times

Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, February 10, 1933

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Hylton, Julianna

yes

02 Jan 1886

06 Mar 1955

Julianna Hylton, single d/o Elijah & Mary Ann (Pratt) Hylton. [Death Cert] [Obit – can’t find] [Hylton_HenryT_2wives]

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Hylton, Lura C.

NO

11 Mar 1899

21 Jun 1987

Lura Catherine Hylton, single d/o Elijah & Mary Ann (Pratt) Hylton. [Death Cert] mother differs on DC [Hylton_HenryT_2wives]

The Roanoke Times

Roanoke, Virginia · Monday, June 22, 1987

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Hylton, Mary Pratt

NO

26 Nov 1858

20 Aug 1933

nee Mary Ann Pratt, d/o Ishmel & 1st wife Martha Jane (Howell) Pratt. [Death Cert] mother differs on DC [Obit – can’t find] [Pratt_John_Nancy]

m. 1875 Floyd

Elijah Hylton, s/o Henry T. & 1st wife Catherine Lucretia (Hylton) Hylton. [Death Cert] [Hylton_HenryT_2wives]

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Keith, Floyd Calvin

yes

10 Sep 1877

15 Jul 1942

Floyd Calvin Keith, single s/o William Jackson & Mary Jane (Dowdy) Keith. [Death Cert] DC gives “Smith Cem” as POB. [Keith_Leonard_Elizabeth]

The Roanoke Times

Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, July 17, 1942

Hmm, noted in original documentation of this cemetery to be buried here. No marker found by Tracy C. 2022 BUT a marker found in Willis Cemetery by Sammie Wade in 2011. Bodies moved or new marker placed in Willis??

Keith, James T.

&

Keith, Malinda A.

yes

yes

28 Jan 1867

18 May 1857

17 Feb 1940

24 Oct 1940

aka James Thomas Keith, s/o William Jackson & Mary Jane (Dowdy) Keith. [Death Cert] [Keith_Leonard_Elizabeth]

m. 1897 Floyd

nee Malinda Angeline Duncan, d/o Lawyer C. & Malinda Jane (Howell) Duncan. [Death Cert] DC gives “Smith Cem” as POB. [Duncan_PeterSr_Viola]

The Roanoke Times Roanoke, Virginia · Sunday, February 18, 1940

The Roanoke Times Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, October 26, 1940

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Keith, Mary J.

yes

27 May 1843

11 Nov 1904

Wife of William J. Keith

nee Mary Jane Dowdy, d/o Newton Austin & Lucy Elizabeth [Smith) Dowdy. [Death Records not available for 1897-1911] [Obit – can’t find] [Dowdy_Newton_Elizabeth]

m. 1866 Floyd

William Jackson Keith, s/o Leonard & Elizabeth (Sutphin) Keith. [Death Cert] DC gives “Smith Cem” as POB. [Obit – can’t find] [Keith_Leonard_Elizabeth]

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Keith, William J.

yes

13 Jul 1843

02 Feb 1927

aka William Jackson Keith, s/o Leonard & Elizabeth (Sutphin) Keith. [Death Cert] DC gives “Smith Cem” as POB. [Obit – can’t find] [Keith_Leonard_Elizabeth]

m. 1866 Floyd

nee Mary Jane Dowdy, d/o Newton Austin & Lucy Elizabeth (Smith) Dowdy. [Death Records not available for 1897-1911] [Obit – can’t find] [Dowdy_Newton_Elizabeth]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Oct 2022)

Spangler, Henry E.

yes

28 Sep 1881

24 Dec 1887

Son of W. I. & Charlotte Spangler

Henry E. Spanger, s/o William Ira & Charlotte (Dickerson) Spangler. [1887 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Obit – can’t find] [Spangler_HenryH_Elizabeth]

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Spangler, John W.

yes

07 Jun 1885

10 Mar 1887

Son of W. I. & Charlotte Spangler

John W. Spanger, s/o William Ira & Charlotte (Dickerson) Spangler. [1887 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Spangler_HenryH_Elizabeth]

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Weeks, Sarah J.

yes

1890

1937

nee Sarah Jane Keith, d/o William Jackson & Mary Jane (Dowdy) Keith. By census records, Sarah’s DOB is closer to 1884. She had a son Roy Edward Keith b. abt 1908. [Sarah’s Death Cert – can’t find – may have died in Youngstown, OH] [Obit – can’t find] [Keith_Leonard_Elizabeth]

m. can’t find

Obediah D. Weeks, 1879-1960, s/o Quinqua Darius & Elizabeth (Hylton) Weeks. He died in Floyd & is buried Greasy Creek. [Death Cert] [Weeks_Mathew_Iturea]

The Roanoke Times

Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, March 18, 1960

Original Survey: Cemeteries Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Indian Valley District Volume I by Elza B. Cox & Phyllis G. Phillips ©1980. Pg 78. Added with permission of Elza B. Cox Nov. 2022.

Keith Cemetery, SR 766, Willis, Floyd Co., VA

Pg 78

5 rows, 9 graves maked with stones & 6 other large spaces that could be grave sites

Keith, William J.

b. 7-13-1843, d. 2-9-1927

&

Keith, Mary J. (nee Dowdy)

Wife of William J.

b. 5-27-1843, d. 11-1-1904

Keith, Floyd Calvin

b. 9-20-1977, d. 7-15-1942

Keith, James T. (James Thomas)

b. 1-28-1867, d. 2-17-1940

+ (m. 9-8-1897)

Keith, Malinda A.

(Malinda Angeline Duncan, d/o Lawyer C.)

b. 5-18-1857, d. 10-24-1940

Weeks, Sarah J.

b. 1890, d. 1937

Spangler, Henry E.

b. 9-28-1881, d. 12-24-1887

Son of W. L. & Charlotte

Spangler, John W.

b. 6-7-1885, d. 3-10-1887

Son of W. L. & Charlotte

Howell, John P.

b. 10-6-1853, d. 2-10-1898

Howell, Posy G.

b. 4-21-1890, d. 10-25-1904

Hylton, Julianna

(no dates)

Hylton, Amon

b. 1889, d. 1968

Hylton, Edmond

b. 1891, d. 1964

Hylton, Eden

b. 1895, d. 1961

Rock

(possibly Ishmael Hylton)