Abarella Knowles Grave Site, on Kyle Weeks Rd (SR 772) atop tallest hill on Arthur Poff farm, Floyd Co., VA

36.83490, -80.43886 Unsure of these coordinates – may be for the Old Willis Cemetery

 

 

no photo of grave site

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: A. Knowles 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: Abarella Knowles’ stone very difficult to locate & there may be other graves here.

Photo

NAME

Original survey

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

no photo

Knowles, Abarella

yes

20 May 1830

15 Jan 1869

oringinal surveyors note: unsure of death year

nee Abarella “Abbie” Helms, d/o  Thomas & Mary (Weddle) Helms. [Death Register – death not recorded in Floyd or Patrick Co., VA anytime before 1870] [obit – can’t find] [Helms_Thomas_Mary]

m. 1853 Floyd

Naaman William Knowles, s/o Joshua & Jane (Harbour) Knowles. [Knowles_NaamanW_2wives]

 

Original Survey: Cemeteries Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Burks Fork District Volume II Compiled by Phyllis Goad Phillips And Genevieve Cochran Starkey. 92 of 109 Cemeteries, pg 98. Added with permission of Genevieve Cochran Starkey May 2021.