ALLEGHANY COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Lockhart Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Lockhart cemetery: 1937 July 31 Research made by Robert Stover Cemetery Location: Go 10 miles from Covington on Ogley’s Creek, Route #60 to Route #662, then 2 miles. Private “Wood road” lane to right going west, about 500 yards from Route #662. Alleghany County OWNERS: James or Patrick Lockhart patented this land in 1796. The deeds, so reciting, state “patented to said Lockhart”, not mentioning his given name. David Lockhart was the son of James, who lived nearby in the old Lockhart Tavern. David B. was the son of “Davie” 1885 David B. Lockhart creditors vs David Lockhart heirs. 1885 R.L. Parris appointed Spec. Com. by court, deeded to J.W. Wyatt. 1898 D.N. Byer from J.W. Wyat: “The party of the first part, J.W. Wyat**reserve the family graveyard located on said tract of land”. D.B. #21, p. 325 J.W. Wyatt reserved it. His daughters, Mrs. Joe Payne of Covington, Mrs. Jennie Ballard of Bedford County, Miss Lelia Wyatt and Mr. Frank Wyatt. DESCRIPTION: Condition: With one solitary grave and some squares are enclosed but there is no enclosure around all of the graveyard. Brush, trees, vines and woods have grown up around it, making almost a wilderness. There are at least fifteen graves in this enclosure, most of which are lacking tombstones, but those who are here are early settlers. According to Mr. C. M. Reynolds, who lives nearby, age 71, this cemetery contains the Byer family, or some of them. James Lockhart d. Apr. 26, 1850, age 67 yrs. 4 mos. & 1 day. This is an unusually large tombstone for this period, being very thick and heavy 3.5 ft. high by 2.5 ft. wide. David B. Lockhart, 1817 – 1896 “Our father has gone to a mansion of rest, To the Glorious land, by the piety blessed.” Sallie B. Noel (nothing else on the tombstone) (This is enclosed, solitarily, by a paling fence) M.E. Via (nothing else on the V-shaped rock. It looks very, very old.) Annie A. Wyatt, age 18 AND Mabel Helen Wyatt, age 5, daughters of J.W. and Mary Wyatt (There are no dates on the tombstone). This was a double stone. It is a private graveyard for a few families. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: On the Land Books of 1850, James Lockhart, is listed owner of 3475 acres. He was the first Lockhart in that section of the county and is said to have owned the Lockhart Tavern close by and reared a large family (about one mile west of the graveyard). The old willow tree stands sentinel over the spring on the tavern site. The Noel family was on Ogley Creek and Indian Draft, many years before Indians ceased to roam there. Mr. John Wyatt came to Covington as a young man and the business census marked him “Confectioner”. He prospered and married Miss Kendell, the daughter of the proprietor of Bell Tavern on Main Street, Covington, Virginia. SOURCES OF INFORMATION: Informants: Mr. C.M. Reynolds Aunt Susan Martin, Covington, Va. Miss Nannie Vowles, Riverside Ave., Covington, Va. Mr. J. Lockhart, Covington, Va. Court Records, Clerk’s Office Alleghany County, Covington, Virginia Alleghany County Records. Publications: Augusta County Abstr. by Chalkley for early patent by Lockhart. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joan Renfrow NOTICE: I have no relationship or further information in regards to this family. ___________________________________________________________________