Simmons-Graham Family Cemetery, behind house at 400 Ridgeview Rd NW, Floyd, VA.

across from Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren, Floyd, VA.

aka Simmons Farm Cemetery in 1962

aka Simmons #1 Cemetery

aka Earles, Graham, Jones Cemetery

Floyd County, VA GIS Parcel ID 42-47H _Owner Name SIMMONS-GRAHAM CEMETERY

N 36 56.938 W 80 22.405

36.948967, -80.373417

Last visited by Tracy C. Jan 2014

Google Maps using coordinates 36.948967, -80.373417

Cemetery is completely immersed in briars This photo is across from Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Dec 2014

src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Dec 2014

Original Source:

1962 by Evelyne Rutrough

Unknown date by Marguerite Tise

1995 by Phyllis & Archie Sumner

2006 by Pat & Lowell Booth and Genevieve C. Starkey - only markers visible were Erasmus & Caroline Simmons.

Where dates do not agree, using 1962 dates

Find A Grave Name: Simmons-Graham Cemetery, 181 Ridgeview Rd NW (SR 730), 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: Many soapstone & unreadable markers

Photo	NAME	Original Survey	BIRTH	DEATH	MARKER NOTES	ANNOTATIONS
src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Dec 2014)	Earls, George C. 288978538  duplicate ID 131944530  Simmons Farm Cemetery	yes		11 Oct 1884		George C. Earles, s/o Henry Harrison & 1^st wife Mary Susannah (Lester) Earles. [1881 Floyd Death Register] Death Register gives DOD as July 8, 1881 Floyd Co., VA. Age 2 years. Parents H. H. & Susan. Born Floyd. [Earles_Frances]
(src: Find A Grave; photo of marker found in the Beaver Creek Church Cemetery; added by Researching Nov 2009)	Earls, Henry H. 10372849	yes	05 Feb 1840	08 Jul 1923	Virginia PVT CO A 24 REGT VA INF Confederate States Army	aka Henry Harrison Earles, s/o Frances Earles. [Death Cert] [Earles_Frances] 1^st m. 1875 Floyd, Mary Susannah Lester, Fleming W. & 1st wife Permelia Ann (O’Brian) Lester. [1885 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Lester_Other_fcva] 2^nd m. 1891 Floyd, Rosetta Mildred Cole, 1863-1950, d/o Bird Jr & Sarah J. (Iddings) Cole. [Cole_Bird] NOTE: Henry was 1^st buried in this cemetery. Later re-buried in Beaver Creek Church Cemetery, 409 Ridgeway Rd, Floyd Co., VA. beside his second wife Rosetta Cole. His daughter India arranged this.
Marker not found in 2014 but was noted in original survey	Earles, Mary Susan Lester 288978744	yes		05 Jan 1885	Wife of H. H. Earls 35 yrs	nee Mary Susannah Lester, d/o Fleming W. & 1st wife Permelia Ann (O’Brian) Lester. [1885 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Lester_Other_fcva] m. 1875 Floyd Henry Harrison Earles, s/o Frances Earles. [Death Cert] [Earles_Frances]
Marker not found in 2014 but was noted in original survey	Graham, Hosea 288978902	yes	08 Aug 1855	21 Jan 1861		aka Lawrence Hosea Graham, s/o Lawrence & Mary (Simmons) Graham. [1861 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] L. H. Graham, 6 yo w/m, died Dec 1 1861 Floyd Co., VA. Parents L. & M. Graham. [Graham_Lawrence_Mary]
Marker not found in 2014 but was noted in original survey	G., J. V. 288979040	yes			No other inscription - Possibly gravesite of Joseph VanBuren Graham	Footstone? Possibly gravesite of Joseph VanBuren Graham, b. 4-11-1835, d. 8-2-1878 of consumption, s/o Lawrence & Mary (Simmons) Graham. [1878 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] m. 1865 Floyd nee Mary Malinda Terry, d/o Joseph P. & Ona (Cockram) Terry.
Marker not found in 2014 but was noted in original survey	Graham, Lawrence 288979123	yes	22 Feb 1804	27 May 1902		Lawrence Graham, s/o Jonathan & Mary (Shelor) Graham. Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available pre 1853 except 1850 Mortality Schedule; 1863-1864; 1896-1911. [Graham_Lawrence_Mary] m. 1831 Montgomery nee Mary Simmons, d/o William O. & Rhoda (Lester) Simmons. [Simmons_William_Rhoda]
Marker not found in 2014 but was noted in original survey	Graham, Mary Simmons 288979315	yes	04 Apr 1815	19 Jan 1897	Wife of Lawrence Graham	nee Mary Simmons, d/o William O. & Rhoda (Lester) Simmons. Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available pre 1853 except 1850 Mortality Schedule; 1863-1864; 1896-1911. [Simmons_William_Rhoda] m. 1831 Montgomery Lawrence Graham, s/o Jonathan & Mary (Shelor) Graham. [Graham_Lawrence_Mary]
Marker not found in 2014 but was noted in original survey	Graham, Sarah 288979433	yes	04 Jul 1813	30 Jun 1849		Probably Sarah Simmons, d/o William O. & Rhoda (Lester) Simmons. m. 1832 Floyd Alvin Graham, s/o John W. & 1st wife Nancy (Boothe) Graham. [Graham_JohnW]
Marker not found in 2014 but was noted in original survey	Jones, Cardilla 288979493	yes	03 May 1855	24 Jul 1864		Cordelia Jones, d/o Costillo "Costly" & Cynthia (Slusher) Jones. Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available pre 1853 except 1850 Mortality Schedule; 1863-1864; 1896-1911. [Jones_Costillo_Cynthia
Marker not found in 2014 but was noted in original survey	Jones, Lewis H. 288979538	yes	May 1853	20 Apr 1855	Age 2 yrs 14 days	Lewis H. Jones, s/o Costillo "Costly" & Cynthia (Slusher) Jones. [1855 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Jones_Costillo_Cynthia]
Marker not found in 2014 but was noted in original survey	Jones, Rosa Bell 288979577	yes	12 Jul 1855	15 Jul 1858		aka Rosabella Jones, d/o Costillo "Costly" & Cynthia (Slusher) Jones. [1858 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Jones_Costillo_Cynthia]
(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)	Leonard, Rosetta Earles	yes	05 Apr 1863	12 Feb 1950		nee Rosetta Mildred Cole, d/o Bird Jr & Sarah J. (Iddings) Cole. [Cole_Bird] 1^st m. 1891 Floyd Henry Harrison Earles, s/o Frances Earles. [Earles_Frances] She is reportedly NOT buried in this cemetery but across the road in the Beaver Creek Cemetery.
Marker not found in 2014 but was noted in original survey	Lester, Gordon C. 288979618	yes	23 Mar 1825	08 Jan 1853		Gordon C. Lester, single s/o William & Rebecca (Simmons) Lester. Death not reported in 1853 Floyd Co., VA Death Register. [Lester_William_Rebecca]
Marker not found in 2014 but was noted in original survey	McAlexander, Elizabeth Margaret 288979670	yes		12 Aug 1872	Wife of Lester McAlexander Age 35y	nee Elizabeth Margaret Otey, b. abt 1836 Montgomery, d/o Jonathan & 1^st wife Nancy (Sowers) Otey. [1872 Floyd Death Register] [Otey_Jonathan_2wives] m. 1857 Floyd as 1^st wife of Lester McAlexander, 1833-1895, s/o Samuel & Nancy Byer (Lester) McAlexander. [1895 Raleigh Co., WVA Death Register] [McAlexander_Lester_2wives] Lester m. 2^nd 1872 Ellen J. Roop, 1848-1878, s/o Samuel & Martha (Townsley) Roop. He’ll m. 3^rd abt 1879 Elizabeth Mosby Calfee, 1849-1993, d/o Joseph Addison & Mary Elizabeth (Howard) Calfee.
(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Dec 2014)	Simmons, Caroline M. 288979723	yes	19 Feb 1832	19 Jul 1908		nee Caroline Milla Cockram, d/o William B. & Rhoda (Palsy) Cockram. Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available pre 1853 except 1850 Mortality Schedule; 1863-1864; 1896-1911. [Cockram] m. 1851 Floyd Erasmus M. Simmons, 1827-1897, s/o William O. & Rhoda (Lester) Simmons. [Simmons_William_Rhoda]
Marker not found in 2014 but was noted in original survey	Simmons, Ennis 288980541	yes	07 Jul 1838	08 Jan 1840		Possible s/o William O. & Rhoda (Lester) Simmons. He would have been the last child born to this couple. [Simmons_William_Rhoda]
(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Dec 2014)	Simmons, Erasmus M. 288980673	yes	1827	1897	CO I 54^th VA INF C. S. A.	Erasmus M. Simmons, s/o William O. & Rhoda (Lester) Simmons. Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available pre 1853 except 1850 Mortality Schedule; 1863-1864; 1896-1911. [Simmons_William_Rhoda] m. 1851 Floyd nee Caroline Milla Cockram, 1832-1908, d/o William B. & Rhoda (Palsy) Cockram. [Cockram]
(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Dec 2014)	Simmons, Rosatha Adilla 288980706	yes	24 Jun 1855	19 Dec 1929		Rosatha Adilla Simmons, single d/o Erasmus M. & Caroline Milla (Cockram) Simmons. [Death Cert] [Simmons_William_Rhoda]
Marker not found in 2014 but was noted in original survey	Simmons, William O. 288980760	yes	03 Feb 1788	28 Dec 1851		William O. Simmons, s/o Charles & Eleanor (Weeks) Simmons. Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available pre 1853 except 1850 Mortality Schedule; 1863-1864; 1896-1911. [Simmons_William_Rhoda] m. 1812 Montgomery nee Rhoda Lester, 1793-1965, d/o John & Catherine (Plickenstalver sp?) Lester. Rhoda’s grave site has yet to be found. It may be one of the “many unreadable markers) in this cemetery.

Graham, Lawrence Family Cemetery, private property on Ridgeview Rd across from Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren, Floyd, VA. aka Simmons Farm Cemetery.

aka Earles, Graham, Jones, Simmons Cemetery.

And

No Name

Archie and I visited this old cemetery in the spring of 1995. It is across the road on a hill from the New Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren on state road 730 in Floyd County, Va.  There is not much left of this old cemetery, it is sad to see what a condition some cemeteries are in. This is what we found left of cemetery that we could read. Archie Sr., and Phyllis M. Sumner

Cordila Jones  --- 5-3-1857 ---9-26-1864
Rosa Bell Jones --- 7-12-1855 --- 7-15-1858
Gordon? M. ? --- 1823 -Jan 8, ????  (This was near the Jones graves.)
J J ???
C J?????
Lawrence Graham  ---- 2-22-1804 ---- May 27, 1902 - Age--98 Years 3 months 5 days
Mary S. Earls, Wife of H. H. Earls Died -- 1-5-1885 in her 35th year.
Caroline M. Simmons -2-19-1832 --- 7-19-1908
Earls ? Amus -Co. 1 ??????? Simmons ---
VA. Inf.
Rosaltha Adilla Simmons ---6-24-1855 - 12-19-1929
George C. Earls - Died  10-11-1884 -Age 14 Years
Lewis H. Jones -Departed this life April the 20th 1855 age 2 years and 14 days
Mary,  wife of Lawrence Graham - Born 4-4-1815 ---Died 1-19-1897  Age 81 yrs.
9 months and 15 days.
23 soap stones and unreadable stone markers.