Morricle – Dickerson Cemetery – in a field near 1105 Penn Rd NW, Floyd, VA

On the farm originally owned by Callahill Dickerson. Moral Dickerson built the frame house which is in sight of the family cemetery in a field near 1105 Penn Rd.

36.929583, -80.348861 using Google Maps

36°55'46.5"N 80°20'55.9"W

photo documented by Chris McKay Mar 2021

src: Google Maps using coordinates 36.929583, -80.348861

“View from the cemetery. Calahill Dickerson’s home place. White farmhouse belonged to Calahill. His brother Eli’s

House (2 story bldg. with rusty roof) is visible in the group on the left. It was rolled there & used as a barn/shed.

Photo date April 2018”

Added by Chris McKay Mar 2021)

Original Source: Geraldine Dickerson Larson & Margaret A. Smithl; Visited by Jo Parr & Genevieve C. Starkey Dec 2007; photo documented by Chris McKay Mar 2021

Published Books:

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.

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: 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:

Photo

NAME

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Chris McKay Mar 2021)

Dickerson, Calahill

11 Sep 1850

17 Apr 1935

aka Calahill Moral Dickerson, s/o Moral R. & Naomi (Morricle) Dickerson. [DeathCert] [Dickerson_MoralR_Naomi]

m. 1876 Floyd [MarCert]

nee Isabel Hylton, s/o Nathan & Dicy (Wade) Hylton. [DeathCert] [Hylton_Burwell_Mary]

The Roanoke Times

Roanoke, Virginia · Sunday, April 22, 1934

Veterans Administration Headstone

erected to replace lost marker.

Location of placement is approximate.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Chris McKay Mar 2021)

Dickerson, Eli

11 Oct 1841

08 Jul 1930

Co K

22 VA Cav

CSA

Eli “Levi” Dickerson, s/o Moral R. & Naoma (Morricle) Dickerson. [DeathCert] [Obit – can’t find] [Dickerson_MoralR_Naomi]

m. 1^st 1865 Floyd [MarCert], nee Eliza J. Jones, Costillo "Costly" & Cynthia (Slusher) Jones. From her DC, she may be buried in this cemetery too. [DeathCert] [Jones_Costillo_Cynthia]

m. 2^nd 1915 Montgomery, Nora Paige West nee Martin, b. Montgomery, 1881-1931, d/o Jesse & Adeline (Richardson) Martin. [no file] She 1^st m. John W. C. West, also of Montgomery. [no file]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Chris McKay Mar 2021)

Dickerson, Harvey

16 Feb 1829

15 May 1912

Harvey Dickerson, s/o Moral R. & Naoma (Morricle) Dickerson. [Death verified in widows pension applcation. [Death Cert – can’t find] [Obit – can’t find] [Dickerson_MoralR_Naomi]

m. 1867 Floyd [MarCert]

nee Octavia G. Leah Simmons, d/o Otey Taylor & 1st wife Rachel (Agnew) Simmons. [DeathCert] [Simmons_OteyT_2wives]

Detail Source Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958

Name	Harvey Dickerson
Application Date	22 Jun 1912
Application Place	Floyd, Virginia
Spouse	Mrs Octavia Dickerson
Marriage Date	7 Mar 1867
Marriage Place	Floyd County, Virginia
Death Date	15 May 1912 COD: apoplexy
Death Place	Floyd County, Virginia
Application Type	Widow

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Chris McKay Mar 2021)

Dickerson, Isabel

23 Nov 1855

15 Jul 1927

Wife of C. M. Dickerson

nee Isabel Hylton, s/o Nathan & Dicy (Wade) Hylton. [DeathCert] [Obit – can’t find] [Hylton_Burwell_Mary]

m. 1876 Floyd [MarCert]

Calahill Moral Dickerson, s/o Moral R. & Naomi (Morricle) Dickerson. [DeathCert] [Dickerson_MoralR_Naomi]

The Roanoke Times

Roanoke, Virginia · Sunday, April 22, 1934

Marker not found to photograph but was noted in original survey

Dickerson, Isabella

27 Nov 1854

09 Nov 1865

Daughter of M. R. & Oina Dickerson

Isabella Dickerson, d/o Morel R. & Naomi (Morricle) Dickerson. [1865 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Obit – can’t find] [Dickerson_MoralR_Naomi]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Chris McKay Mar 2021)

Dickerson, Miriam

25 Aug 1842

FAG is unknown

15 Jul 1894

Wife of W. M. Dickerson

nee Miriam M. Wade, d/o Isaac & Martha (Slusher) Wade. [1894 Floyd Co., VA Death Register - Line 10] [Obit – can’t find] [Wade_Isaac_Martha]

m. 1865 Floyd [MarCert]

William Morricle Dickerson, 1837-1929, s/o Moral R. & Naoma (Morricle) Dickerson. William is buried in the Greasy Creek Cemetery, Floyd, VA. [Dickerson_MoralR_Naomi]

Stone is very worn and is in approximate

location of his burial but most likely

no longer in the exact spot.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Chris McKay Mar 2021)

Dickerson, Morel

20 Mar 1811

19 Jun 1894

aka Morel R. Dickerson, s/o Moses & Nancy (Reed) Dickerson. [DeathReg - Line 15] [Obit – can’t find] [Dickerson_MoralR_Naomi]

m. 1836 Floyd [MarCert]

nee Naomi Morricle, d/o William & Margaret (Weaver) Morricle. [Morricle_William_Margaret]

Stone is broken in half and very weathered.

It is in approximately the place where Naomi

was laid to rest but the exact spot is not

marked exactly.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Chris McKay Mar 2021)

Dickerson, Naomi

1817

25 Dec 1901

nee Naomi Morricle, d/o William & Margaret (Weaver) Morricle. [Obit – can’t find] [Morricle_William_Margaret]

m. 1836 Floyd [MarCert]

aka Morel R. Dickerson, s/o Moses & Nancy (Reed) Dickerson. [Obit – can’t find] [Dickerson_MoralR_Naomi]

In 2007 a footstone O L D was found & it was documented as

“Apparently footstone for Octavia Leah (Simmons) Dickerson, d/o

Otey T. Simmons & w/o Harvey Dickerson.”

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Chris McKay Mar 2021)

Dickerson, Octavia Leah Simmons

11 Oct 1850

11 Sep 1933

Wife of Harvey Dickerson

nee Octavia G. Leah Simmons, d/o Otey Taylor & 1st wife Rachel (Agnew) Simmons. [DeathCert]

[Simmons_OteyT_2wives]

m. 1867 Floyd [MarCert]

Harvey Dickerson, s/o Moral R. & Naoma (Morricle) Dickerson. [Obit – can’t find] [Dickerson_MoralR_Naomi]

The Roanoke Times

Roanoke, Virginia · Tuesday, September 12, 1933

Emeline Dickerson (daughter of Naomi Morricle

Dickerson and Morel Dickerson) married a Hylton.

Henry maybe her son? (no, he was her husband no her son)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Chris McKay Mar 2021)

Hylton, Henry W.

12 Jul 1878

20 Oct 1912

aka Henry Waitmon Hylton, s/o John Bryant & Mary Elizabeth (Slusher) Hylton. [DeathCert] [Obit – can’t find] [Hylton_HenryA_2wives]

m. 1897 Floyd [MarCert]

nee Emeline Dickerson d/o Calahill Moral & Isabel (Hylton) Dickerson. [Dickerson_MoralR_Naomi]

Henry Cline Sowers was the first husband

of Lydia Mae Dickerson.

Lydia Mae Dickerson was the daughter

of Simon Peter Dickerson and the

granddaughter of Calahill Dickerson.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Chris McKay Mar 2021)

Sowers, Henry Cline

15 Jul 1893

25 May 1921

Co 20

5 Battalion

155 Depot Brigade

Henry Cline Sowers, s/o Charles Flournoy & Martha “Mattie” (Bishop) Sowers. [Obit – can’t find] [DeathCert] [Sowers_David_Margaret]

m. 1919 Floyd [MarCert]

nee Lydia May Dickerson, d/o Simon Peter & Mary J. (Hylton) Dickerson. She’ll m. 2^nd Andrew Jesse Owens. [DeathCert] [Dickerson_MoralR_Naomi]

family history only; marker not found in orginal survey or since; death cert indicates buried “near Floyd C.H.”

Wood, Addie Dickerson

01 May 1885

02 Dec 1923

Addie Dickerson, d/o Eli & 1st wife Eliza (Jones) Dickerson. [DeathCert] [Obit – can’t find] [Dickerson_MoralR_Naomi]

m. 1912 Floyd [MarCert]

Darius Kemper Wood, 1885-1923, d/o Wiley Alexander & Frances F. (Nolen) Wood of Patrick Co., VA. [DeathCert] [Obit – can’t find] [Wood_John_Martha]

Original:

MORRICLE & DICKERSON CEMETERY

On the farm originally owned by Callahill Dickerson.
Moral Dickerson built the frame house which is in sight of the family cemetery in a field near 1105 Penn Road.
N 36 55.775  W 80 20.931
Information from Geraldine Dickerson Larson and Margaret A. Smith.
Visited December 2007 by Jo Parr & Genevieve C. Starkey

Henry Cline Sowers                                          15 Jul 1893      25 May 1921
   Co 20 5 Battalion 155 Dep Brigade

Isabella  d/o M.R. (Morrel R).& Oina (Naomi)
Dickerson                                                        27 Nov 1854      9 Nov 1865

Harvey Dickerson                                             16 Feb 1829    15 May 1912

A footstone with   O L D is apparently that of Octavia Leah Simmons d/o Otey T. Simmons   11 Oct 1850 – 11 Sep 1933   who was w/o Harvey Dickerson

Calahill Dickerson                                             11 Sep 1850    17 Apr 1935
       M 10 Feb 1876
Isabel   (d/o Nathan & Dicey Hylton)                  23 Jul 1855     15 Jul 1927

Eli Dickerson                                                    11 Oct 1841     8 Jul 1930
   Co K 22 VA Cav   CSA

Naomi (Morricle) Dickerson                                          1817     25 Dec 1901
Moral R. Dickerson                                          20 Mar 1811     19 Jun 1894

Miriam  w/o W.M. Dickerson                           25 Aug 1842     15 Jul 1891

No stones found this date for following:
W. M. Dickerson                                             25 Aug 1842     15 Jul 1891

Addie Dickerson                                                   May 1885               1918
   (m. Darius Kemper Wood 1886 Franklin Co.-1918, s/o Wiley & Frances Wood)