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


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Walker cemetery:
                  1937 Feb. 3
                  Research made by L. Blanche Bess

Cemetery Location:  23 miles southwest of Covington, Virginia on Routes #60, #18 
                    and #607.
                    Alleghany County



Owners:

A.C. Sizer, present owner (1937)

The Shawvers, who owned the place long ago, no doubt served in some of the early 
wars, but there are no markers to the many graves.  We know that John Shawver 
owned the place as early as 1807.

Description:

The Walker cemetery like many other family burying grounds, has been neglected 
for years.  It has been fenced but the fence has fallen away in places, and 
altogether it has a lonely and forgotten appearance.

Historical Significance:

I brings sadness to the heart to visit these neglected places, knowing that the 
people who have been laid to rest there were among those early settlers who came 
into this section when it was a wilderness; labored and established homes; built 
up a neighborhood and a county; and who added much to the development of our 
country as a whole.  Some who lie there gave their lives in war in defense of 
their homes and their country, and now, it seems, they have been forgotten.

We have recently been informed that a great-grand-son of Mr. Shawver, once owner 
of the place, is making plans to have the cemetery fenced and put in good 
condition.  Mr. W.B. Rayhill of Paint Bank, is the man who is planning this 
work.

The following three inscriptions were found in the Walker Cemetery:

Wade Walker
Born July 21, 1838
Died Jan. 6, 1878
Beloved Father, Farewell


E. Annie C.
Daughter of W.H. and V.C. Walker
Born Mar. 19, 1871
Died Nov. 30, 1880


H.A. Rayhill
Born May 21, 1871
Died Fe. 17, 1920


Henry Walker, who was Captain of the militia before the War Between the States, 
and who was the father of John and Wade Walker; was buried there; also his wife 
and her parents, and it is believed her grandfather and grandmother.  All 
Shawvers were buried there.


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