Patrick County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Cemeteries.....Massey Cemetery - Complete Survey
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Ron Martin cindyandron@bellsouth.net July 27, 2021, 1:24 pm

Abstracted By: Ron Martin

Located north of Fairystone State Park , and about 1/2 mile 
east of Road 623, on old Bryant land. On a ridge, in the 
woods.
Perhaps 25 other graves with crude stones and no 
inscriptions.
Listed in O. E. Pilson's Cemeteries of Patrick County, VA as 
Cemetery #436

Enhanced directions are from Heidelbach School Road, turn 
right onto Union Bridge Road. You will begin down a long, 
sloping hill. Continue down that hill until you see a gate on 
the left. You will take the left gate and follow the trail 
down the hill. As you wind down this dirt road, you will see 
a grove of trees at the top. The cemetery is situated at the 
top under that grove of trees. At this time (April, 2021), 
there has been a huge logging operation taking place on this 
property and the cemetery is identified by the only place in 
which a tree is standing. The cemetery is in horrendous 
condition with broken and fallen tombstones. Due to the soil 
erosion caused by the rains since the timbering operation, 
some tombstones may be even buried by soil. This land is 
posted and on the sign, it indicates that it is posted by the 
White Tar Hunting Club although there is no record of their 
existence. The cemetery appears to be on land that is owned 
by Dollie Bryant of Martinsville, VA however.   The GPS 
coordinates are 36.81884, 80.10916.

Last Name     First Name    Middle Name         Birth             Death              Comment
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Massey        John          Ancil               1807              1886               This is a hand carved soapstone that is weathered and very hard to read.
Massey        Lucy                              February 2, 1826  April 1, 1828      Dates are very hard to read.
Martin        Martha        Washington Hancock  April 18, 1874    November 18, 1917  She died of a cerebral hemorrhage.



Additional Comments:
There are many other gravestones in this cemetery and may number as high as 25.  
This cemetery has been destroyed due to neglect, abandonment, a logging 
operation, and erosion.  Many of these burials were apparently over one hundred 
years ago and no lives in the area that can identify who is buried there at this 
time.  

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