Anderson Mills Family Cemetery, beside driveway of 9052 Floyd Hwy So., Floyd Co., VA.

N 27 05.387 W 80 07.546 Elevation 2823’

37.0897800, -80.1257640

Photo documented by Gary Shaver Jan 2020 with this note: An old Mills Family Burial Ground up on a hillside just off of Rt 221 in Copper Hill, Floyd County, Virginia. This burial ground is very overgrown and in need of repair (as of January 2020. Two legible tombstones.

Google Maps using coordinates 37.0897800, -80.1257640

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Gary Shaver Jan 2020)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Gary Shaver Jan 2020)

Original Source: Documented 14 Nov 2008 by Jo Parr & Genevieve C. Starkey

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: Old Mills Family Burial Ground, Copper Hill, Floyd Co., VA.

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:

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NAME

Original survey

X

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

(src: Find Grave; photo added by Gary Shaver Jan 2020)

Bell, Susie Liddy

NO

27 Apr 1898

23 Apr 1955

 

ne Susie Liddy Wimmer, d/o James Grant & Nancy Ester Frances (Mills) Wimmer. [Death Cert] [Wimmer_James_Nancy]

m. abt 1919 (can’t find) as 2nd wife of

Chester Garfield Bell, 1885-1972, s/o b. NC, s/o Evan & Nancy (Cook) Bell. [Death Cert] [no file] Chester 1st m. 1916 Pulaski, div. 1918 Wythe, Alice Viola Nelson. No children with Alice.

 

The Roanoke Times Roanoke, Virginia · Monday, April 25, 1955

The World-News Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, March 17, 1972

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(src: Find Grave; photo added by Gary Shaver Jan 2020)

Mills, Anderson

yes

04 Jul 1816

15 Mar 1888

 

Anderson Mills, b. Franklin, s/o John & Nancy (unknown) Mills. [Death not recorded 1888 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Obit – can’t find] [Mills_Anderson_2wives]

1st m. 1844 Floyd, Hannah Smith, abt 1830-1858, probably d/o Jacob & Eva (Shilling) Smith. [1858 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] age 28 yo. [Obit – can’t find] [Smith_Other_fcva]

2nd m. 1859 Floyd, nee Sarah Frances Gearhart, b. Floyd, abt 1830-died 1915, d/o John & Frances “Fanny” (Dewese) Gearhart. [Death Cert] DC states abt 78 yo; buried Family Cemetery. [Obit – can’t find] [Gearhart_John_Frances]

marker not found

Mills, John Taylor

sort of

[1849]

20 Sep 1893

thought to be buried in the Anderson Mills Family Cemetery, beside driveway of 9052 Floyd Hwy So., Floyd Co., VA per Jo Parr & Genevieve C. Starkey survey in 2008. And thought to be buried in the Mills-Wimmer-Beckner Family Cemetery, on Deer Run Drive SE, 33 feet from intersection of  Parkway Dr SE, Floyd Co., VA per FAG. Marker not found in either cemetery. CANNOT VERIFY BURIAL

John Taylor Mills, s/o Anderson & 1st wife Hannah (Smith) Mills. [1893 Roanoke Death Register] “killed in riot” [Mills_Anderson_2wives]

m. 1884 Floyd

nee Julina Ann Dewese, 1855-1932, d/o Harvey & Sarah (Wimmer) Dewese. [Death Cert] [Dewese_Harvey_Sarah]

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Alexandria Gazette Alexandria, Virginia · Thursday, September 21, 1893

 

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Alexandria Gazette Alexandria, Virginia · Friday, September 22, 1893

 

The Roanoke Times Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, September 26, 1893

 

 

The World-News Roanoke, Virginia · Monday, June 06, 1932

 

marker not found

Wilson, John Landon

sort of

01 Jan 1875

15 Mar 1930

thought to be buried in this cemetery but marker not found – CANNOT VERIFIY BURIAL

John Landon Wilson, s/o Isaac D. & Rebecca F. (Brown) Wilson. [Death Cert – 1] [Death Cert – 2] [Wilson_Daniel_Elizabeth]

m. 1896 Floyd

nee Sarah Elizabeth Mills, d/o James Taylor & Tabitha Jane (Mills) Mills. [Death Cert[ [Mills_LarkinP_Hannah]

The World-News Roanoke, Virginia · Monday, March 17, 1930

The World-News Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, April 16, 1958

marker not found

Wilson, Sarah Elizabeth

sort of

01 Jan 1875

15 Apr 1958

thought to be buried in this cemetery but marker not found – CANNOT VERIFIY BURIAL

nee Sarah Elizabeth Mills, d/o James Taylor & Tabitha Jane (Mills) Mills. [Death Cert[ [Mills_LarkinP_Hannah]

m. 1896 Floyd

John Landon Wilson, s/o Isaac D. & Rebecca F. (Brown) Wilson. [Death Cert – 1] [Death Cert – 2] [Wilson_Daniel_Elizabeth]

 

The World-News Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, April 16, 1958            

The World-News Roanoke, Virginia · Monday, March 17, 1930

marker not found

Wimmer, Ann Elizabeth

sort of

12 Oct 1845

04 Nov 1894

thought to be buried in this cemetery but marker not found – CANNOT VERIFIY BURIAL

Ann Eliza Mills) Wimmer, 1844-1894, is buried in the Mills-Wimmer-Beckner Cemetery, on Deer Run Drive SE, 33 feet from intersection of  Parkway Dr SE, Floyd Co., VA. Her marker was found along with 2 of her children. Isaac King Wimmer, 1842-1925, is buried in Chester Co., PA with his 2nd wife Lydia (Flora) Wimmer.

nee Ann Elizabeth Mills, d/o Anderson & 1st wife Hannah (Smith) Mills. 1894 Floyd Death Register]  [Mills_Anderson_2wives]

m. 1865 Floyd

Isaac King Wimmer, s/o Isaac & Mahala (King) Wimmer. [Wimmer_Isaac_Mahala]

marker not found

Wimmer, Tabitha Jane

sort of

30 Sep 1850

30 Sep 1934

thought to be buried in this cemetery but marker not found – CANNOT VERIFIY BURIAL; and thought to be buried in the Mills-Wimmer-Beckner Family Cemetery, on Deer Run Drive SE, 33 feet from intersection of  Parkway Dr SE, Floyd Co., VA. per FAG

nee Tabitha Jane Mills, d/o Anderson & 1st wife Hannah (Smith) Mills. [Death Cert] as Mrs. Tabatha Jane Wimmer. [Mills_Anderson_2wives]

1st m. 1870 Floyd, James Taylor Mills, 1847-1915, s/o Larkin Preston & Hannah (Wimmer) Mills. [Death Cert] [Obit – can’t find] [Mills_LarkinP_Hannah]

2nd m. 1917 Floyd as 2nd wife of James Harvie Wimmer, 1853-1920, s/o Isaac & Mahala (King) Wimmer. James is buried in the Wimmer-Shave_King Cemetery with his 1st wife. [Death Cert] [Obit – can’t find] [Wimmer_Isaac_Mahala] James 1st m. Eliza Peridine Wilson, d/o Isaac & Ailsey/Elsa (Cole) Wilson. [Wilson_Isaac_AilseyElsa]

The World-News Roanoke, Virginia · Monday, October 01, 1934

 

Original Survey: Submitted to original Floyd Co., VA News List Rootsweb page 1st maintained by Barb Stanley (1934-2006).

 

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