Akers - Turman Family Cemetery, on Laurel Branch Road (SR 719) about 1 ½ miles left off U.S. 221, Floyd Co., VA., Floyd Co., VA.

just past Little River, left onto a private driveway to curve and it’s on the left in a grove of pines

aka

Akers, Weeks, Hensley, Slusher, Turman, Weeks Cemetery

Last surveyed & photo documented by Tracy C. Aug 2021

36.9128690, -80.3653230

(src: Google Maps)

Original Source: Archie & Phyllis Sumner March 1995.

The Sumners had described this as a large cemetery in an open pasture field. Dorraine Phillips and Genevieve C. Starkey visited this 29 May 2007, with directions from Lester Weddle, and we found the pines surrounding it. We did not locate all the graves listed by the Sumners and were uncertain of some of the dates due to time and erosion. There are several graves marked with rocks only.

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: 2007 Cemetery is completely overgrown. There are rocks marking other graves.

Other possible burials:

Jula A. Weeks, 1859-1862, d/o Robert L. & 1st wife Sarah (Houchins) Weeks.

IMAGE	NAME	Original Survey	BIRTH	DEATH	MARKER NOTES	ANNOTATIONS
Marker not found Aug 2021	Akers, Elizabeth	yes		28 Jun 1882	Age 55 years one date	Elizabeth Akers – can’t id. [Death not recorded Floyd Co., VA Death Registers]
						Don’t want to mislead anyone as I have no proof of the following: Floyd & Elizabeth (Reed) Akers m. 1848 Floyd. He died in 1862 & she in 1882. I don’t have these dates sourced but if correct, are these 2 Akers burials their resting places?
(src: Find A Grave, photo added by Tracy C. Aug 2021)	Akers, Floyd	yes		1862	Age 12 years one date	Floyd Akers, s/o unknown. [Death not recorded Floyd Co., VA Death Registers]
Marker not found Aug 2021 but was noted in original survey.	Graham, Barbara	yes	1829	04 Dec 1887	Age 59	nee Barbara “Barbary” Strickler, d/o Jacob M. & Mary (Kagey) Strickler. [1887 Floyd Death Register] [Strickler_Jacob_Mary] 1^st m. 1853 Floyd, Alvin "Babe" Whitlock, s/o Henry A. Jr & 1st wife Martha Elizabeth (Graham) Whitlock. [Whitlock_Alvin_Barbara] 2^nd m. 1879 Floyd, John W. Graham, s/o William & Mary (Elkins) Graham. [Graham_JohnW_2wives]
Marker not found Aug 2021 but was noted in original survey.	Hensley, Sarah M.	yes	23 Oct 1870	13 Jan 19??	Wife of E. B. Hensley	nee Sarah Margaret Weeks, d/o Robert & 1st wife Sarah (Houchins) Weeks. [Weeks_RobertL_2wives] 1^st m. unknown. 2^nd m. 1896 Floyd [FCVA1896_0028] both were divorced Elijah B. Hensley, b. Henry, s/o Rebecca Hensley. He was 1^st married to Isabell “Bell” Dehart 1878 Floyd, d/o James A. Dehart [no file] They were in Rockingham Co., NC 1900 census
Marker not found Aug 2021 but was noted in original survey.	Slusher, Samuel W.	yes	24 Oct 1875	23 Aug 1876	Age 26	Samuel W. Slusher, s/o unknown. [1876 Floyd Death Register] There is a Samuel W. Slusher death recorded in 1876 but he was 10 yo, not 26. But age 26 does not fit the YOB & YOD on stone either so...
	Turman, George	yes		30 Jun 1839	Age 48 years one date	George Turman – can’t id.
	Turman, Sarah	yes		Feb 1840	Age 41 years one date	Sarah Turman – can’t id.
(src: Find A Grave, photo added by Tracy C. Aug 2021)	Weeks, Robert L.	yes	20 Aug 1830	17 May 1906		Robert L. Weeks, s/o Joseph R. & Mary (Creasy) Weeks. [1906 Death Certs – n/a] [Weeks_RobertL_2wives] m. 1846 Surry Co., NC nee Sarah “Sally” Houchins, d/o unknown. [Death not recorded Floyd Co., VA Death Registers]
(src: Find A Grave, photo added by Tracy C. Aug 2021)	Weeks, Sallie	yes	12 Sep 1825	22 Apr 1891	Wife of Robert Weeks	nee Sarah “Sally” Houchins, d/o unknown. [Death not recorded Floyd Co., VA Death Registers] m. 1846 Surry Co., NC as 1^st wife (does not indict marital status of either) Robert L. Weeks, s/o Joseph R. & Mary (Creasy) Weeks. [Weeks_RobertL_2wives]
Marker not found Aug 2021 but was noted in original survey.	Whitlock, Barbara (maybe surname should be Graham??)	yes	1829	1888	Age 59	nee Barbara "Barbary" Stricker d/o Jacob M. & Mary (Kagey) Strickler. [Strickler_Jacob_Mary] 1^st m. 1852 Floyd, Alvin "Babe" Whitlock, s/o Henry A. Jr & 1st wife Martha Elizabeth (Graham) Whitlock. [Whitlock_Alvin_Barbara] 2^nd m. 1879 Floyd, John W. Graham, s/o William & Mary (Elkins) Graham. [Graham_JohnW_2wives]

Original Survey:

Cemetery (Name Unknown) (Named Akers-Turman Family Cemetery)

This Cemetery is located in Floyd County, VA. It is located on State Route 719 North Just pass Little River on the left. This is a large cemetery in an open pasture field. There was not much left of it. There were several soap stones. Some of these soap stones were even with the ground. Several concrete stones were missing. These are the stones we were able to find and read. Archie and I were there in March 1995.
Archie Sr. and Phyllis Sumner

Wife of E. B. Hensley---10-23-1870 ----- 1-13-19??
Floyd Akers ---Died 1862 age 12 years
Elizabeth Akers ---- June 1882
Sallie Weeks wife of Robert Weeks --- 9-12-1825 ----7-23-1890
Robert L. Weeks ----- 8-20-1830 ---- 5-17-1906
Sarah Turman ----- 1840 --- ?-2-? ------Age 41 years
Jud George Turman ---- 6-30-1839 ---- 48 years
Samuel W. Slusher ------- 10-24-1875- or 8-23-1876 ---- age 23
Barbara Whitlock ----- 1829 ------ 12-12-1888 --- age 59 (maybe surname should be Graham??)