Grayson County, Virginia, Cemeteries: Wright Cemetery ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Buford C Wilson Buford_Wilson@Hotmail.Com ___________________________________________________________________ WRIGHT CEMETERY Compiled By BUFORD C WILSON HOPE B TAYLOR Buford_Wilson@Hotmail.Com This small family cemetery is located in a pasture field on the old Wright home place in Grayson County, near Oldtown VA. The farm is off Rt 634 (Waterwheel Road) at the end of Rt 774 (Rolling Wood Lane). The cemetery is quite old. There are several members of the Wright family buried here, but not all of the graves are marked. Family tradition is that the first person buried here was "Jennie" Williams. Tradition has it that she requested to be buried in "The strawberry patch." Jennie may have been the daughter of Henry and Sarah (Kinworthy) Williams, and a sister to Mary "Polly" (Williams) Wright, but there are no records to prove it. The cemetery is in good condition and is well fenced. GPS Coordinates: N 36.67205 W 080.97440 Completed Mar 5 2002 Updated Oct 23 2005 1 WRIGHT, Richard Oct 25 1814 Jan 11 1889 F: James Wright M: Martha "Patsy" Wright W: Mary Williams 2 WRIGHT, Mary "Polly" (Williams) May 10 1821 Jan 30 1889 F: Henry Williams M: Sarah "Sally" (Kinworthy) Williams H: Richard Wright 3 WRIGHT, Richard Churchwell "Church" Nov 25 1860 May 5 1911 F: Richard Wright M: Mary (Williams) Wright W: Hannah ? 4 WRIGHT, Mary Aug 1 1888 Apr 20 1903 F: Richard Churchwell Wright M: Hannah Wright 5 WRIGHT, Martha C "Mattie" Mar 3 1850 Mar 16 1936 F: Richard Wright M: Mary (Williams) Wright 6 WRIGHT, Bruce Wilbur Nov 9 1903 Jan 13 1992 F: Andrew Thomas Wright M: Helena Rivers (Hill) Wright W: Gladys Virginia Hawks 7 WRIGHT, Gladys Virginia (Hawks) Oct 14 1907 Oct 14 1991 F: Leftrich Mitchell Hawks M: Lena C (Diamond) Hawks H: Bruce Wilbur Wright 8 WRIGHT, Talmadge Ray "Shorty" Mar 24 1934 Apr 12 1986 F: Bruce Wilbur Wright M: Gladys Virginia (Hawks) Wright W: 1st Betty Jean Fortner 2nd Linda Lee (Garner) Stone 9 WRIGHT, Baby Boy Infant Nov 9 1903 F: Andrew Thomas Wright M: Helena Rivers (Hill) Wright Twin brother to Bruce Wilbur Wright 10 WRIGHT, Baby Girl Nov 1 1952 Nov 2 1952 F: Bruce Wilbur Wright M: Gladys Virginia (Hawks) Wright 11 SHEPPARD, Caroline (Hill) "Line" 1837 Jul 20 1906 F: Rufus Hill M: Alice Hill H: John Sheppard 12 ILLEGIBLE NAME: Jul 30 1864 This may be the stone for “Jennie” Williams. It is the oldest stone in the cemetery. Unfortunately the name cannot be read. 13U WRIGHT, Andrew Thomas Feb 11 1863 Apr 28 1939 F: Richard Wright M: Mary (Williams) Wright W: Helena Rivers Hill 14U WRIGHT, Helena Rivers (Hill) "Lena" Jul 6 1863 Mar 25 1944 F: Rufus Hill M: Alice Hill H: Andrew Thomas Wright 15U WRIGHT, Norma Lee Infant Sep 11 1930 F: Bruce Wilbur Wright M: Gladys Virginia (Hawks) Wright “U” after the number indicates that the grave is unmarked. There are no records to prove it, but by family tradition, the following people are buried here in unmarked graves. 16U SHEPPARD, Infant F: John Sheppard M: Caroline (Hill) Sheppard 17U SHEPPARD, John F: M: W: Caroline Hill 18U HILL, Alice Jul 6 1905 F: M: H: Rufus Hill 19U CARICO, Frances (Hill) "Fannie" Aug 1872 F: Rufus Hill M: Alice Hill H: John Carico