Poor Farm Cemetery, on the old Poor Farm Property, Poor Farm Rd SE, Floyd Co., VA.

N 36 57.636 W 80 13.924

 

Google Maps using above coordinates – NOT VERIFIED

Original Source: Visited 31 Oct 2007 by Jo Parr & Genevieve C. Starkey. We thank Mr. Merlin Thompson for showing us the location and to the Ingram family for granting permission to go on the property now owned by them.

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Annotations – added May 2021 by Barb Camery Reininger

Annotations in Red – correction to original text by Barb Camery Reininger

+ indicates on same tombstone

& indicates a relationship

Notes: We do not have a list of persons buried here, but there were several rocks marking graves. Josh Altizer death certificate states he is here and according to research by Marie Woolum, Josh was a s/o Elias & Louisa Holliday Altizer.

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NAME

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Altizer, Josh

sort of

 

04 Jan 1920

 

Joshua James Altizer, mentally challenged s/o Elisha & Louisa (Holliday) Altizer. [DeathCert] [Altizer_Elisha_Louisa_mcva]

 

Original Survey:

POOR FARM CEMETERY

 

Located on the old Poor Farm Property

N 36 57.636  W 80 13.924

Visited 31 Oct 2007 by Jo Parr & Genevieve C. Starkey

 

We thank Mr. Merlin Thompson for showing us the location and to the Ingram family for granting permission to go on the property now owned by them.

 

We do not have a list of persons buried here, but there were several rocks marking graves.

Josh Altizer death certificate states he is here