Gillespie Family Cemetery, on Silverleaf Rd SE adjacent to 1123 Silverleaf Rd SE, Floyd Co., VA.

Property is owned by the Blue Ridge Parkway.

36.9337122, -80.186492

Last visited: Cemetery was cleaned by BRP volunteers in April, 2021.

Google Maps using 36.9337122, -80.186492

Original Source: List copied Dec 3, 1988 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna Garnand Garner.

Find A Grave Name: Gillespie Cemetery, Floyd, Floyd Co., VA. FAG GPS coordinates seem to be for the Radford cemetery further down the road.

Annotations – added by Barb Camery Reininger

Annotations in Red – correction to original text by Barb Camery Reininger

+ indicates on same tombstone

& indicates a relationship

Notes: Glaspie/Galaspy/et al, all variations of Gillespie for this compilation.

Photo

NAME

Original survey

BIRTH

DEATH

MARKER NOTES

ANNOTATIONS

Marker not found but was noted in original survey

Gallaspy, Ana

yes

1861

1866

19 (?) 1861 – (?) September, 1866 (day 2 or 20)

Death not recorded in 1866 Floyd Co., VA Death Register.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Crystal Poff Mar 2020)

Glaspie, Celia

yes

27 Apr 1908

Aged 74 yrs

nee Celia Radford, d/o Joshua & Elizabeth Frances (Smith) Radford. Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available 1908. [no file]

m. 1862 Floyd

William L. Gillespie, d/o Owen & Elizabeth (Welch) Gillespie. Death not recorded in 1862 Floyd Co., VA Death Register. [no file]

FAG only, not noted in original survey, CANNOT CONFIRM THIS IS HER GRAVESITE

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Butterfly Memories Apr 2022)

Gillespie, Dicey Ann

NO

1819

1875

This compiler questions the dates: If dates are correct then this is not the grave of Dica Ann Atkins Gillespie as she is still alive in 1880

nee Dica Ann Atkins, d/o John Milton & Jane (Lumpkin) Atkins. (src: FAG) Death not recorded 1852-1896 Floyd Co., VA Death Registers. [no file]

m. 1834 Franklin

Evan A. Gillespie Jr, s/o Evan & Nancy Lee (Frazier) Gillespie. (src: FAG) Death not recorded 1862 Floyd Co., VA Death Register. [Gillespie_EvanJr_Dica]

FAG only, not noted in original survey, CANNOT CONFIRM THIS IS HIS GRAVESITE

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Butterfly Memories Apr 2022)

Gillespie, Evan A.

NO

30 Jan 1830

Dec 1862

Evan A. Gillespie, s/o Evan & Nancy Lee (Frazier) Gillespie. (src: FAG) Death not recorded 1862 Floyd Co., VA Death Register. [Gillespie_EvanJr_Dica]

m. 1834

nee Dica Ann Atkins, d/o John Milton & Jane (Lumpkin) Atkins. (src: FAG) [no file]

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

Gallaspy, Dora or Doca Elizabeth

yes

04 Dec 1867

Daughter of James & (?)

one date

Dora or Doca Elizabeth Gallaspy, d/o James & can’t read Gallaspy.

FAG only, Marker not found & not noted in original survey – This compiler doubts BURIAL IN THIS CEMETERY. Probably buried in Mercer Co., WVA as noted in wife’s obit.

Gillespie, Isaac C.

NO

Dec 1854

unknown

Isaac C. Gillespie, s/o Evan A. & Dicey Ann (Atkins) Gillespie. [Gillespie_EvanJr_Dica]

m. 1880 Floyd

Juda Virginia “Jennie” Reed, d/o William Amsterdam & Katherine Margaret (Farley) Reed. [Reed_WilliamA_Katherine]

1892 Death: 12-14-1892 Bluefield, Mercer Co., WVA. Isaac Glasley, 47 yo married w/m farmer, b. VA, COD: Typhoid fever. Burial: Bluefield 12-15-1892.

1892 Burial: Walnut Grove Cemetery, Mercer Co., WVA.

1936 Death: 5-14-1936 Bluefield, WVA.

1936 Obit:

Bluefield Daily Telegraph Bluefield, West Virginia 15 May 1936, Fri  •  Page 5

1935 Burial: Walnut Grove Cemetery, Mercer Co., WVA.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Janet Sep 2013)

Gillespie, James O.

yes

06 Oct 1834

12 Mar 1909

aka James Owen Gillespie, s/o Owen & Elizabeth (Welch) Gillespie. Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available for 1909. [no file]

m. 1858 Franklin

nee Mildred Elizabeth Radford, d/o Joshua & Elizabeth Frances (Smith) Radford of Franklin Co., VA. [no file]

FAG only, Marker not found & not noted in original survey – This compiler doubts BURIAL IN THIS CEMETERY. Probably buried in Mercer Co., WVA in the Hall Cemetery.

Gillispie, Joseph Henry

NO

Apr 1842

14 Mar 1931

Joseph Henry Gillespie, s/o Evan A. & Dicey Ann (Atkins) Gillespie. [Death Cert – can’t find WVA or VA] [Gillespie_EvanJr_Dica]

m. 1863 Floyd

Mary Elizabeth (Gillespie) Gillespie, d/o Owen & Elizabeth (Welch) Gillespie. [Death Cert – can’t find WVA or VA] [no file]

1932 Death: 3-14-1932.

1932 Burial: Hall Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer Co., WVA.

COULD THIS BE A MEMORIAL STONE but not actually buried in this cemetery?

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Penny Harris Jul 2013)

FAG only, Marker not found & not noted in original survey – This compiler doubts BURIAL IN THIS CEMETERY. Probably buried in Mercer Co., WVA in the Hall Cemetery.

Gillispie, Mary Elizabeth

NO

1842

unknown

nee Mary Elizabeth Gillespie, d/o Owen & Elizabeth (Welch) Gillespie.

m. 1963

Joseph Henry Gillespie, s/o Evan A. & Dicey Ann (Atkins) Gillespie.

1920 Mercer Co., WVA.

Household Members (Name)	Age	Relationship
Dallas L Hall	45	Head
Maud Hall	35	Wife
John W Hall	17	Son
Minnie Hall	14	Daughter
Clarence Hall	12	Son
Letha Hall	10	Daughter
Jasper Hall	9	Son
Therman Hall	4	Son
Dorothy Hall	1	Daughter
Joe Gillespie	78	Father-in-law
Mary Gillespie	76	Mother-in-law

1930 Mercer Co., WVA.

Household Members (Name)	Age	Relationship
Albert Crowe	28	Head
Letha M Crowe	20	Wife
Perry C Crowe	1	Son
Joseph H Gillispie	89	Grandfather
Mary Gillispie	88	Grandmother

1936 Death: 6-9-1936.

1936 Burial: Hall Cemetery, Princeton, Mercer Co., WVA.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Penny Harris Jul 2013)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Janet Mar 2020)

Gillespie, Mildred E.

yes

05 Oct 1854

21 May 1901

nee Mildred Elizabeth Radford, d/o Joshua & Elizabeth Frances (Smith) Radford. Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available for 1901. [no file]

m. 1858 Franklin

James Owen Gillespie, s/o Owen & Elizabeth (Welch) Gillespie. [no file]

Marker not found & not noted in original survey – CANNOT CONFIRM BURIAL IN THIS CEMETERY but wife is a confirmed burial

Glaspie, William L.

NO

27 May 1836

30 Oct 1862

William L. Gillespie, s/o Owen & Elizabeth (Welch) Gillespie. Death not recorded in 1862 Floyd Co., VA Death Register. [no file]

m. 1862 Floyd

nee Celia Radford, d/o Joshua & Elizabeth Frances (Smith) Radford. Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available 1908. [no file]

FAG Marker photo placed for this fellow is actually for Doca Elizabeth Gillespie. EARL IS NOT BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY

Miller, Earl William

NO

30 Aug 1888

16 Dec 1970

Earl William Miller, s/o Joseph & Mary Elizabeth (Burkett) Miller. Death cert – can’t find

“He was buried at Harris Creek Cemetery in Bradford, Miami Co., Ohio Right my grandfather, his wife and baby were buried at Harris Creek Cemetery in Bradford, Miami Co., OH” (FAG)

Marker not found but was noted in original survey

Radford, E.

yes

25 Sep 1872 (or)

25 Mar 1872 (FAG)

nee Elizabeth Frances Smith, d/o unknown. [Death not recorded in 1872 Floyd Co., VA Death Regoster. [no file]

m. 1815 Franklin

Joshua Radford, s/o James Tazwell & May Martha (Janney) Radford. [no file]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Crystal Poff Mar 2020)

Radford, Joshua

yes

14 Feb 1864

70 yrs

Joshua Radford, s/o James Tazwell & May Martha (Janney) Radford. Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available for 1864. [no file]

m. 1815 Franklin

nee Elizabeth Frances Smith, d/o unknown. [no file]

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Crystal Poff Mar 2020)

Radford, Mary F.

yes

27 Jul 1836

17 Dec 1891

can’t id

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Crystal Poff Mar 2020)

Radford, Polly

yes

no date

no date

87 yrs

Polly Radford, b. abt 1830, d/o Joshua & Elizabeth Frances (Smith) Radford. [Death Cert – can’t find] [no file]

Red___, Lula or Zula D.

Unknown, D R D G L

25 Jul 1858

one date & difficult to read

Unknown

1806

one date

Probably stone for Misniah Cannaday. See below.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Butterfly Memories Apr 2022)

Und, Ellender

yes

no dates

no dates

only UND on stone

probably nee Ellender “Ellen” Greer, d/o Charles & Agnes (Sumpter) Greer. [Underwood_Ellender_Jesse]

m. 1812 Franklin

Jesse Underwood, d. May 1850 Floyd, s/o Samuel Jr & Misniah (Cannaday) Underwood.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Butterfly Memories Apr 2022)

Underwood, Jesse

yes

06 Nov 1852

29 Dec 1856

can’t id. Death not recorded 1856 Floyd Co., VA.

Not noted in original survey but marker found.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Butterfly Memories Apr 2022)

Underwood, J. B.

NO

can’t id

Underwood, Jed? Joseph

yes

09 Apr 1840

73 yrs

Joseph Underwood, s/o Samuel & Misniah (Cannaday) Underwood.

m. 1789

nee Ellen Justice, d/o unknown.

Not noted in original survey but marker found.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Melinda Bowles Tabor Oct 2020)

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Butterfly Memories Apr 2022)

Underwood, Misniah

NO

(1745)

1806

nee Misniah Kennedy aka Cannaday, d/o unknown.

m. 1768 Cane Creek, Orange Co., NC

Samuel Underwood, s/o Samuel & Ann (Travilla) Underwood.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Butterfly Memories Apr 2022)

Und, Jesse

yes

?? May 1850

Jesse Underwood, d. May 1850 Floyd, s/o Samuel Jr & Misniah (Cannaday) Underwood. [1850 Floyd Co., VA Mortality Schedule]

m. 1812 Franklin

nee Ellender “Ellen” Greer, d/o Charles & Agnes (Sumpter) Greer. [Underwood_Ellender_Jesse]

Not noted in original survey but marker found.

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Butterfly Memories Apr 2022)

Underwood, Samuel

NO

1803

Samuel Underwood, s/o Samuel & Ann (Travilla) Underwood.

m. 1768 Cane Creek, Orange Co., NC

nee Misniah Kennedy/Cannaday, d/o unknown

Original Survey: List copied 3 December, 1988 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna Garnand Garner.

Gillespie Cemetery (circa 1790)

N 36° 55.980’ W 80° 11.249

Little River Magisterial District

Located on Silverleaf Road adjacent to 1123 Silverleaf Road. Property is owned by the Blue Ridge Parkway. Cemetery was cleaned by BRP volunteers in April, 2021.

Directions: From Floyd go north on Rt.221, right on Franklin Pike, right on Shooting Creek Rd. to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Turn left and go 4 miles to Cannady’s Gap Rd. SE, turn left and make an immediate right on to Smartview Road SE. Go approximately ½ mile and turn right on to Silverleaf Road (gravel road). Go 1.2 miles. The cemetery is on the right with a green plaque. BRP Smartview facility is on the opposite side of the BRP.

List copied 3 December, 1988 by Ruth G. Hale and Glenna Garnand Garner. As of April 12, 2021 there are many sunken, illegible & unmarked graves. Some are marked with fieldstones.

Gillespie, Mildred E. 6 October, 1854 – 26 May, 1901

Gillespie, James O. 6 October, 1834 – 12 March, 1909

Glaspie, Celia no date – 27 April, 1908 – Died 74 years

Gallaspy, Dora Elizabeth 4 December, 1867 – Daughter of James & (?)

Gallaspy, Ana 19 (?) 1861 – (?) September, 1866 (day 2 or 20)

Radford, E. No date – 25 September, 1872

Radford, Joshua No Date – 14 February, 1864 – 70 years old

Radford, Mary F. 27 July, 1836 – 17 December, 1891

Radford, Polly no dates – Age 87 years

Unknown Have letters D R, D G L, 25 July, 1858 (date difficult to read)

Unknown Lula or Zula D. Red_____

Unknown 1806

Underwood, Joseph no date – 9 April, 1840 73 years

Underwood, Jesse 6 November, 1852 – 29 December, 1856

Underwood, Ellender no dates – only UND on stone

Underwood, Oegse no date - ? May, 1850 – only UND on stone