SUTHERLAND CEMETERY NEAR ABNER GAP - Dickenson County, VA

This file was contributed by Zen Sutherland. Please e-mail Zen at zens@mindspring.com if you have any questions or comments.

SURNAME LIST
BOSTIC, BOWMAN, CARLTON, COMPTON, COOK, DEEL, DUTY, GILBERT, OWENS, POWERS, PRESLEY, RAMSEY, RUNYON, SUTHERLAND, TAYLOR, VIERS and WYSOR

LATITUDE/LONGITUDE
370710N 0821125W (Per USGS Quad Map: DUTY, VA)

DIRECTIONS
From Birchleaf, VA take Route 80 south 6 miles until you see the Abner Gap School road going off to the right. Continue on until you see a cluster of homes with a long driveway and take a right into that, staying right until you get to the cemetery. The Cemetery itself can be seen almost to Route 603 while on Route 80, but to get to it you'd have to park and cross the stream.

FIELD NOTES: 11/23/98
Tucked in the hillside, this cemetery has a covered chapel and is also well kept. The home closest to the cemetery is where Lauri Deel lives and she and her husband are pretty nice about letting people thru their property to the cemetery. Began this survey late in day and finished by flashlight, so some details may have been overlooked. Started in the NE corner.

FORMAT
Note: Items in parenthesis are the best guess of the researcher. Items in brackets are my comments. A double stone is two people on one stone - usually husband and wife unless otherwise indicated. "Similar stone" indicates that the stones were of similar design perhaps helping to identify wives and husbands.

LISTING OF GRAVE MARKERS

• Granville C. Powers, May 6, 1895 - Mar 20, 1970
  [similar stone]
• Mary Powers, Sep 2, 1895 - Mar 29 - 1973
• Frank Deel, Apr 10, 1919 - Mar 29, 1987
• Tommy Allen Deel, oct 20, 1966 - Mar 8, 1981
  [Son of Frank Deel, above]
• Margaret Bostic, mar 29, 1889 - Aug 25, 1982
• Bradley B. Duty, Mar 12, 1913 - Apr 16, 1977
• Dolly Duty, Dec 7 1926 - Dec 4, 1986
• Charles H. Sutherland, Oct 1 1930 - Jan 18, 1994
• Ida Mae Sutherland, Jan 13, 1893 - Feb 23, 1959
• Reece Sutherland, Feb 29, 1932 - Killed May 10th, 1956
• David Sutherland, Jr, 1923 - 1952
  [son of Henry David and Ida Mae Breeding Sutherland]
• Lanes B. Sutherland, Dec 4, 1919 - July 29, 1944
  Virginia Pvt, 331 INF 83 Div, WWII
  [Lanes Bascom Sutherland, son of Henry David and Ida Mae Breeding Sutherland. Killed in WWII]
• Gay Sullivan, Sep 23, 1915 - Apr 6, 1941
• Evins Edgar Sutherland, 1918 - 1918
• Stratton Clyde Sutherland 1912 - 1912
  [son of Henry David and Ida Mae Breeding Sutherland]
• Rosa E. Runyon, Aug 17, 1914 - Jan 7, 1979
• Danny Runyon, 1945 - 1993
• T.B. Compton, July 28, 1908 - July 6, 1934
• [Field stone, unmarked]
• Naomi Compton, Nov 11, 1871 - Mar 29, 1947
  [Naomi OQuinn, dau of Andrew Jackson and Lutitia Deel OQuinn; married William J. Compton, next]
• William J. Compton, Nov 11, 1862 - Apr 7, 1925
  [son of Jeremiah and Martha McGee Compton; married Naomi OQuinn, above]
• Jeremiah Compton
  [no date, newer stone. William J. Compton's father was Jeremiah Compton, Jr and this is possibly his resting place]
• Garfield Compton, Jun 29, 1905 - July 15, 1934
• Melvin, son of W.J. and Naomi Compton, mar 8 1890 - Jun 24, 1890
• Martha McGee Compton
  [wife of Jeremiah and mother of William J. Compton]
• Henry Dave Sutherland, Aug 11, 1888 - Dec 13, 1936
  [Henry David Sutherland, son of John Marshall Randolph and Mary Lester Sutherland]
• Anna Mae Sutherland 1928 - 1943
  [dau of Henry David and Ida Mae Breeding Sutherland]
• Harmon C. Sutherland, Jan 2, 1925 - Jul 5, 1974
  Daughter Ruby Sutherland, Jul 15, 1931 - Jul 15, 1932
• [double stone] Howard R. Compton, May 13, 1930 - Apr 13, 1980
  Nannie E. Compton, Aug 3, 1934 - Aug 8, 1985
• George W. Gilbert, Nov 30, 1884 - Mar 15, 1923
• Jo A. Wysor, Died Dec 19, 1901 Aged 2yrs 11mos, 25days
• [double stone] John Calvin Carlton, May 22, 1897 - Dec 29, 1939
  Alta Compton Carlton, Jan 11, 1898 - Mar 29, 1969
• George W. Ramsey, Apr 29, 1931 - Mar 25, 1966
• Martha Duty Taylor, Sep 11, 1892 - Dec 23, 1971
• Lillie M. Duty, Dec 8, 1907 - Jan 10, 1945
• Peggy Duty, Dec 25, 1932 - Jul 7, 1974
• [double stone] Chancellor P. Sutherland, Feb 12, 1925 - Sep 24, 1994
  PFC US Army, WWII
  Irene Sutherland, Jan 21, 1926 - Aug 7, 1964
  [Irene Compton, dau of Watson Clair and Rosa I Sutherland Compton]
• [double stone] Watson C. Compton, Mar 6, 1891 - July 10, 1959
  [Watson Clair Compton, son of Aaron Henderson and Emaline Johnson Compton]
  Rosa I. Compton, May 31, 1893 - Jan 21, 1978
  [Rosa I. "Rose" Sutherland, dau of John Marshall and Mary Lester Sutherland]
• [double stone] John Sutherland, Jul 6, 1851 - Oct 18, 1929
  [John Marshall Randolph Sutherland, son of Henry and Margaret Counts Sutherland]
  Mary Sutherland, Feb 1861 - Jan 22, 1924
  [Mary Lester, unknown parents]
• Helen & Thelma, Inf dau of Mr & Mrs F.S. Sutherland, May 29, 1930
  [Helen and Thelma were stillborn twins of Frank Stratton and Minerva Viers Sutherland]
• Clayton C. Sutherland, Jan 1922 - Jun 1944
  PFC US Marine Corps WWII - Buried at Sea - South Pacific.
  [Clayton Comer Sutherland, son of Frank Stratton and Minerva Viers Sutherland]
• [double stone] Stratton Sutherland, Mar 22, 1890 - Apr 11, 1958
  [Frank Stratton "Strat" Sutherland, son of John Marshall and Mary Lester Sutherland]
  Nervie V. Sutherland, Sep 30, 1902 - Sep 1, 1975
  [Minerva Kathern "Nervie" Viers, dau of Lewis and Adeline Harrison Viers]
• Alma Sutherland, Jan 1, 1898 - Jan 14, 1960
• [double stone] Alpha Sutherland, May 27, 1921 -
  Ellis L. Sutherland, Sep 1, 1912 - May 7, 1962
  SGT CO A 302 INF, WWII, BSM
  [son of Henry David and Ida May Breeding Sutherland]
• [double stone] Ross Owens, 1901 - 1971
  Bessie Owens, 1906 - 1971
• [double stone] Burb Owens, May 30, 1874 - Oct 18, 1956
  Louisa Owens, Mar 13, 1878 - Aug 1, 1969
• Winnie I. Owens, Jul 20, 1900 - Apr 27, 1948
• [double stone] Elder Henry Viers, Jan 22, 1904 - Jun 7, 1973
  Clara E. Viers, Jul 1, 1908 - Dec 27, 1986
• Mrs. Gay Arrington, wife of Luther Arrington, Feb 8, 1909 - Nov 22, 1933
• William J. Bowman, Jun 1, 1853 - May 2, 1941
  [son of Peter and Mary Moore Bowman, husband of Elizabeth Compton] [similar style]
• Elizabeth "Liz" Bowman, May 23, 1855 - Oct 26, 1933
  [Elizabeth Compton, dau of Jeremiah Jr and Martha McGee Compton, wife of William Bowman]
• Elzora Mildred Bowman, 1915 - 1928
• William G. Bowman, 1892 - 1963
• Vernie S. Bowman, 1896 - 1993
• Children of Mr and Mrs Henry Viers,
  Elbert Cecil, Jul 9, 1927 - Oct 21, 1929
  Nervie Edith, Sep 14, 1931 - Jan 21, 1933
• Sary Adeline Viers, Sep 15, 1874 - Nov 22, 1946
• H.L. Viers, May 4, 1868 - Dec 11, 1940
• Abraham Cook, Jun 18, 1902 - Mar 14, 1985
• Callie Cook, Oct 8, 1901 - Aug 21, 1982
• A.C. Cook (A Loving Son), July 30, 1939 - Sep 12, 1967
  [Parenthesis on stone]
• W. Marshall Sutherland, Dec 8, 1878 - Jan 14, 1950
  [William Marshall Sutherland, son of Squire and Annie Musick Sutherland; married Victoria Sutherland]
  [Same style]
• Victoria B. Sutherland, Apr 6, 1884 - Dec 19, 1944
  [dau of John Marshall Randolf and Mary Lester Sutherland]
• Blanche Sutherland, Aug 20, 1920 - Jul 5, 1940
  [dau of William Marshall and Victoria B. Sutherland Sutherland]
• [double stone] Dixie Sutherland, Sep 19, 1906 - Jan 19, 1972
  Mae Sutherland, Apr 9, 1909 - Oct 19, 1984
• James Roy Reece, Apr 26, 1922 - Feb 16, 1969
• Blane Moore, 1928 - 1964
• Lottie Presley, Nov 28, 1907 - Mar 24, 1980
• [double stone] Harold L. Presley, Mar 8, 1929 -
  Madeline Presley, Nov 10, 1931 - Mar 20, 1995

RESEARCHER NOTES
I am interested in several lines at this cemetery. If you have information on any of the people here, please feel free to e-mail me at zens@mindspring.com. Thank you. The research on who the people are are mostly thru the books of E.J. Sutherland and talking with local people.

PHOTOGRAPHS
No photographs were taken due to time.

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