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 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: A. Knowles Cemetery

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: 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] [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.