Bluestone Cemetery Relocations (Official Listing), Summers Co. WV Huntington District - Corps of Engineers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. These listings are the property of the Summers County GenWeb Project. Submitted by Butch Miller butchmil @vnet.net May 19, 1998 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- #23 Robert Lilly Cemetery Scale drawings of the old Lilly Cemetery, Lilly, West Virginia, drawn by the Corps of Engineers show the boundaries to have been approximately 230 x 125 x 240 x 125 feet. Within the fenced area were found 149 graves, all of which were moved to other cemeteries. The following is the official listings of those graves:(notes added in parenthesis.) Grave Name Birth Death Reinterment Site No. New grave 1 Unknown Crews, C-1 2 Unknown C-2 3 Maud L. (Canterbury)Lilly 1896 1908 C-16 4 Mary E. (Neely) Lilly 1853 1926 C-17 (dau. Levi M. and Rebecca C. Lilly Neely; wife of John H. Lilly, son of Wilson and Tabitha Shanklin Lilly; Mary, b. 11 June 1853, Mason, VA, d. 2 Aug. 1926; John, b. 15 Mar. 1847; d. 2 June 1923) 5 John H. Lilly 1847 1923 C-18 6 Infant of H. Meador 1897 C-19 7 Rebecca D. (Lilly) Meadows1877 1900 C-20 (dau. John H. & Mary Neely Lilly; wife, H.W Meador/ows; mother of infant above; b. 18 Mar. 1900) 8 Clara A. Lilly 1879 1895 C-21 (dau.John H.) 9 William H. Lilly (son,John H.) 1875 1891 C-22 10 Elizabeth (Lilly) Sweeney 1806 1895 C-23 (dau. William & Margaret Burke Lilly; in. #1, William Neely, Sr., mother of Levi M., who m. Rebecca C. Lilly and William J. Neely; m. #2, John Cooper, hus. of Elizabeth Meadow; m. #3, Vincent Sweeney; grandmother of Mary E. Neely Lilly, above) 11 Unknown C-3 12 Hildred R. Cooper, (dau.Thomas) 1895 C-4 13 Lilly H. Cooper, (dau.Thomas) 1894 C-5 14 E.F. Cooper and baby(#2 wife, Thomas)1907 C-6 15 Unknown C-12 16 Valerie F. Cooper 1886 1886 C-7 17 Willie May Cooper 1890 1891 C-8 (dau.John Wesley) 18 T.G. Williams 1874 1896 C-13 19 Virginia C. (Lilly) Vest 1874 1891 C-24 (dau. Thomas Bartley & Docia Cooper Lilly; wife, Alva J. Lilly) Grave Name Birth Death Re-interment No. Site New Grave# 20 Alva J. Lilly (son, John H.) 1871 1905 C-25 21 Ola Pearl Lilly (dau. Alva J,) 1899 1900 C-26 22 Lillie May Canterbury 1883 1899 C-27 (sis. #3, Maud L. Lilly) 23 Unknown C-14 24 Virginia A. (Gwinn) Meadow 1857 1890 C-28 25 WR. Meador 1862 1886 C-30 26 Unknown C-15 27 Sarah A.L. (Dodson) Cooper 1888 C-9 (wife, Thomas Moody Cooper; dau., Frederick Wm. and Sarah Akers Dodson; mother of Mrs. Lettie Wills; grandmother of Owen D. Wills) 28 Liza Jane (Dodson) Dunbar 1932 C-16 29 Mary Anne (Dodson) Cooper 1857 1897 C-10 30 T. Gillians C-11 31 Lilly M. Hatcher (dau. Silas) 1885 E-3 32 Sallie Hatcher 1887 E-1 (Permelia Agee Hatcher, dau., Levi and Sarah Maxey Agee; wife, Silas Hatcher) 33 Silas Hatcher 1887 E-2 (son, Edmund & Polly Maxey Hatcher) 34 Lark M. Meador, Sr. 1847 1888 E-17 35 Lulu Ann Meador (dau.Lark M.)1873 1879 E-18 36 F.S. (Fountain) Meador 1849 1875 E-19 (son, Wm. Moody and Celia Ann Ellison Meador) 37 WT. Meador 1834 1873 C-29 (son, Wm. Moody and Celia Ellison Meador; hus., #24, Virginia Gwinn Meador) 38 Unknown D-3 39 Unknown D-4 40 Unknown D-5 41 Unknown D-6 42 Unknown D-7 43 Unknown D-8 44 Vashti L. Meador 1860 E-20 (dau., Green W & Emily Walker Meador; b. 15 Apr. 1841; d. 8 June1860) 45 Unknown D-9 46 Unknown D-10 47 Unknown D-11 48 Unknown D-12 49 Unknown D-13 50 Unknown D-14 51 Unknown D-15 52 Amanda E. (Hatcher) Simmons1872 1908 E-4 (dau. James E. & Sarah A. Cooper Hatcher; wife, Charleton Simmons) 53 Carry H. (Hatcher) Haney 1878 1906 E-5 (dau. James & Sarah Cooper Hatcher; wife, Jess Janey) 54 Orville Hatcher (son, A.A.) 1904 E-6 55 J.S. Hatcher (son, James E.) 1905 E-7 56 William M. Meador 1856 1923 D-16 (hus., Rachel; son, Green W. & Emily Walker Meador) 57 Newell Meador (son, Wm. & Rachel)1896 1911 D-17 58 Edith Meador (dau. Wm. & Rachel)1892 1904 D-18 59 Macy Meador (dau. Wm. & Rachel) 1892 1895 D-19 60 Earl Meador (son Wm. & Rachel) 1894 1895 D-20 61 Jessie R. Meador (dau.Wm. &Rachel)1886 1894 D-21 62 Unknown E-25 63 Benjamin F. Lilly E-26 64 Unknown E-27 65 E.B. (Erastus) Meador 1832 1878 E-28 (hus., Clara Burke Pack; son, Wm. Moody & Celia Ann Ellison Meador) 66 Unknown E-29 67 George Lilly 1827 1861 E-30 68 Unknown D-30 69 Unknown D-1 70 Unknown D-2 71 Unknown E-21 72 Unknown E-22 73 Unknown E-23 74 Unknown E-24 75 Unknown E-8 76 Louanna P. (Lilly) Cooper 1873 1911 F-20 (Louanna Prudence Lilly Cooper, dau. Levi Madison & Louisa Caroline Ellison Lilly; wife, Joseph Erastus Cooper) 77 Willie D. Cooper 1890 1891 F-21 78 Valentine B. Peters 1883 1883 Fairview 79 Unknown Crews, E-10 80 Unknown E-11 81 Unknown E-12 82 Unknown E-13 83 G. Lilly E-14 84 Fanny Lilly (wife, Robert) F-18 85 Robert Lilly 1696 1810 F-17 (Robert and Fanny were later moved to rest beneath the Lilly Monument at the old Lilly Reunion Grounds, FlatIbp, Mercer County, WV) 86 Edmond Lilly 1900 F-16 87 Unknown 1811 F-19 88 Unknown E-9 89 Unknown D-22 90 Unknown F-22 91 Unknown F-23 92 Elizabeth Lilly 1895 F-24 93 Unknown G-2 94 Unknown G-3 95 Unknown 1824 D-28 96 Unknown D-29 97 Unknown F-29 98 Unknown F-30 99 Unknown F-1 100 Unknown F-2 101 Unknown F-3 102 Unknown F-4 103 Unknown F-5 104 Unknown F-6 105 Unknown F-7 106 Unknown F-8 107 Unknown F-9 108 Unknown F-10 109 Unknown F-11 110 Inf of H.J. Lilly 1912 1917 G-16 (H.J. was Henry Jackson, son of Groundhog Bill & Julina Ferguson Lilly) 111 Herman A. Lilly (son, H.J.) 1912 1918 G-17 112 Juliana F. Lilly 1846 1927 G-18 113 William Lilly (GROUNDHOG) 1909 G-19 (son, Pleasant & Delilah Pittman Lilly; m. #1, Frances Malissa Lilly, dau., Thomas & Delilah Payne Lilly; m. #2, Juliana Frances Ferguson) 114 Clinton C. Lilly 1906 1906 Hiram Lilly (son, Hiram Jasper & Emma Maude Meadows)Lilly Pipestem 115 Oscar F. Lilly (son, Hiram & Emma)1903 1903 116 Delila (Payne) Lilly G-4 (wife, Thomas Lilly; dau. David ? and Nanley ? Payne) 117 Thomas Lilly G-5 (hus. Delila Payne Lilly; son, Thomas & Rosanna Meador Lilly) 118 Frances (Malissa Lilly) Lilly 1871 G-6 (#l wife, Groundhog Bill; dau. Thomas & Delila Payne Lilly) 119 Unknown 1870 E-15 120 Lilly infant G-24 121 Lillly infant G-20 122 Lilly infant G-21 123 Nancy Lilly 1860 G-22 124 Lilly infant G-23 125 Unknown G-26 126 Unknown G-27 127 Unknown G-28 128 Obie 0. Lilly 1915 1936 D-24 129 0. Goldie Lilly 1911 1927 D-25 130 Oris W. Lilly 1917 1918 D-26 (The three above and #132 were children of Albert W. and Christina Lilly Lilly; Christina, dau., Groundhog Bill and Juliana F. Lilly.) 131 Infant of E.M. Lilly 1915 Hiram Lilly (Child of Hiram J.& Emma Maude Meadows Lilly; Hiram, son of Groundhog Bill.) 132 Zepha E. Lilly 1910 1910 D-27 (see #130 above) 133 Infant of E.M. Lilly Hiram Lilly (see #131) 134 Olen Atkins (son, Lola) 1920 1920 G-7 135 Orland Atkins (son, Lola) 1920 1920 G-8 136 J.C. Wills, Jr. 1906 G-9 137 J. Green Wills 1902 G-10 (These two sons, #139 J.C., Sr. and #138, Frances Lilly Wills; J. Green M. Lucinda Emmaline Lilly, dau. Groundhog Samuel Albert Lilly) 138 Frances (Lilly) Wills 1834 1899 G-11 139 J.C. Wills, Sr. 1828 1900 G-12 (son, Chap and Frances Lilly Wills; William Rufus nicknamed Rufe was grandfather of Owen D. Wills, Beckley) 140 W.R. Wills 1853 1930 G-13 141 Unknown F-12 142 Unknown F-13 143 Unknown F-14 144 Unknown F-15 145 Unknown G-14 146 Elsie Jane Lilly 1942 1942 G-1 (dau. Gladys) 147 Unknown G-15 148 Derwood R Lilly 1918 1943 D-23 (see #130, son of Albert W. & Christina Lilly Lilly) 149 Unknown G-25 List of graves in original Lilly Cemetery.