Alley Family Cemetery, 413 Dulaney Rd NW, (SR 814) Alum Ridge, Floyd Co., VA.

Floyd County, VA GIS Parcel ID 25-20A

36.95820-80.48838

 

Google Maps using coordinates 36.95820-80.48838

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Aug 2014)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Aug 2014)

src: FAG; added by Tracy C. Feb 2025 with this note “Cemetery has been recently cleared and new fence & gates have been installed.”

 

src: FAG; added by Tracy C. Feb 2025

Original Source: 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.

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: Alley Cemetery, 413 Dulaney Road NW (Rt. 814)
Alum Ridge, Virginia 24091 USA

Coordinates: 36.95820, -80.48838

FAG Cemetery ID: 2458511

Floyd County, VA GIS Parcel ID 25-20A
Owner Name CEMETERY
Acres 0.02

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: This is a very large cemetery with approximately 30 graves that are unidentified. These graves are marked with native field stones & are located in the mid section of cemetery which would indicate therse are very old graves. Also a body has been removed from the last grave in row 5. It is unknown who’s body the grave contained or where it was relocated. (original survey ©1980)

Photo

NAME

Original survey

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by L. Boothe Sep 2018)

Akers, Delilah M.

yes

28 Jun 1846

15 Jul 1893

 

nee Delilah Martha Alley, d/o Anderson & Rachel (Altizer) Alley. [1893 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Alley_Anderson_Rachel]

m. 1866 Floyd

Archibald F. Akers, 1846-1932, s/o Andrew Jackson & Susannah (Duncan) Akers. [Death Cert] [obit - can’t find] [Akers_AndrewJ_Susannah] He’ll m. 2nd 1894 Montgomery, Martha Ann “Puss” Akers nee Altizer, d/o Elias Elkins & Cynthia Ann (Ratcliff) Altizer. [Altizer_Elias_Cynthia] She 1st m. 1876 Floyd, Griffith E. Akers, s/o Andrew Jackson & Evaline (Reed) Akers. [Akers_AndrewJ_Evaline]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Feb 2022)

Akers, Glenna May

yes

25 Jan 1940

25 Jan 1940

Infant Daughter of

Mr. & Mrs. Woodie I. Akers

Glenna May Akers, d/o Woodie Isaac & Toye Nettie (Duncan) Akers. [Death Cert] [Akers_JamesA_2wives]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Feb 2022)

Akers, Lois Pauline

yes

21 Feb 1934

03 May 1934

Daughter of

Mr. & Mrs. Woodie I. Akers

Lois Pauline Akers, d/o Woodie Isaac & Toye Nettie (Duncan) Akers. [Death Cert] [Akers_JamesA_2wives]

FAG only - Marker Not Found - Not noted in original survey – Death cert indicates buried in the “Alley Cemetery” – and considering who is known to be buried here & the # of unidentified graves, it’s very possible one of those is hers ... but this compiler can’t verify

Akers, Mary Jane

NO

18 Jul 1864

29 May 1932

 

nee Mary Jane Alley, d/o Anderson & Rachel (Altizer) Alley. [Death Cert] [Alley_Anderson_Rachel]

m. 1881 Floyd

William Charlton Akers, s/o James A. & 1st wife Sarah Elizabeth (Reed) Akers. [Death Cert] [Akers_JamesA_2wives]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Feb 2022)

Akers, Rachel

yes

14 Jun 1879

26 Apr 1884

 

Rachel Akers, d/o Archibald F. & 1st wife Delilah M. (Alley) Akers. [Death not recorded in Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Akers_AndrewJ_Susannah]

 

1880 Residence: Floyd Co., VA, Indian Valley District, H358:

……… Akers, Arch 34 yo w/m farm laborer, b. VA, parents b. VA, HOH.

…………… Delila 33 yo wife, b. VA, parents b. VA, keeping house.

…………… Harvey L. 10 yo son, b. VA, parents b. VA, farmer, school.

…………… Virginia 8 yo daughter, b. VA, parents b. VA school.

…………… Dillard M. 5 yo son, b. VA, parents b. VA school.

…………… Millie F. 3 yo daughter, b. VA, parents b. VA.

…………… Rachel 2 yo daughter, b. VA, parents b. VA.

Marker not found but was noted in original survey.

Does have double marker with husband Woodie Isaac Akers in the Willis Cemetery, Willis, Floyd Co., VA. Her may have per the unknown person who was noted by the original surveyors to have been moved.

Akers, Toye Duncan

yes

21 Jul 1898

28 Jan 1996

 

Toye Nettie Duncan, d/o William Austin & Martha Sabra “Sab” (Wade) Duncan. [Duncan_BlanchJr_2wives]

m. 1922 Floyd

Woodie Isaac Akers, s/o William Charlton & Mary Jane (Alley) Akers. [Akers_JamesA_2wives]

 

AKERS, Toye Duncan, 97, of Willis, passed away Sunday, January 28, 1996 at the home of her daughter. She was preceded in death by her husband, Woodie I. Akers. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Woody Clarence and Audrey Akers, Sarasota, Fla.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Virginia Gertrude and James Martin, Muncie, Ind., Phyllis and Sherrell Poff, Willis; granddaughter, Vickie Poff Shelor, Floyd; grandson and wife, Eugene and Jenny Reed, Muncie, Ind.; one step great-granddaughter, Emily Kidd, Muncie, Ind.; brother, Roscoe Duncan, Riner; sister, Lovell Akers, Riner. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Maberry Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Roy Turpin officiating. Burial will follow in the Willis Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Maberry Funeral Home.

Roanoke Times, The (VA) - Tuesday, January 30, 1996

FAG only - Marker Not Found - Not noted in original survey – Death cert indicates buried in the “Alley Cemetery” – and considering who is known to be buried here & the # of unidentified graves, it’s very possible one of those is his ... but this compiler can’t verify

Akers, William Charlton

NO

02 Dec 1860

24 May 1932

 

William Charlton Akers, s/o James A. & 1st wife Sarah Elizabeth (Reed) Akers. [Death Cert] [Akers_JamesA_2wives]

m. 1881 Floyd

nee Mary Jane Alley, d/o Anderson & Rachel (Altizer) Alley. [Death Cert] [Alley_Anderson_Rachel]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Thursday, May 26, 1932

Marker not found but was noted in original survey.

Does have double marker with wife Toye Nettie (Duncan) Akers in the Willis Cemetery, Willis, Floyd Co., VA. Could this have been the person noted by the original surveyors to have been moved?

Akers, Woodie Isaac

yes

30 May 1897

16 Apr 1967

VA Chauffeur 96 Air

SQ Air SVC WW I

 

Woodie Isaac Akers, s/o William Charlton & Mary Jane (Alley) Akers. [Death Cert] [obit – can’t find] [Akers_JamesA_2wives]

m. 1922 Floyd

Toye Nettie Duncan, d/o William Austin & Martha Sabra (Wade) Duncan. [Duncan_BlanchJr_2wives]

 

AKERS, Toye Duncan, 97, of Willis, passed away Sunday, January 28, 1996 at the home of her daughter. She was preceded in death by her husband, Woodie I. Akers. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Woody Clarence and Audrey Akers, Sarasota, Fla.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Virginia Gertrude and James Martin, Muncie, Ind., Phyllis and Sherrell Poff, Willis; granddaughter, Vickie Poff Shelor, Floyd; grandson and wife, Eugene and Jenny Reed, Muncie, Ind.; one step great-granddaughter, Emily Kidd, Muncie, Ind.; brother, Roscoe Duncan, Riner; sister, Lovell Akers, Riner. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Maberry Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Roy Turpin officiating. Burial will follow in the Willis Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Maberry Funeral Home.

Roanoke Times, The (VA) - Tuesday, January 30, 1996

FAG only - Not noted in original survey – considering who is known to be buried here & the # of unidentified graves, it’s very possible one of those is hers ... but this compiler can’t verify

Alley, Anderson

NO

06 Jan 1822

25 Apr 1878

 

Anderson Alley, s/o William A. & Sarah Violet “Sally” (Akers) Alley. (FAG src for parents) [1878 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Alley_Anderson_Rachel]

m. 1844 Montgomery

nee Rachel Altizer, 1824-aft 1880 census, s/o Emera “Emeriah” Jr & Margaret “Peggy” (Griffith) Altizer. (FAG src for parents) [Death Record – can’t find] [Altizer_EmeryJr_2wives_mcva]

 

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Aug 2020)

Alley, Arvadilla

yes

1890

1892

Shares stone with Linnie & Marietta

Arvadilla Alley, d/o Asa Monroe & Mary Ann Matilda (Reed) Alley. [1892 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Alley_Anderson_Rachel]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by L. Boothe Sep 2018)

Alley, Asa M.

+

Alley, M. M.

yes

 

yes

04 Jul 1857

 

08 May 1856

06 Jan 1907

 

02 May 1924

 

aka Asa Monroe Alley, s/o Anderson & Rachel (Altizer) Alley. [1907 VA Death Certs – n/a] [obit – can’t find] [Alley_Anderson_Rachel]

m. 1876 Floyd

nee Mary Ann Matilda Reed, d/o Mark Anthony & Lucy (Reed) Reed. [Death Cert] [obit – can’t find] [Reed_MarkA_LucyA]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by L. Boothe Sep 2018)

Alley, Emory

yes

03 Jan 1868

13 Oct 1935

 

Emory Alley, s/o Anderson & Rachel (Altizer) Alley. [Death Cert] [obit – can’t find]  [Alley_Anderson_Rachel]

m. 1883 Floyd

Nancy Henrietta Jane Haley, 1875-1959, d/o Joseph & Jane A. (Bishop) Haley. [Death Cert] [no file]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, August 05, 1959

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by L. Boothe Sep 2018)

Alley, Linnie

yes

1902

1907

Shares stone with Arvadilla & Marietta

Linnie Alley, probable d/o Asa Monroe & Mary Ann Matilda (Reed) Alley. [1907 VA Death Certs – n/a] [Alley_Anderson_Rachel]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by L. Boothe Sep 2018)

Alley, Marietta

yes

1896

1913

Shares stone with Arvadilla & Linnie

Mary Ella “Marietta” Alley, d/o Asa Monroe & Mary Ann Matilda (Reed) Alley. [Death Cert] [Alley_Anderson_Rachel]

FAG only - Marker Not Found - Not noted in original survey – considering who is known to be buried here & the # of unidentified graves, it’s very possible one of those is hers ... but this compiler can’t verify

Alley, Rachel

NO

02 Aug 1824

aft 1880

 

nee Rachel Altizer, s/o Emera “Emeriah” Jr & Margaret “Peggy” (Griffith) Altizer. (FAG src for parents) [Death Record – can’t find] [Altizer_EmeryJr_2wives_mcva]

m. 1844 Montgomery

Anderson Alley, 1822-1878,s/o William A. & Sarah Violet “Sally” (Akers) Alley. (FAG src for parents) [1878 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Alley_Anderson_Rachel]

Marker not found but was noted in original survey

Reed, Isaac S.

yes

28 Jun 1880

17 Nov 1950

 

aka Isaac Sephus Reed, s/o Hiley & Rachel (Akers) Reed. [Death Cert] [obit – can’t find] [Reed_Spencer_Margaret]

m. 1905 Floyd

nee Margaret Isabelle “Sis” Akers, d/o William Charlton & Mary Jane (Alley) Akers. [Death Cert] [Akers_JamesA_2wives]

Marker not found but was noted in original survey

Reed, Margaret

yes

19 Jan 1882

12 Feb 1948

 

nee Margaret Isabelle “Sis” Akers, d/o William Charlton & Mary Jane (Alley) Akers. [Akers_JamesA_2wives]

m. 1905 Floyd

Isaac Sephus Reed, s/o Hiley & Rachel (Akers) Reed. [Death Cert] [Reed_Spencer_Margaret]

The World-News, Roanoke, Virginia · Friday, February 13, 1948

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Feb 2022)

Thompson, Mattie Weeks

yes

27 Apr 1888

23 Feb 1965

 

nee Mattie L. Weeks, d/o George Washington & Demaras Ann (Thompson) Weeks. [Death Cert] [Weeks_George_Nancy]

1st m. 1910 Floyd, Arthur William Akers, s/o William Charlton & Mary Jane (Alley) Akers. He may be buried in this cemetery. [Death Cert – can’t find] [Akers_JamesA_2wives]

2nd m. 1932 Floyd, Abraham Wade Thompson, 1879-1962, s/o Lloyd L. & Nancy Mahala (Akers) Thompson. [Death Cert] [Thompson_Loyd_Nancy]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Thursday, February 25, 1965

 

Original Survey: Cemeteries Floyd (Montgomery) County, VA Indian Valley District Volume I by Elza B. Cox & Phyllis G. Phillips ©1980

 

Alley Cemetery SR 814 No, Alum Ridge, FCVA

Pg 104

About 30 unidentified graves in the middle of cemetery (very old?).

1 body has been removed/moved.

 

Delilah M. (Alley) Akers

b. 6-28-1846, d. 7-15-1893

 

Rachel Akers

b. 6-14-1878, d. 4-26-1884

 

Toye Duncan Akers

7-21-1898 (only one date)

 

Woodie Isaac Akers

b. 5-30-1897, d. 4-16-1967

VA Chauffeur 96 Air

SQ Air SVC WW I

 

Lois Pauline Akers, d/o Mr & Mrs Woodie I. (Akers)

b. 2-21-1934, d. 5-3-1934

 

Glenna May Akers, d/o Mr & Mrs Woodie I. (Akers)

b. 1-25-1940, d. 1-25-1940

 

Asa M. Alley

b. 5-8-1856, d. 5-2-1924

 

M. M. Alley (Matilda, wife of Asa)

b. 5-8-1856, d. 5-2-1924

 

Emory Alley (s/o Anderson)

b. 1868, d. 1935

 

Alley daughters:

Marietta

b. 1896, d. 1913

Linnie

b. 1902, d. 1907

Arvadilla

b. 1890, d. 1892

 

Isaac S. Reed

b. 1880, d. 1950

 

Margaret (Sis) Reed

1948 (only one date)

 

Mattie Weeks Thompson

b. 1888, d. 1965