Sowers Cemetery - w. side of Buffalo Mountain off Buffalo Springs Lane SW, (SR 732), Willis, Burks Fork District, Floyd Co., VA

Original Source: Cemeteries Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Burks Fork District Volume II Compiled by Phyllis Goad Phillips And Genevieve Cochran Starkey 52^nd of 109 Cemeteries pg 30-31. Added with permission of Genevieve Cochran Starkey May 2021.

Find A Grave Name: Sowers Cemetery, Burks Fork, Floyd Co., VA

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:

Photo	NAME X = Original survey	BIRTH	DEATH	MARKER NOTES	ANNOTATIONS
no photo	X B. E. B.			footstone?	can’t id
no photo	X Bolt, C. E.	03 Dec 1857	05 May 1924		aka Claiborne Emmett Bolt, s/o John Mason & Sarah (Sutphin) Bolt. [DeathCert] [Bolt_JohnM_Sarah] m. 1879 Floyd nee Mary Marguerite Sowers, d/o John B. F. & Celia Catherine (Hylton) Sowers. [Sower_William_Rhoda]
(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Rickey)	X Bolt, Cordelia E	01 Dec 1865	24 Aug 1958		nee Cordelia Ellen Sowers, d/o John B. F. & Celia Catherine (Hylton) Sowers. [DeathCert] [Sower_William_Rhoda] m. 1885 Floyd John Mason Bolt, 1860-1917, s/o John Mason & Sarah (Sutphin) Bolt. [DeathCert] [Bolt_JohnM_Sarah]
no photo	X Bolt, Infant	18 Feb 1885	18 Feb 1885	d/o J. M. & Cordelia Bolt	d/o John Mason & Cordelia Ellen (Sowers) Bolt. [Bolt_JohnM_Sarah]
(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Rickey)	X Bolt, John M.	09 Jan 1860	25 Dec 1917		aka John Mason Bolt, s/o John & Sarah (Sutphin) Bolt. [DeathCert] [Bolt_JohnM_Sarah] m. 1885 Floyd nee Cordelia Ellen Sowers,1865-1958, d/o John B. F. & Celia Catherine (Hylton) Sowers. [DeathCert] [Sower_William_Rhoda]
no photo	X Bolt, Josephine	08 Feb 1881	22 Nov 1912	d/o C. E. & M. E. Bolt	s/o Claiborne Emmett & Mary Marguerite (Sowers) Bolt. [DeathCert] [Bolt_JohnM_Sarah]
no photo	X Bolt, Leroy T.	10 Apr 1889	11 Jun 1890	s/o J. M. & Cordelia Bolt	s/o John Mason & Cordelia Ellen (Sowers) Bolt. [1890 Floyd Death Register] [Bolt_JohnM_Sarah]
no photo	X Bolt, Lewis	28 Feb 1882	20 Oct 1918		s/o John Mason & Cordelia Ellen (Sowers) Bolt. [DeathCert] [Bolt_JohnM_Sarah] m. 1903 Floyd nee Dortha Ellen “Dolly” Alderman, d/o James Bennett & Lamina Arthur “Mina” (Lovins) Alderman. [Alderman_John_2wives]
no photo	X Bolt, Roy Edward	12 Jul 1927	08 Jan 1934		s/o Jesse & Bell (Sutphin) Bolt. [DeathCert]
no photo	X Keith, Andy	1817	24 Mar 1888		aka Andrew Jackson Keith, b. abt 1817, d. 1880-1890, s/o James & Rebecca (Rentfro) Keith. [Keith_Andrew_Lucinda] m. 1844 Floyd nee Lucinda “Lucy” Sowers, b. abt 1823, d. 1900-1910, probable d/o William & Rhoda (Reed) Sowers. [Sower_William_Rhoda]
no photo	X Keith, Lucy	no date	no date		Lucinda “Lucy” Sowers, b. abt 1823, d. 1900-1910,, probable d/o William & Rhoda (Reed) Sowers. [Sower_William_Rhoda] m. 1844 Floyd Andrew Jackson Keith, b. abt 1817, d. 1880-1890, s/o James & Rebecca (Rentfro) Keith. [Keith_Andrew_Lucinda]
no photo	X Keith, Rody E.	no date	no date		can’t id
(src: ancestry.com shared by okboogle_1 Oct 15, 2011 Shropshire Family Tree1)	X Sowers, Celia	23 Feb 1838	08 Jul 1930		nee Celia Catherine Hylton, d/o George & Anna Maria “Mary” (Harman) Hylton. [DeathCert -1] [DeathCert -2] [Hylton_GeorgeW_Mary] m. 1860 Floyd John B. F. Sowers, s/o William & Rhoda (Reed) Sowers. [Sower_William_Rhoda]
no photo	X Sowers, Infant	no date	no date	i/o John & Celia Sowers	d/o John B. F. & Celia Catherine (Hylton) Sowers. [Sower_William_Rhoda]
(src: ancestry.com shared by okboogle_1 Oct 15, 2011 Shropshire Family Tree1)	X Sowers, John	01 May 1833	03 Jan 1918		aka John B. F. Sowers, s/o William & Rhoda (Reed) Sowers. [DeathCert] [Sower_William_Rhoda] m. 1860 Floyd nee Celia Catherine Hylton, 1838-1930, d/o George & Anna Maria “Mary” (Harman) Hylton. [DeathCert -1] [DeathCert -2] [Hylton_GeorgeW_Mary]
(src: ancestry.com shared by okboogle_1 Oct 15, 2011 Shropshire Family Tree1)	X Sowers, Leona E.	26 Apr 1875	05 May 1876	d/o John & Celia Sowers	aka Leona Elizabeth Sowers, d/o John B. F. & Celia Catherine (Hylton) Sowers. [1876 Floyd Death Registerr] recorded as Lyona E. Sowers 1y 1m. [Sower_William_Rhoda]
no photo	X Sowers, Lewis Jackson	03 Jan 1877	07 May 1945		Lewis Jackson Sowers, s/o John B. F. & Celia Catherine (Hylton) Sowers. [DeathCert] [Sower_William_Rhoda] m. 1901 Floyd nee Iowa Elizabeth Moles, 1883-1971, d/o James A. & Sonora L. (Griffith) Moles. [DeathCert] She d. a Sowers & is buried in the Sunset Cemetery per DC. [Moles_Thomas_Lucretia]
no photo	X Sowers, Liona E.		27 Dec 1872		d/o unknown.
no photo	X Sowers, Minnie Dairy	28 Jul 1902	22 Dec 1919	d/o L. J. & I. E. Sowers.	d/o Lewis Jackson & Iowa Elizabeth (Moles) Sowers. [DeathCert] [Sower_William_Rhoda]
no photo	X Sowers, W. M.	no date	no date

Original Survey:

B. E. B.

(Only marking on stone)

Bolt, John M. (Mason) 

b. 1-9-1860, d. 12-25-1917

&

Bolt, Cordelia E. nee Sowers

b. 12-1-1865, d. 8-24-1958

Bolt, Leroy T. s/o J. M. & Cordelia

b. 4-10-1889, d. 6-11-1890

Bolt, Infant d/o J. M. & Cordelia

b. 2-18-1885, d. 2-18-1885

Bolt, Roy Edward

b. 7-12-1927, d. 1-8-1933

Bolt, C. E. (Claeborn)

b. 12-3-1857, d. 5-5-1924

Bolt, Josephine d/o C. E. & M. E.

b. 2-8-1881, d. 11-22-1912

Sowers, Liona E. d/o John & Celia

12-27-1872

(only 1 date)

Sowers, Leona E. d/o John & Celia

4-20-1876

(only 1 date)

Sowers, Infant of John & Celia

(no dates)

Sowers, John

b. 5-1-1833, d. 1-3-1918

&

Sowers, Celia

b. 2-23-1838, d. 7-8-1930

Sowers, Lewis Jackson

b. 1-3-1877, d. 5-7-1945

Sowers, Minnie Dairy d/o L. J. & L. E. Sowers (Iowa)

b. 7-28-1902, d. 12-22-1919

Keith, Andy

(no dates)

Keith, Rody E.

(no dates)

Bolt, Lewis

b. 2-28-1882, d. 10-20-1918

Sowers, W. M.

(no dates)

Keith, Lucy