DICKENSON COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES - Daniel Boone Sutherland Cemetery Also Known As Counts Cemetery ----¤¤¤---- LATITUDE/LONGITUDE 370916N 0821718W (Per USGS Quad Map: HAYSI, VA) DIRECTIONS >From Birchleaf, VA take route 670 across the Russell Fork about 3.5 miles to where it meets route 671. Go left on 671 and immediately take a right (after the bridge) in front of a house. Pass this house even though it seems like a driveway and continue on, following the other side of the creek until you get to where it bends as does the creek and the graveyard is in the stand of trees. Note that the owner of the house and trailer nearby is the property owner and it is best to ask permission to enter. FIELD NOTES: 11/23/98 This cemetery is small, shady and inviting. It is kept up by Malissa Sutherland who lives nearby and is the daughter of Eli Sutherland who is buried there. While she is pleasant and helpful, I cannot stress enough that this is a very family site and private. Please make use of the list below rather than disturb the grounds unless absolutely necessary. FORMAT Note: Items in parenthesis are the best guess of the researcher. Items in brackets are my comments. A double stone is two people on one stone - usually husband and wife unless otherwise indicated. "Similar stone" indicates that the stones were of similar design perhaps helping to identify wives and husbands. *UPDATE* Information was provided by Fonso F. Sutherland on 31 May 2003. He writes: "The land originally belonged to Daniel Boone Sutherland, then to Wade Hampton Sutherland then to Eli Sutherland, then to his children, and now belonging to Eli's son, Jeffrey Sutherland. Melissa no longer lives near the cemetery. Jeffrey is caretaker of the cemetery." Additional information is provided in {curly brackets}. SURNAME LIST ANDERSON, COUNTS, DEEL, OWENS, REEDMAN, SUTHERLAND, WOOD, WRIGHT LISTING OF GRAVE MARKERS ======================================================== Wade M. Freedman, Apr 24, 1945 - May 14, 1988 {Wade H. Freedman, son of Zella Sutherland Freedman and grandson of Wade Hampton} Wade H. Sutherland, Mar 22, 1887 - Jun 27, 1969 [Wade Hampton Sutherland is son of Daniel Boone and Margaret Counts Sutherland and husband to the following] Nannie Wright Sutherland, Jan 18, 1890 - Mar 16, 1976 [Nannie Alice Wright is dau of Eli and Rosa Branham Wright] Eli Wright, Sep 9, 1860 - Jan 19, 1935 {Father of Nannie and Francis who married Wade Hampton Sutherland, and Kemper Banner Sutherland, respectively} Truler Sutherland, born and died Feb 8, 1923 {Daughter of Wade Hampton and Nannie Wright Sutherland} [double stone] D. B. Sutherland, Feb 12, 1848 - Aug 22, 1943 [Daniel Boone Sutherland is son of James and Nancy Anne Counts Sutherland] Margaret Counts Sutherland, Jan 9, 1856 - Mar 1, 1952 [Margaret Counts is the dau of Noah and Aily Amburgey Counts] Mary S. Wood, Feb 27, 1912 - Mar 18, 1968 {Mary Owens Sutherland Wood, widow of Roland B. Sutherland, later married to Toy Wood} Roland B. Sutherland, Mar 5, 1883 - Mar 19, 1962 {Son of Daniel Boone and Margaret Counts Sutherland} {Angela Dawn Sutherland, March 29, 1966 - March 30, 1966, daughter of Vonshore and Rose Anderson Sutherland, granddaughter of Roland B. Sutherland} Francis Wright Sutherland, Aug 13, 1888 - Jan 18, 1939 [Francis Jane Wright dau of Eli and Rosa Branham Wright and wife of] Kemper Banner Sutherland, Apr 2, 1885 - oct 12, 1964 [son of Daniel Boone and Margaret Counts Sutherland] Zella S. Freedman, Dec 9, 1912 - May 9, 1969 [Probable wife of Wade Sutherland] {Zella Sutherland Freedman, daughter of Wade Hampton and Nannie Wright Sutherland. Date of death, Dec. 11, 1996} Eli Q. Sutherland, Feb 7, 1926 - May 9, 1969 {Eli O. Sutherland, son of Wade Hampton and Nannie Wright Sutherland Correct birth date is 1928} Johnny Payne Sutherland, Oct 29, 1953 - Apr 19, 1966 {Son of Eli O. and Ivol Belcher Sutherland} [baby] Jane Kathleen Sutherland, Mar 2, 1966 {Daughter of Fonso and Clara Fields Sutherland, granddaughter of Wade Hampton} Patricia Kaye Owens, born and died Mar 14, 1941 {Daughter of Earl and Helen Sutherland Owens, granddaughter of Wade Hampton} Richard Dean Anderson, Jan 23, 1949 - Mar 10, 1949 {Son of Palmer Doc and Mabel Anderson} Harold J. Deel, Jan 18, 1942 - Oct 22, 1996 Debra I. Deel, Feb 6, 1956 - married Nov 15, 1975 William P. Owens, June 29, 1910 - May 22, 1963 {William Peever Owens, brother of Mary Owens Sutherland Wood} ======================================================== PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE Some photographs were taken of the stones under the best light and angle possible, but it is almost always true that more information can be discerned from being there, especially because the pictures are stored in the 'lossy' compressed format of .JPG. Send your request to me at zens@mindspring.com, and give me 2 days to figure out which zip disk they’re on or if i’ve even taken those pictures. There is no charge, just trying to help. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Zen Sutherland zens@mindspring.com ___________________________________________________________________