Lawrence Graham Family Cemetery, on private property on Ridgeview Rd across from Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren, Floyd, VA. aka Earles, Graham, Jones Cemetery.

Floyd County, VA GIS Parcel 42-12V; Owner Name SIMMONS CEMETERY; Acres 1

N 36 56.938 W 80 22.405

36.948967, -80.373417

Last visited by Tracy C. Jan 2014

Google Maps using coordinates 36.948967, -80.373417

Cemetery is completely immersed in briars
The memorials in this cemetery are a combination of 3 Simmons Cemeteries. This photo is across from Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren

(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Dec 2014)

Original Source:

1962 by Evelyne Rutrough

Unknown date by Marguerite Tise

1995 by Phyllis & Archie Sumner

2006 by Pat & Lowell Booth and Genevieve C. Starkey - only markers visible were Erasmus & Caroline Simmons.

Where dates do not agree, using 1962 dates

Last visited by Tracy C. Jan 2014

Find A Grave Name: Simmons Farm Cemetery, 181 Ridgeview Rd NW (SR 730), Floyd Co., VA.

Annotations in Blue – 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: 23 soapstone & unreadable markers

Photo	NAME	Original Survey	BIRTH	DEATH	MARKER NOTES	ANNOTATIONS
(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Dec 2014)	Earls, George C.	yes		11 Oct 1881		George C. Earles, s/o Henry Harrison & 1^st wife Mary Susannah (Lester) Earles. [1881 Floyd Death Register] [Earles_Frances]
(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Researching Nov 2009)	Earls, Henry H.	yes	05 Feb 1840	08 Jul 1923	Virginia PVT CO A 24 REGT VA INF Confederate States Army	aka Henry Harrison Earles, s/o Frances Earles. [Death Cert] [Earles_Frances] 1^st m. 1875 Floyd, Mary Susannah Lester, Fleming W. & 1st wife Permelia Ann (O’Brian) Lester. [1885 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Lester_Other_fcva] 2^nd m. 1891 Floyd, Rosetta Mildred Cole, 1863-1950, d/o Bird Jr & Sarah J. (Iddings) Cole. [Cole_Bird] NOTE: Henry was 1^st buried in this cemetery. Later re-buried in Beaver Creek Church Cemetery, 409 Ridgeway Rd, Floyd Co., VA. beside his second wife Rosetta Cole. His daughter India arranged this.
Marker not found but was noted in original survey	Earles, Mary Susan Lester	yes		05 Jan 1885	w/o H. H. Earls 35 yrs	nee Mary Susannah Lester, d/o Fleming W. & 1st wife Permelia Ann (O’Brian) Lester. [1885 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Lester_Other_fcva] m. 1875 Floyd Henry Harrison Earles, s/o Frances Earles. [Death Cert] [Earles_Frances]
Marker not found but was noted in original survey	Graham, Hosea	yes	08 Aug 1855	21 Jan 1861		aka Lawrence Hosea Graham, s/o Lawrence & Mary (Simmons) Graham. [1861 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Graham_Lawrence_Mary]
Marker not found but was noted in original survey	G., J. V.	yes			No other inscription - Possibly gravesite of Joseph VanBuren Graham	Footstone? Possibly gravesite of Joseph VanBuren Graham, b. 4-11-1835, d. 8-2-1878 of consumption, s/o Lawrence & Mary (Simmons) Graham. [1878 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] m. 1865 Floyd nee Mary Malinda Terry, d/o Joseph P. & Ona (Cockram) Terry.
Marker not found but was noted in original survey	Graham, Lawrence	yes	22 Feb 1804	27 May 1902		Lawrence Graham, s/o Jonathan & Mary (Shelor) Graham. Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available pre 1853 except 1850 Mortality Schedule; 1863-1864; 1896-1911. [Graham_Lawrence_Mary] m. 1831 Montgomery nee Mary Simmons, d/o William O. & Rhoda (Lester) Simmons. [Simmons_William_Rhoda]
Marker not found but was noted in original survey	Graham, Mary Simmons	yes	04 Apr 1815	19 Jan 1897	w/o Lawrence Graham	nee Mary Simmons, d/o William O. & Rhoda (Lester) Simmons. Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available pre 1853 except 1850 Mortality Schedule; 1863-1864; 1896-1911. [Simmons_William_Rhoda] m. 1831 Montgomery Lawrence Graham, s/o Jonathan & Mary (Shelor) Graham. [Graham_Lawrence_Mary]
Marker not found but was noted in original survey	Graham, Sarah	yes	04 Jul 1813	30 Jun 1949	YOB or YOD wrong
Marker not found but was noted in original survey	Jones, Cardilla	yes	03 May 1855	24 Jul 1864		Cordelia Jones, d/o Costillo "Costly" & Cynthia (Slusher) Jones. Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available pre 1853 except 1850 Mortality Schedule; 1863-1864; 1896-1911. [Jones_Costillo_Cynthia]
Marker not found but was noted in original survey	Jones, Lewis H.	yes		20 Apr 1855	Age 2 yrs	nee Lewis H. Jones, s/o Costillo "Costly" & Cynthia (Slusher) Jones. [1855 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Jones_Costillo_Cynthia]
Marker not found but was noted in original survey	Jones, Rosa Bell	yes	12 Jul 1855	15 Jul 1858		nee Rosabella Jones, d/o Costillo "Costly" & Cynthia (Slusher) Jones. [1858 Floyd Co., VA Death Register] [Jones_Costillo_Cynthia]
(src: Find A Grave; photo added by MOW Dec 2014)	~~Leonard, Rosetta Earles~~	~~yes~~	~~05 Apr 1863~~	~~12 Feb 1950~~		~~nee Rosetta Mildred Cole, d/o Bird Jr & Sarah J. (Iddings) Cole. [Cole_Bird]~~ ~~1^st m. 1891 Floyd~~ ~~Henry Harrison Earles, s/o Frances Earles. [Earles_Frances]~~ She is reportedly NOT buried in this cemetery but across the road in the Beaver Creek Cemetery.
Marker not found but was noted in original survey	Lester, Gordon C.	yes	23 Mar 1825	08 Jan 1853		Gordon C. Lester, single s/o William & Rebecca (Simmons) Lester. Death not reported in 1853 Floyd Co., VA Death Register. [Lester_William_Rebecca]
Marker not found but was noted in original survey	McAlexander, Elizabeth Margaret	yes		12 Aug 1872	Wife of Lester McAlexander Age 35y	nee Elizabeth Margaret Otey, b. abt 1836 Montgomery, d/o Jonathan & 1^st wife Nancy (Sowers) Otey. [1872 Floyd Death Register] [Otey_Jonathan_2wives] m. 1857 Floyd as 1^st wife of Lester McAlexander, 1833-1895, s/o Samuel & Nancy Byer (Lester) McAlexander. [1895 Raleigh Co., WVA Death Register] [McAlexander_Lester_2wives] Lester m. 2^nd 1872 Ellen J. Roop, 1848-1878, s/o Samuel & Martha (Townsley) Roop. He’ll m. 3^rd abt 1879 Elizabeth Mosby Calfee, 1849-1993, d/o Joseph Addison & Mary Elizabeth (Howard) Calfee.
(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Dec 2014)	Simmons, Caroline M.	yes	19 Feb 1832	19 Jul 1908		nee Caroline Milla Cockram, d/o William B. & Rhoda (Palsy) Cockram. Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available pre 1853 except 1850 Mortality Schedule; 1863-1864; 1896-1911. [Cockram] m. 1851 Floyd Erasmus M. Simmons, 1827-1897, s/o William O. & Rhoda (Lester) Simmons. [Simmons_William_Rhoda]
Marker not found but was noted in original survey	Simmons, Ennis	yes	07 Jul 1838	08 Jan 1840
(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Dec 2014)	Simmons, Erasmus M.	yes	1827	1897	CO I 54^th VA INF	Erasmus M. Simmons, s/o William O. & Rhoda (Lester) Simmons. Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available pre 1853 except 1850 Mortality Schedule; 1863-1864; 1896-1911. [Simmons_William_Rhoda] m. 1851 Floyd nee Caroline Milla Cockram, 1832-1908, d/o William B. & Rhoda (Palsy) Cockram. [Cockram]
(src: Find A Grave; photo added by Tracy C. Dec 2014)	Simmons, Rosatha Adilla	yes	24 Jun 1855	19 Dec 1929		Rosatha Adilla Simmons, single d/o Erasmus M. & Caroline Milla (Cockram) Simmons. [Death Cert] [Simmons_William_Rhoda]
Marker not found but was noted in original survey	Simmons, William O.	yes	03 Feb 1788	28 Dec 1851		William O. Simmons, s/o Charles & Eleanor (Weeks) Simmons. Floyd Co., VA Death Records not available pre 1853 except 1850 Mortality Schedule; 1863-1864; 1896-1911. [Simmons_William_Rhoda] m. 1812 Montgomery nee Rhoda Lester, 1793-1965, d/o John & Catherine (Plickenstalver sp?) Lester.

Graham, Lawrence Family Cemetery, private property on Ridgeview Rd across from Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren, Floyd, VA. aka Simmons Farm Cemetery. Aka Earles, Graham, Jones, Simmons Cemetery.

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Archie and I visited this old cemetery in the spring of 1995. It is across the road on a hill from the New Beaver Creek Church of the Brethren on state road 730 in Floyd County, Va. There is not much left of this old cemetery, it is sad to see what a condition some cemeteries are in. This is what we found left of cemetery that we could read. Archie Sr., and Phyllis M. Sumner

Cordila Jones --- 5-3-1857 ---9-26-1864
Rosa Bell Jones --- 7-12-1855 --- 7-15-1858
Gordon? M. ? --- 1823 -Jan 8, ???? (This was near the Jones graves.)
J J ???
C J?????
Lawrence Graham ---- 2-22-1804 ---- May 27, 1902 - Age--98 Years 3 months 5 days
Mary S. Earls, Wife of H. H. Earls Died -- 1-5-1885 in her 35th year.
Caroline M. Simmons -2-19-1832 --- 7-19-1908
Earls ? Amus -Co. 1 ??????? Simmons ---
VA. Inf.
Rosaltha Adilla Simmons ---6-24-1855 - 12-19-1929
George C. Earls - Died 10-11-1884 -Age 14 Years
Lewis H. Jones -Departed this life April the 20th 1855 age 2 years and 14 days
Mary, wife of Lawrence Graham - Born 4-4-1815 ---Died 1-19-1897 Age 81 yrs.
9 months and 15 days.
23 soap stones and unreadable stone markers.