Zebrem Keith Family Cemetery, fenced cemetery on Union School Rd SW (SR 727) at Conner Grove Rd SW (SR 799), Willis, Floyd Co., VA. Sits atop a hill across from Burk's Fork Church of the Brethren, Floyd Co., VA.

aka Keith

aka Hylton

Floyd County, VA GIS Parcels ID 71-96 and 71-95
Owner Name Keith

36.81045-80.43798

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Google Maps using coordinates 36.81045-80.43798.

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 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:

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: Many more graves too overgrown to read.

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NAME

Original survey

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

FAG only but with this note:

Burial info:
“It is oral history in our family that Solmon and Celia were buried here, though no markers exist.
Jon Thomas Find A Grave ID 47564530

Hylton, Celia

NO

13 Nov 1807

1900

 

nee Celia Edens, b. Patrick, d/o David & Mary Martha (Thornton) Edens. [Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available for 1900] [Obit – can’t find]

m. 1835 Floyd

Soloman Hylton, s/o Henry & Elizabeth (Hylton) Hylton. [1866 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Hylton_Solomon_Celia]

 

Hylton, E. L.

yes

 

Jun 1880

 

aka Elijah L. Hylton, s/o unknown. [Death not recorded in Floyd Co., VA Death Registers] [Obit – can’t find]

 

Hylton, Levi

yes

20 May 1844

25 Jul 1927

 

Levi Hylton, s/o Solomon & Celia (Edens) Hylton. [Death Cert] [Obit – can’t find] [Hylton_Solomon_Celia]

m. 1870 Floyd

nee Luanna Pratt, d/o Jesse & 1st wife Barbary Elender (Simmons) Pratt. [Death Cert – can’t find Floyd or Patrick] [Obit – can’t find] [Pratt_Jesse_2wives]

 

Hylton, Luanna

yes

19 Mar 1843

20 Apr 1916

 

nee Luanna Pratt, d/o Jesse & 1st wife Barbary Elender (Simmons) Pratt. [Death Cert – can’t find Floyd or Patrick] [Pratt_Jesse_2wives]

m. 1870 Floyd

Levi Hylton, s/o Solomon & Celia (Edens) Hylton. [Death Cert] [Obit – can’t find] [Hylton_Solomon_Celia]

FAG only but with this note:

Burial info:
“It is oral history in our family that Solmon and Celia were buried here, though no markers exist.
Jon Thomas Find A Grave ID 47564530

Hylton, Solomon

NO

01 Aug 1806

22 Feb 1866

 

Soloman Hylton, s/o Henry & Elizabeth (Hylton) Hylton. [1866 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Obit – can’t find] [Hylton_Solomon_Celia]

m. 1935 Floyd

nee Celia Edens, b. Patrick, d/o David & Mary Martha (Thornton) Edens. [Obit – can’t find] [no file]

 

Hylton, Virgie

yes

21 Aug 1890

25 Oct 1894

Daughter of

C. H. & Sarah E. Hylton

aka Virginia Florence “Virgie” Hylton, d/o Charles Henry & Sarah Ellen (Pratt) Hylton. [1894 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Obit – can’t find] [Hylton_HenryT_2wives]

 

Keith, Rachel

yes

20 Feb 1846

24 Apr 1919

Wife of Zebrem Keith

nee Rachel Hylton, d/o Solomon & Celia (Edens) Hylton. [Death Cert] [Obit – can’t find] [Hylton_Solomon_Celia]

m. 1867 Floyd

Zebrum Keith s/o Andrew Jackson & Lucinda (Sowers) Keith. [Obit – can’t find] [Keith_Andrew_Lucinda]

 

Keith, Zebrem

yes

22 Feb 1845

13 Jun 1904

 

Zebrum Keith s/o Andrew Jackson & Lucinda (Sowers) Keith. [Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available for 1904] [Obit – can’t find] [Keith_Andrew_Lucinda]

m. 1867 Floyd

nee Rachel Hylton, d/o Solomon & Celia (Edens) Hylton. [Death Cert] [Obit – can’t find] [Hylton_Solomon_Celia]

 

Slusher, Ida May

yes

31 Dec 1879

07 Aug 1900

Daughter of D. W. & Susan Slusher

Ida May Slusher, d/o Darius William & 1st wife Susan Margaret (Slusher) Slusher. [Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available for 1900] [Obit – can’t find] [Slusher_Jeremiah_Sarah]

 

Slusher, Susan

yes

22 Dec 1860

01 Aug 1906

Wife of D. W. Slusher

nee Susan Margaret (Slusher) Slusher, d/o Lewis Hamilton & Sarah (Wade) Slusher. [Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available for 1906] [Obit – can’t find] [Slusher_Nancy_David]

m. 1878 Floyd

Darius William Slusher, 1858-1934, s/o Jeremiah Hanes & Sarah Ida (Weddle) Slusher. [Death Cert]   [Slusher_Jeremiah_Sarah] Darius m. 2nd 1908 Floyd Minnie Clara Sumpter, 1870-1971, d/o Joseph & Matilda (Poff) Sumpter. [Death Cert] [Sumpter_Richard_Catherine] They are buried in the Jacksonville Cemetery.

 

Weddle, Eld. A.. J.

yes

21 Jul 1848

01 Feb 1924

 

aka Andrew Jackson Weddle, s/o Levi & Katherine (Harter) Weddle. [Death Cert] [Weddle_Levi_Katherine]

1st m. 1868 Floyd, Anna Harman, 1846-1902, d/o John J. & Celia (Hylton) Harman. [Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available for 1902] [Harman_JohnJ_Celia]

2nd m. 1905 Floyd, nee Eliza Attaway Pratt, d/o Ismael & 2nd wife Mary E. (Whorley) Pratt. [Death Cert] [Pratt_John_Nancy]

 

Andrew’s obit – can’t find

 

The Roanoke Times

Roanoke, Virginia  Friday, May 27, 1938

 

Weddle, Eliza

yes

29 Sep 1867

26 May 1938

Wife of Andrew Weddle

nee Eliza Attaway Pratt, d/o Ismael & 2nd wife Mary E. (Whorley) Pratt. [Death Cert] [Pratt_John_Nancy]

m. 1905 Floyd

Andrew Jackson Weddle, s/o Levi & Katherine (Harter) Weddle. [Death Cert] [Weddle_Levi_Katherine]

 

The Roanoke Times

Roanoke, Virginia  Friday, May 27, 1938

Andrew’s obit – can’t find

 

Original Survey: Cemeteries Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Burks Fork District Volume II Compiled by Phyllis Goad Phillips And Genevieve Cochran Starkey. 66 of 109 Cemeteries, pg 41. Added with permission of Genevieve Cochran Starkey May 2021.

 

Keith – fenced  in cemetery on SR 727 at SR 799, atop a hill across from Burk's Fork Church of the Brethren, Floyd Co., VA.

Many more graves too overgrown to read.

 

Hylton, E. L.

b. ____, d. 6-1880

 

Hylton, Levi

b. 5-20-1844, d. 7-25-1927

&

Hylton, Luanna nee Pratt Wife of Levi Hylton

b. 3-19-1833, d. 4-20-1916

 

Keith, Zebrum

b. 2-22-1845, d. 6-13-1904

&

Keith, Rachael Wife of Zebrem Keith

b. 2-20-1846, d. 4-24-1919

 

Weddle, Eld. A. J. (Andrew)

b. 7-21-1848, d. 2-1-1924

&

Weddle, Eliza P. nee Pratt Wife of Andrew Weddle

b. 9-29-1867, d. 5-26-1938

 

Hylton, Virgie F. d/o G. H. & Sarah E. Hylton

b. 8-21-1890, d. 10-25-1894

 

Slusher, Ida May d/o D. W. & Susan Slusher

b. 12-31-1879, d. 8-7-1900

&

Slusher, Susan wife of D. W. Slusher

b. 12-22-1860, d. 8-1-1906