Salem Church Cemetery

aka Head of the River Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery

 

A sign on the side of a road

Description automatically generated with medium confidence

photo by Rena Worthen July 2007

 

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:

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: Some graves marked with native stones

Photo

NAME

Original survey

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Original Survey:

Photos by Rena Worthen

SandStone Marker

SandStone Marker

SandStone Marker

Aldridge, William M. 1826 - 1914

Over all View Head of the River Cemetery

Over all View Head of the River Cemetery

Over all View Head of the River Cemetery

Over all View Head of the River Cemetery

Unreadable Marker

Unreadable Marker

Unreadable Marker

Clingenpeel, Julia A. 1839 - 1859

Rock marker

Rock marker

Rock marker

Poff, Sarah w/o Henry

Poff, Henry

Unmarked grave site

Over all View Head of the River Cemetery

Over all View Head of the River Cemetery

Over all View Head of the River Cemetery

Rock marker

Unreadable Markers

Iddings, Henry

West, Lydia Light 1833 - 1884

West, John

Poff, Martha L w/o Fleming Poff 1844 - 1928

Poff, Fleming (CSA) 1816 - 1892

Poff, Fleming 1816 - 1892

Carr, Julina 1809 - 1906 w/o John Carr

Carr, John (CSA) No dates

William Allen Rierson died 24 Nov 2008

Rierson, Berkley & Anne

Rierson, John & Bertha

Rierson

Salem Church aka Head of the River

 

Photographs by Rena Worthen

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