Beckner Family Cemetery, across road from 4054 Franklin Pike SE, Little River District, Floyd, VA.

Access:  go through gate, through pasture, through second gate, across culvert, uphill abt 480 yds from road. Beware friendly cattle looking for food from humans.

The property belongs to 4149 Franklin Pike dairy trucking business.  

aka Howery Cemetery

Last visited by Tracy C. Jul 2021

36.951734, -80.185650

Google Maps using above coordinates of 36.951734, -80.185650

(src: Find A Grave; all added by Tracy C. Jul 2021

 

Original Source: Documented by Jo Parr (date not noted) Verified by Tracy C. Jul 2021 but too overgrown to get photos or to confirm all those interments originally documented by Jo Parr.

Published Materials:

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: Added to Find A Grave by Tracy C. JULY 2021 as Beckner Cemetery #2

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:

Photo

NAME

Original survey

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

 

Barnard, J. C.

yes

Mar 1896

Mar 1896

may be on same stone with mother Mary Elizabeth (Turner) Barnard & sibling John T. Barnard

J. C. Barnard infant of John Conner & Mary Elizabeth (Turner) Barnard. [Death not recorded Floyd Co., VA, 1896 Death Register] [no file]

 

Barnard, John T.

yes

02 Apr 1891

08 Apr 1896

on stone with mother Mary Elizabeth (Turner) Barnard & maybe sibling J. C. Barnard

John T. Barnard, s/o John Conner & Mary Elizabeth (Turner) Barnard. [Death not recorded Floyd Co., VA, 1896 Death Register] [no file]

 

Barnard, Mary E. Turner

yes

11 Apr 1862

25 Jul 1918

on stone with son John T. Barnard & maybe Infant J. C. Barnard

nee Mary Elizabeth Turner. d/o Samuel Francis & Rachael (Wood) Turner. [Death Cert] [obit - can’t find] [no file]

m. 1876 Floyd

John Conner Barnard, s/o James & Elizabeth (Thompson) Barnard. [Death Cert] John’s burial is unknown. He is noted on FAG as being buried in this cemetery, but this compiler can not verify. [no file]

 

Beckner, Anna J.

yes

10 Feb 1868

05 Feb 1907

 

nee Anna J. Turner, d/o Samuel Francis & Rachel (Wood) Turner. [1907 VA Death Certs – n/a] [no file]

m. 1886 Floyd

John Thomas Beckner, s/o Thomas Jefferson & 1st wife Margaret (Rutrough) Beckner. [Beckner_Thomas]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Jul 2021)

Beckner, Elliott T.

yes

18 Dec 1897

28 Jan 1907

 

Elliott T. Beckner, single s/o John Thomas & Anna J. (Turner) Beckner. [1907 VA Death Certs – n/a] [Beckner_Thomas]

 

fallen stone not able to read.  Footstone JTB

yes

Dec 1860

01 Feb 1906

 

probably John Thomas Beckner, s/o Thomas Jefferson & 1st wife Margaret (Rutrough) Beckner. [1906 VA Death Certs – n/a] [Beckner_Thomas]

m. 1886 Floyd

nee Anna J. Turner, d/o Samuel Francis & Rachel (Wood) Turner. [1907 VA Death Certs – n/a] [no file]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Jul 2021)

Howery, Anabel Lesbie

yes

13 Aug 1897

15 Oct 1917

 

Anabel Lesbie Howery, d/o James Rufus & Ardella Emma (Turner) Howery. [DeathCert] [Howery_Daniel_Mary]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Jul 2021)

Howery James R.

yes

11 Jan 1878

06 Oct 1917

 

aka James Rufus Howery, s/o John Harman & Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Gray) Howery. [Death_Cert] [obit - can’t find] [Howery_Daniel_Mary]

m. 1896 Floyd.

nee Ardella Emma Turner, d/o Samuel Francis & Rachel (Wood) Turner of Patrick Co., VA. [no file]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Jul 2021)

Howery, John H.

yes

20 Apr 1855

12 Jul 1910

 

aka John Harman Howery, s/o Peter & Frances (Pate) Howery. [1910 VA Death Certs – n/a] [obit - can’t find] [Howery_Daniel_Mary]

 

Ingrum, Elkanah T.

yes

19 Aug 1814

28 Dec 1861

 

 

 

aka Elkanah Turner Ingrum, s/o unknown. [1861 Floyd Death Register] [Ingram_Elkanah_Matilda]

m. 1843 Franklin

nee Matilda Ann Willis, d/o Jubal & Violet (Jones) Willis. [Death not reported in 1895 Floyd Co., VA Death Registers] [no file]

 

Ingrum, Matilda A.

yes

17 Apr 1824

27 Aug 1895

Wife of Elkahanah T. Ingrum

nee Matilda Ann Willis, d/o Jubal & Violet (Jones) Willis. [Death not reported in 1895 Floyd Co., VA Death Registers] [no file]

m. 1843 Franklin

Elkanah Turner Ingram, s/o unknown. [Ingram_Elkanah_Matilda]

 

Peters, Elkanah A. (female)

yes

09 Feb 1862

29 Dec 1944

 

nee Elkanah Ann “Kanah” Ingrum, d/o Elkanah Turner & Matilda Ann (Willis) Ingrum. [Death Cert] [Ingram_Elkanah_Matilda]

m. 1897 Franklin Co., VA widower

Jackson Peters, 1849-1922, s/o William “Willis” & Ruth (Smith) Peters. Jackson is buied in the Peters Family Cemetery, Franklin Co., VA. [Death Cert] [obit - can’t find] [Peters_WmWillis_Ruth] Jackson 1st m. 1877 Floyd, Matilda Mahettiebelle Vest, d/o Samuel Dewey & 1st wife Mary (Vest) Vest. [Vest_Samuel_3wives]

 

The World-News, Roanoke, Virginia · Saturday, December 30, 1944

New find Jul 2021

Turner, Infant

no

 

 

 

Stone found by Tracy C. Jul 2021 but cemetery too overgrown to get good dates. Will revisit in winter.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Jul 2021)

Turner, Rachel

yes

25 Aug 1834

10 Mar 1936

“Mother”

nee Rachel Wood, d/o John & Lucinda (DeHart) Wood of Patrick Co., VA. [Death Cert] [no file]

m. 1855 Patrick

Samuel Francis Turner, s/o Francis & Nancy (Thomas) Turner of Patrick Co., VA. [no file]

 

The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia · Wednesday, March 11, 1936

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Jul 2021)

Turner, Samuel

yes

11 Jun 1834

03 Jun 1892

Footstone S. F. T.

Samuel Francis Turner, s/o Francis & Nancy (Thomas) Turner of Patrick Co., VA. [Death – not recorded 1892 Floyd] [no file]

m. 1855 Patrick

nee Rachel Wood, d/o John & Lucy (probably Lucinda DeHart) Wood of Patrick Co., VA. [no file]

 

 

W., A.

yes

 

 

Footstone A. W.

 

 

Original Survey: Submitted to original Floyd Co., VA News List Rootsweb page 1st maintained by Barb Stanley (1934-2006).

 

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