Loctaed on Glen Burke Mountain. This cemetery is located between Smith Ridge and the head of Hill Creek. I have been to this cemetery several times, my first visit being in 1978. My Father led the way, as he had been to this cemetery on many occassions. His Grandmother lived about 50 yards from this cemetery when he was a child. My Father's Grandmother was Louisa Margaret (HELTON) (VANCE) CHRISTIAN. She was the wife of William H. VANCE, and Anthony CHRISTIAN. All three are buried in the cemetery. There is no road to this cemetery, and it takes about an hour to walk to it. There are fourwheeler trails going right by it.
To see pictures of work in progress on this cemetery CLICK HERE
Tim
Timothy Vance
P.O. Box 428
Richlands, Va. 24641
Thank You,
Tim
I have an oil lamp that belonged to Louisa Margaret (HELTON) (VANCE) CHRISTIAN, that was suppose to have been gave to her and William by Mary (VANCE) BROWN, Abner's daughter. There is a story about the lamp, but I will put that on my story page.
This cemetery is not very large, I would guess it to be about 90 to 100 feet by 60 to 70 feet. There were several graves with field stones for markers, I counted 17 for sure, but I think there were more, as there were sunken spots in the ground which were probably more graves. There were nine stones that were engraved, they are listed below.
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To see a picture of William H. Vance's headstone CLICK HERE
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To see a picture of R.C. Vance's headstone CLICK HERE
To see a picture of M.C. Vance's headstone CLICK HERE
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To see a picture of Henry F. Vance's headstone CLICK HERE
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To see a picture of Anthony Christian's headstone CLICK HERE
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To see a picture of Maggie L. Christian's headstone CLICK HERE
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