Henry Link Grave, on Old Friendship Church Lot, Sunny Ridge Road NE (Rt. 608), Floyd Co., VA.

aka Old Friendship Church Yard, Floyd Co., VA

Can be seen from Sunny Ridge Rd in NE Floyd Co., VA

N 37 01.640 W 80 17.885 Don’t believe these coordinates are correct

37.027504, -80.298120

Land Parcel Map Little River District Name: Cemetery Owner (Violet Turner) BEAVER DAM PC1-573A 36.9842, -80.2415

Using coordinates 37.027504, -80.298120 Sunny Ridge Rd NE is off the map to the other side of Coles Knob Rd NE

Original Source: Visited 7 January 2008 by Judith G. Blackwell & Genevieve C. Starkey

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 1^st 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 1^st maintained by Barb Stanley (1934-2006); compilers will be individually identified.

Find A Grave Name: Old Friendship Church Yard, Floyd Co., VA

There was a Methodist Episcopal South Church located near where Henry Link's grave is located. It was used until after the War Between the States. The church was closed. It is not known how many people were buried near the church. However, Henry Link's is the only one that is presently there. It can be seen from Sunny Ridge Road in Northeast Floyd County.

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: FAG note: Henry Link was the son of Johann Nicholaus Link and Anna Margaretha Eisceken Link. He married Mary Winter in Rockbridge Co. VA 01 November 1811. He married Rebecca Likens on 14 February 1842, in Floyd. The known children by the first marriage were:
Paulas, Rebecca and David.

Photos	NAME	Original survey	BIRTH	DEATH	MARKER NOTES	ANNOTATIONS
no photo but was noted in origianal survey	Link, Henry	yes	1790	1864		Henry Link, s/o Johann Nicholaus and Anna Margaretha (Eisceken) Link. [1864 Floyd Co., VA Death Register n/a] [Link_Henry_Rebecca] m. 1811 Rockbridge, nee Mary Winter, probable d/o Paulus & 1^st wife Elizabeth (Siron) Winter. [no file] m. 1842 Floyd, Rebecca Likens, d/o Jonas & Lydia (Wilson) Likens. [Likens_Other_fcva] Rebecca m. 2^nd 1867 Floyd , William Burrell McNiel, s/o Jacob & Elizabeth (Aldredge) McNiel. [McNiel_William_2wives] William was 1^st married to Elizabeth Ellen Martin. [no file]