Tazewell County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Cemeteries.....Phillips, Holmes, Cochran, Burnett Cemetery - Complete Survey ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: David McGuire Trayer dmatrayer@aol.com October 9, 2014, 7:52 pm Abstracted By: David McGuire Trayer This is an old family cemetery located on private farm property on Pounding Mill Branch at the foot of Deskins Mountain in Tazewell Co., VA. It was surveyed by the submitter in 1983. The GPS coordinates are 37 deg., 04 min., 41 sec. North by 81 deg., 39 min., 30 sec. West. It was very overgrown with brush and weeds. I counted 18 markers, only 8 of which were inscribed. Some of the markers were knocked down and a few were broken. Last Name First Name Middle Name Birth Death Comment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phillips William Franklin April 11, 1859 Not inscribed. Father Phillips Barbara Ellen March 22, 1855 April 5, 1931 Mother Not inscribed, Alverma June 22, 1898 Sept. 26, 1918 Wife of W. H. Phillips. Cochran James Garefield June 13, 1920 Dec. 11, 1920 A sunbeam of the world has vanished. Cochran Mary Elizabeth Oct. 2, 1921 Aug. 25, 1923 Gone to be an angel. Burnett S. Jeney Sept. 6, 1881 March 3, 1904 Mother Holmes George Edward Sept. 24, 1919 Oct. 9, 1920 Our darling is gone but not forgotten. Burnett Barbara Sept. 30, 1901 Oct. 13, 1905 Sister Additional Comments: William Franklin Phillips' daughter, Tracy Angie Phillips Vencill, gave the submitter a death date of 11 April 1932 for her father. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/tazewell/cemeteries/phillips87gcm.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb