George Anthony King Family Cemetery, Franklin Co., VA

Located just off the Blue Ridge Parkway about a mile North of Devil's Backbone Overlook. It is in the woods on the left side of the road. It is not fenced and the only marked stones were these two. There are quite a few unmarked stones.

37.0397380, -80.1131630

 

(src: Google Maps using coordinates 37.0397380, -80.1131630

Cemetery image

(src: Tracy C. Dec 2021)

Original Source: Documented 27 Apr 2006 by Jo Parr & Genevieve C. Starkey; photograhed by Tracy C. Dec 2021

Find A Grave Name: same

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 quite a few unmarked stones.

Photo

NAME

Original survey

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

(src: Tracy C. Dec 2021)

King, George A.

yes

1843

08 Dec 1913

 

aka George Anthony King, s/o Anthony & Margaret “Peggy” (Wright) King. [Death Cert] DOB differs in DC. [Obit – can’t find] [King_AnthonySr]

m. 1866 Floyd

nee Sarah R. “Sallie” Conner, d/o John R. aka Jonathan & Louisa aka Doshia (Poff) Conner. [Death Cert] [Obit – can’t find] [Conner_JohnR_LouisaDoshia]

(src: Tracy C. Dec 2021)

King, Sarah

yes

1845

18 Dec 1918

 

nee Sarah R. “Sallie” Conner, d/o John R. aka Jonathan & Louisa aka Doshia (Poff) Conner. [Death Cert] [Obit – can’t find] [Conner_JohnR_LouisaDoshia]

m. 1866 Floyd

George Anthony King, s/o Anthony & Margaret “Peggy” (Wright) King. [Death Cert] [Obit – can’t find] [King_AnthonySr]

 

Original Survey:

 

KING, GEORGE & SARAH         

On Blue Ridge Parkway property at MP 143, on east side of Parkway

Documented 27 Apr 2006 by Jo Parr & Genevieve C. Starkey

N 37 02.913  W 80 06.904

 

There are several rocks here which appear to be marking grave sites

 

 

Sgt. George A. King                                                       1843            1913

Co. I, 54 VA Inf. CSA

 

Sarah Conner King                                                          1845           1919