WALTON CEMETERY - Salem, Roanoke County, VA

Located: From West Main Street in Salem, turn left on Mill Lane (Rt 636)
         cross the railroad tracks and the Roanoke River and go west on
	 Rt 639 for 1.2 miles to Rt 638 and southwest on Rt 638 for .2 
         mile to a large home on a hill. This home has been the Green 
         Hill Country Club, then the Community School. The cemetery is 
         about 50 yards east of the house, it is about 50' X 75', un-
         fenced, but well taken care of.

Copied 21 Feb 1990 by Charles and Ruth G. Hale
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RICE, Melinda Craig		05 Jul 1827 - 28 Aug 1853 Wife of Rev
					James Rice
WALTON, John B.			No Date - 27 Mar 1836 Age 78 Yrs
WALTON, Frances W.		No Date - 10 Mar 1839 Age 21 Yrs
WALTON, Nancy			No Date - 20 Sep 1856 In Her 60th Yr
					Wife of William, Jr. Dau of
					Samuel White
WALTON, William			No Date - 29 Jan 1845 Age 96 Yrs
WALTON, Mary			No Date - 21 Aug 1824 Age 66 Yrs
PITZER, Virginia Lewis		14 Jan 1850 - 29 Mar 1853
PITZER, Eugene McDaniel		11 Aug 1851 - 28 Sep 1851
COOK, Mary L. Walton		No Date - 22 Feb 1850 Age 28 Yrs
SHANKS, William Henry		22 Nov 1838 - 14 Oct 1840
SHANKS, Robert Craig		24 Jan 1847 - 16 Jan 1853
EDMUNDSON, Mary A. Lewis	No Date - 07 Jun 1848 Age 28 Yrs Wife of
					Henry A.
NEVILLE, Fanny W.		No Date - 06 Apr 1846 18 Mos 9 Days
NEVILLE, Willie H.		04 Oct 1849 - 20 Jan 1856
CRAIG, Robert			Who was born in the County of Montgomery 
					in the Year 1792 and Died at
					Greenhill 1852. (The Kingdom of
					God cometh not with observation,
					neither shall they say lo, here
					or lo, there for behold the
					Kingdom of God is within you)
UNKNOWN				On the right side of Robert Craig is a
					Footstone with initials M.O.C.
					and near a tree are pieces of a
					tombstone with letters L O Craig
					Wife of Robert.

Craig County Virginia was named for Robert Craig, a Congressman from 
1829 - 1841 and a leader in the county's creation. Robert Craig and 
Malinda Walton married 18 Feb 1824 in Botetourt County Virginia. Malinda
was daughter of William Walton.