CEMETERIES IN ALLEGHANY COUNTY

The members of the Alleghany Highlands Genealogical Society of Covington began surveying and cataloging the cemeteries of Alleghany County in 1989. The detailed location and surveys of these cemeteries, graveyards and burial grounds can be found at the AHGS Library located at Suite 102, 1101 North Rockbridge Street, Covington, VA. (Old Rivermont School)

  1. Alleghany Cemetery [Echols Smith Cemetery] [Lewis Tunnel Cemetery], Alleghany
  2. Alleghany Memorial Park, Valley Ridge
  3. Alleghany County Poor Farm, Potts Creek
  4. Armentrout-Arritt Cemetery, Potts Creek
  5. Armentrout Family Cemetery, Potts Creek
  6. Armentrout-Humphries Cemetery, Potts Creek
  7. Arrington Cemetery, Blue Spring Run
  8. Arritt-Hall Cemetery, Boiling Springs
  9. Arthur/Unknown Cemetery [Possibly Sawyer Family Cemetery], Moss Run (This cemetery is located beside the Jennings-Dameron Cemetery. Although they appear to be same cemetery, the graves are facing north instead of east as in Jennings- Dameron and has gone back to nature)
  10. Bennett Cemetery, Rich Patch
  11. Bennett, Jacob Cemetery, Bennettown
  12. Bennett, Caleb Cemetery, Bennettown
  13. Bennett-Hamlett Cemetery, Rich Patch
  14. Bowyer Cemetery, Potts Creek
  15. Bowen-Fridley Cemetery, Blue Spring Run
  16. Bowen, William and Wife Graves, Blue Spring Run
  17. Boys' Home Cemetery,[Moyer Cemetery][Grace Mission Cemetery], Between Covington and Callaghan
  18. Brown Family Cemetery, Moss Run
  19. Bryant Family Cemetery, Iron Gate Hill
  20. Burns Family Cemetery, Big Ridge
  21. Byer-Bess Cemetery, Potts Creek
  22. Campbell Cemetery, Bath County Line
  23. Carpenter Family Cemetery [Fort Carpenter Cemetery], Covington
  24. Carper Family Cemetery, Dunlap Creek
  25. Carson Cemetery [Iron Hill], Snake Run
  26. Carson-Hepler Cemetery, Snake Run
  27. Carson, James P. Family, Snake Run
  28. Carson, John Alexander Family, Snake Run
  29. Carter Family Cemetery, Snake Run
  30. Carter, George H. Family, Snake Run
  31. Carter Family Cemetery [Clum Carter], Snake Run
  32. Carter Family Cemetery [Mac Carter Cemetery], Snake Run
  33. Childs, William Grave, Potts Creek
  34. Church, John Taylor Lone Grave, Indian Draft
  35. Cook Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant
  36. Cox-Cayton-Jones Cemetery, Big Ridge
  37. Crow Family Cemetery, Crows
  38. Crown Hill Cemetery, Clifton Forge
  39. Cummings-Smith Cemetery [Smith-Bowers Cemetery], Morris Hill
  40. Damron Family Cemetery, Snake Run
  41. Dameron Family Cemetery, Dunlap Creek
  42. Deacon, Richard Lone Grave, Potts Creek
  43. DeHart, Charlie Family Cemetery, Big Ridge
  44. DeHart, Paul Family Cemetery, Big Ridge
  45. Dew Family Cemetery, Potts Creek
  46. Dressler Family Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant
  47. Earlhurst-Hylton Cemetery, Earlhurst
  48. Ervine (Irvine) Family Cemetery, This cemetery has not been located.
  49. Emory United Methodist Church Cemetery, Natural Well
  50. Executed Men Graves, Dry Run. These graves have not been located.
  51. Falling Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Falling Spring
  52. Fletcher Chapel Cemetery, Callaghan
  53. Fort Young Graveyard, Covington (It is not known the exact location of Fort Young or it's cemetery. Some say it was located near Craig Street and Sunnymeade)
  54. Gillespie-Reid Cemetery, Potts Creek
    *** Grasly Family Cemetery, Indian Draft (This is the Arthur Lee Family Cemetery see Lee, Arthur Family Cemetery)
  55. Givens, David G. Cemetery, Potts Creek
  56. Green Hill Cemetery, Valley View
  57. Hardiman Family Cemetery, Dunlap Creek
    ** Hart Family Cemetery, Johnson Creek (This cemetery is the same cemetery known as the Meadows Family Cemetery.)
  58. Harmon Family Cemetery, Snake Run (This cemetery has not been located.)
  59. Haynes Family Cemetery, Clifton Forge-Relocated. The interments were moved to Mountain View Cemetery.
  60. Hepler, Robert Lone Grave, (This grave has not been located, the site can be seen from Castile Run.)
  61. Hepler, Thomas Family Cemetery, Castile Run
  62. Helmintoller Family Cemetery, Peter's Mountain
  63. Hoke Family Cemetery, Relocated. The interments were moved to three different established cemeteries: Cedar Hill, Covington; Sizemore Cemetery, Jerry's Run; and Watcoat Cemetery, Greenbrier Co., WV.
  64. Hoke Cemetery, Ogle Creek
  65. Hook Family Cemetery, Rich Patch
  66. Hopkins Family Cemetery, Clifton Forge
  67. Huddleston, A.J. Lone Grave, Peter's Mountain
  68. Humphries Cemetery, Rich Patch
  69. Indian Burial Ground, Mt. Pleasant (This burial ground has not been located.)
  70. Indian Burial Ground, Potts Creek
  71. Italian Cemetery, White Rock Gap
  72. Jamison Family Cemetery [Wolf-Sively Cemetery], Potts Creek
  73. Jennings-Dameron Family Cemetery, Moss Run
  74. Johnson Creek A.R.P. Church Cemetery, Johnson Creek
  75. Johnson-Helmintoller Cemetery, Castile
  76. Karnes Cemetery, Lowmoor
  77. Karnes Slave Cemetery, Lowmoor 78. Kean Family Cemetery, Hemitite 79.
  79. Kettinger Family Cemetery, Indian Draft
  80. Kidd Family Cemetery, Rt. 159 (This cemetery has not been located.)
  81. Kimberlin-Hamlett Cemetery, Roaring Run ** King Family Cemetery, Hemitite This cemetery is the Kean Cemetery and has been recorded above.
  82. King Family Graveyard, Potts Creek 83. King Graveyard, White Rock Gap 84. King, John Slave Graveyard, Roaring Run 85. Kyle Family Cemetery, Potts Creek 86. Kyle Slave Cemetery, Potts Creek
  87. Lee, Arthur Family Cemetery, Indain Draft
  88. Lewis-Fridley Cemetery, Big Ridge
  89. Lockhart Family Cemetery, Callaghan-Relocated.
  90. Lone Star Cemetery, Potts Creek 91. Longdale Miner's Cemetery, Longdale
  92. McDaniel Family Cemetery, Dunlap Creek
  93. McElwee - Allen Family Cemetery, Valley Ridge 94. Mallow Family Cemetery, Jackson Heights
  95. Martin Family Cemetery [Arthur Lee Church Cemetery] [First Baptist Church Cemetery], Junction of Johnson Creek and Indian Draft 96. Massie Family Cemetery, Falling Spring Valley 97. Marshall Property Cemetery, Moss Run 98. Meadows Family Cemetery [Hart Family Cemetery], Johnson Creek
  99. Meadows Family Cemetery [ ], Johnson Creek
  100. Midkiff Family Cemetery, Big Ridge
  101. Miller, E.S. Property Cemetery [Indian Burial Grounds], Lowmoor
  102. Milton Hall Cemetery, Callaghan
  103. Miner's Cemetery [Keith Property Cemetery], Dunlap Creek
  104. Mitchell, James Lone Grave, Mt. Pleasant
  105. Mountain View Cemetery, Clifton Forge
  106. Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant
  107. Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Lowmoor
  108. Mt. Moria Baptist Church Cemetery, Valley View
  109. Nichols Family Cemetery, Idlewilde/Mallow
  110. Oakland Cemetery, Selma
  111. Palestine Church Cemetery, Hemitite
  112. Payne Family Cemetery, Covington
  113. Pence-Bush Cemetery [Welcher Cemetery], Rich Patch
  114. Persinger, Child Lone Grave, Dry Run
  115. Persinger, Benjamin Memorial Cemetery [Shoaf Chapel Cemetery], Potts Creek
  116. Persinger Cemetery [Menefee Cemetery], Edgemont
  117. Pinnell Cemetery [Bess-Wright], Jordan Mines
  118. Puckett-Griffith Cemetery, Griffith
  119. Redhill Cemetery, Clifton Forge
  120. Redman Family Cemetery, (This cemetery has not been located.)
  121. Redman Lone Grave, (This grave has not been located.)
  122. Rock Church Cemetery [Central Advent Christian Church Cemetery], Triangle
  123. Robinson Family Cemetery, Clearwater Park
  124. Robinson, Charles Family Graves [Ned & Betty Poyser Property Graves], Falling Spring Valley
  125. Rose Hill Cemetery, Rich Patch
  126. Rucker Family Cemetery. (This cemetery has not been located.)
  127. Rumbold Cemetery [Callaghan-Dickson Cemetery], Callaghan
  128. Rumbold Cemetery, Relocated. Interments were moved to Fletcher Chapel Cemetery
  129. Rusk Lone Grave, Moss Run
  130. Sawyer Family Cemetery, Dunlap Creek [Possibly Arthur/Unknown] (The Sawyer Family Cemetery has not been located.)
  131. Sharon Church Cemetery, Sharon
  132. Simmons-Jamison Cemetery, Blue Spring Run
  133. Sinking Springs Methodist Church Cemetery [Jesse Davis Salve Graveyard] [Mrs. Mary Landrum and her twin daughters graves], Sinking Springs
  134. Sively Family Cemetery, Snake Run
  135. Sizemore Family Cemetery, Jerry's Run
  136. Smith Family Cemetery (New), Blue Spring Run Smith Property.
  137. Smith, Abner Graves, Ogle Creek to Exit 10 at Callaghan.
  138. Unknown Cemetery, Ogle Creek
  139. Smith, Adam McKinley Lone Grave, Alleghany/Greenbrier Co.Line
  140. Smith-Armentrout Cemetery, Mount Pleasant
  141. Smith, John Crocket and Wife Graves, Blue Spring Run
  142. Southall Family Cemetery, Eagle's Nest
  143. Stone Family Cemetery, Bennett Town
  144. Stone Family Cemetery, Castile Run
  145. Stone Family Cemetery, Snake Run
  146. Stone, John Hamilton Family Cemetery, Snake Run
  147. Stull Family Cemetery [New], Roaring Run
  148. Stull Family Cemetery [Old], Roaring Run
  149. Sunrise Cemetery, Lowmoor
  150. Sweet Chalybeate Cemetery, Sweet Chalybeate
  151. Tuke Family Cemetery, Falling Spring Valley
  152. Unknown Cemetery, Longdale
  153. Unknown Cemetery, Roaring Run
  154. Vance Graveyard, Ogle Creek
  155. Vass, Washington Lone Grave, Blue Spring Run
  156. Walker-Sizer Cemetery, Potts Creek
  157. Walton Memorial Church Cemetery, Wilson Creek
  158. Walton Lone Grave, Rich Patch
  159. Wilson Family Cemetery, Moss Run
  160. Wolfe, Peline Lone Grave, Rich Patch
  161. Wyatt Cemetery, Callaghan-Relocated
  162. --------Cemetery, Iron Gate Hill
  163. --------Cemetery, Bob Hosey Property
  164. --------Cemetery [Colored Cemetery], Jordan Mines

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Last Updated on December 3, 1999 by Theodore W Arthur