ALLEGHANY COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Emory Chapel Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Emory Chapel cemetery:
                  1937 Dec. 8
                  Research made by Robert Stover

Cemetery Location:  14 miles north of Covington, Virginia.  From Covington, go 
                    2.5 miles north on Route #220 to intersection with Route 
                    #268; thence turn north on Route #268 and go 11.5 miles up 
                    Jackson River to Natural Wells.  The cemetery is located on 
                    high bank on the north side of the highway.
                    Alleghany County



OWNERS:

Trustees of the Methodist Church known as Emory Chapel, and their successors.

Fleming Keyser and wife Nancy, grant and convey to the Trustees of the Methodist 
Church: William H. Keyser, Benjamin T. Walton, James B. Clark, Frederick Butler, 
and James L. Lockhart, and their successors, one acre of land on Jackson River, 
(Natural Well) with church thereon known as Emory Chapel on the north bank of 
the road. (Deed Book 5, p. 346)

DESCRIPTION:

A public burial ground enclosed by a fence, it is situated on the west side of 
the church.  It contains about 75 graves and is kept in fair condition.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

This is the only public burial ground at Natural Wells, no other being nearer 
than 8 or 9 miles.  The Keyser’s and Andrews’ living nearby were buried here.  
The Natural Well is nearby and to the west of the cemetery.

Inscriptions to the found in the Emory Chapel Cemetery:


William H. Keyser
June 12, 1827
Feb. 17, 1901
Our father has gone to the mansions of rest,
to the glorious land by the piety blessed


Mary A. DePriest
Aug. 25, 1828
Nov. 10, 1922


H.J. Williams
1855 – 1931


William O. Andrews
Dec. 10, 1842
Oct. 15, 1927


Matilda
wife of Wm. O. Andrews
June 7, 1842
Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep


Andrews, Ballard R.
1859 – 19__
and
Dora A.
1860 – 1933


Henry Andrews


Nancy Keyser
wife of William H. Keyser

(The last two have no markers)

The Keysers are buried close together in a row.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informants:

Mrs. Annie Smith, Natural Wells, Va.

Court Records, Alleghany County Clerks Office at Covington, Va.


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