Woods Cemetery, Highland Co, VA File submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Ashley Bradford ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Woods Cemetery, Stephenson property, Rt. 640, near Hightown, Bluegrass Valley, Highland Co., VA Take Country Rt. 250 to Rt. 640 at Hevener's Store. Go in the direction of Rt. 638 (turn in the direction of Hevener's Store) - the cemetery is before the turnoff for 638. It's on private property. "Bluegrass" used to be "Crabbottom" named for all the Crabapple trees that grew there. I don't know if it has an official name, but it's small, only 10 graves, and they're almost entirely Woods. The cemetery is very small and located on a hill to the left of the driveway on the property when you are facing the property. It is visible from the road. It lies amidst a small grove of trees and is very overgrown with Vinca minor (periwinkle). RACHEL C. WOODS Died 20 June 1916 Aged about 84 Yrs LITTLE MAUDE Daughter of N.B. & Lucy E. WOODS Born Feb 12, 1882 Died July 30, 1887 Aged 5 yrs 5 ms 18 ds -------- Sleeping in Jesus -------- ROBERT B. Son of T.J. & E.A. WOODS Died May 12, 1887 Aged 6 yrs 10 mo & 8 days (Note - not sure if the middle initial is an R or a B.) THOMAS J. WOODS BORN Sep. 23, 1831 DIED Jan. 3, 1910 AGED 78 YRS. 3 MOS. 10 DAS. (Note - J. stands for Jefferson.) ELVIRA WIFE OF T.J. WOODS BORN SEP. 29, 1839 DIED APR. 5, 1915 (Note - middle initial is A. Nickname: "Babe") small stone engraved with only "E. W." is behind Elvira's stone. MAY JEWEL Daughter of NB & LE WOODS DIED Dec 11, 1896 AGED 3 YRS 6 MOS & 10 DS (Leaves are carved on the top of the stone, and something in italics is inscribed below the information, but it's hard to read.) (A small footstone engraved with "M. J. W." is to the right and slightly forward of the obelisk that has Newton and Lucy's names on it.) Obelisk engraved on three sides Front: FATHER AND MOTHER Right side: LUCY E. WOODS 1859 - 1921 Left side: N. B. WOODS 1845 - 1915 (Notes - N. B. stands for Newton Brown. He was a deacon at Pisgah Presbyterian Church in Highland Co., just a little farther down Rt. 640 from the cemetery. Lucy's maiden name was Kramer. Her father and mother, Conrad and Barbara, are buried in a larger cemetery a few miles away on Rt. 642.) Outside the fence: WILSON E. RYDER 1852 - 1914 ALICE A. WOODS HIS WIFE 1848 - 1922 HOMAN G. RYDER JUNE 3, 1887 MARCH 13, 1922