ZION CEMETERY (Tygart's Creek)
Wood Co. WV

Some Pioneer Graveyards of Wood Co. by John A. House

On April 19th, 1925, while returning from a trip to Elizabeth, I
visited the graveyard at the Zion Baptist Church, beyond Tygart's
Creek.

This church was formerly nearer the river, on Lockhart's Run
perhaps, and as neither building or cemetery are of pioneer days,
it is probable there is an older one farther north.  The oldest date I
noted was 1858.  The cemetery is on the south side of the Elizabeth
Pike, a half mile or more beyond the Tygart's bridge, and well back
of the church, on an eastern slope.  The oldest graves seem to be
on the high ground, in the western end.  I noted the names of 
Rector, Page, Martin, Price, Harper, Hill, West, Cheuvront, Barnett,
Butcher, Saunders, Ogden, Stoops, Muncey, Weedley, Wigal,
Hickman, Johnson, Leach.

On the west end, on top of the hill, there are three rows of graves
with the name of Page.  In this plot, I note:


Page,Lewis , 					died August 11th, 1885, 	aged seventy-two years, ten months.
Page,Lucy N.,  					died in 1882, 			aged twenty-two,wife of J. A., and daughter of L. and M. C. Page,.
Page,Thomas Harlan,				1863 				son of L. and M. Page, 
Page,Robert A.,					1878 				son of L. and M. Page, 
Page,Martha D.,					1878, 				wife of R. A. Page,  aged twenty-three.
Page,George  		November 7th, 1808 - 	August, 1903
Page,Omer  		1845 - 			1910
Page,John  					d. February 7th, 1896, 		aged ninety-three years, two months.


In the Page row, I note 

Leach,Mary, 					died February 21st, 1878,	wife of Willis Leach, aged eighty years, nine months, hence born in 1797.
Was she a Page, or was Page's wife a Barnett?

Rector,Enoch, 					died 1858 			son of E. and M. Rector, , age nine years, seven months.
Rector,Ransom  		December 10th, 1837 - 	July 27th, 1907
Martin,W. F.  		1837 - 			1908
Robinson,Benjamin  	1841 - 			1892
Weekley,Charlotte M.	1878 - 			1895  				wife of I. S. Flesher, 
Weekley,Levi  Co. D., 3rd W. Va. Cav.

Hendricks,Two children of H. M.Hendricks, 1925 who lived nearby,