Pocahontas County Cemetery Descriptions
Inventoried by ARFHS

The Alleghey Regional Family History Society has inventoried numerous cemeteries in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.  These records are published as Pocahontas County West Virginia Cemetery Headstone Readings Volume 1 and is available through The Allegheny Regional Family History Society.

Code: POCA001 Cemetery: DILLEY - GORDON

Remarks: 19+ GRAVES MARKED WITH FIELD STONE, NO ENGRAVINGS.
Condition: FENCED AND KEPT
Directions: WEST FROM MARLINTON ON RT 39 TO INTERSECTION WITH RT 28. TURN LEFT ONTO RT 28 & CONTINUE TO "GORDON DILLEY ROAD" ON RIGHT. TURN ONTO "GORDON DILLEY ROAD" TO FIRST INTERSECTION. TURN RIGHT AT FIRST INTERSECTION TO FIRST 2 STORY FARM HOME ON LEFT. (RESIDENCE OF MR & MRS GORDON DILLEY). CEMETERY IS ON HILL BEHIND HOME. MAY OR MAY NOT BE VISIBLE FROM ROAD.
Information Collected: OCT 11, 1989 By: EUGENE CHANNELL, BRIAN HILL MARVIN Hill

Code: POCA002 Cemetery: DILLEY-CHRIS

Remarks:
Condition: FENCED AND UNKEPT
Directions: ON DEWEY (MADGE) GALFORD PROPERTY APPROX. 1 MILE SOUTH OF DUNMORE ON ROUTE 92. NOT VISIBLE FROM HIGHWAY.
Information Collected: JUN 17, 1990 By: BRIAN, JUDITH, MARY & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA003 Cemetery: WM. SHARP, JR.

Remarks: MANY FIELDSTONE MARKERS WITH NO ENGRAVING.
Condition: REFURBISHED, FENCED AND KEPT.
Directions: FROM MARLINTON GO NORTH TO DOH GARAGE. TURN RIGHT. CROSS BRIDGE AND KEEP LEFT AT "Y". CONTINUE APPROX. 5 MILES TO STOP SIGN. TURN RIGHT APPROX. 3/4 MILE TO CEMETERY ON LEFT.
Information Collected: SEP 1989 By: MARVIN O HILL

Code: POCA004 Cemetery: CURRY

Remarks: UNMARKED GRAVES
Condition: FENCED UNKEPT
Directions: VISIBLE ON HILLTOP TO N OF INTERSECTION OF RTS 92 & 84 AT FROST.
Information Collected: JUN 17, 1990 By: BRIAN, JUDITH, MARY & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA005 Cemetery: TAYLOR-TOWNSEND

Remarks:
Condition: FENCED
Directions: ON HILLTOP BACK OF SMALL BRICK CHURCH OFF OF RT 84 IN FROST, WV.
Information Collected: JUN 17, 1990 By: BRIAN C Hill

Code: POCA006 Cemetery: BUSSARD/BUZZARD

Remarks: ONE UNMARKED GRAVE.
Condition: FENCED.
Directions: ONE MILE N ON Rt 92 FROM FROST,WV. LOCATED ON SMALL KNOLL VISIBLE FROM HIGHWAY.
Information Collected: JUN 19, 1990 By: BRIAN & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA007 Cemetery: MCLAUGHLIN-BROWN'S MTN.

Remarks: UNMARKED GRAVES
Condition: UNKEPT BUT FENCED
Directions: APPROX. 1 MILE E of HUNTERSVILLE, WV, TURN LEFT ONTO UNPAVED ROAD. CONTINUE ON UNPAVED ROAD TO GATE. PROPERTY BELONGS TO DOUG JETT. CEMETERY IS ON KNOLL ON LEFT APPROX. 1/2 MILE BEYONG GATE.
Information Collected: JUNE 1990 By: BRIAN, JUDITH, MARY MADGE, MARVIN O HILL

Code: POCA008 Cemetery: SALUSBURY ROAD

Remarks: 5+ UNMARKED GRAVES
Condition: FAIR CONDITION
Directions: FROM ARBOVALE, NORTH ON RT. 92 FOR 2.5 MILES TO INTERSECTION ON RIGHT. TURN RIGHT 0.4 MILES TO NEXT INTERSECTION. TURN RIGHT 0.7 MILES TO "Y". STAY RIGHT AT "Y" 0.2 MILES TO CEMETERY. CEMETERY IS ON RIGHT, AND DOWN HILL FROM ROADWAY.
Information Collected: MARCH 4, 1990 By: BRIAN C HILL

Code: POCA009 Cemetery: GROGG

Remarks: UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: FENCED & kEPT
Directions: FROM ARBOVALE GO NORTH ON RT. 92 1.6 MILES TO INTERSECTION. TURN RIGHT 0.7 MILES TO CEMETERY ON LEFT IN FIELD.
Information Collected: MAR 4, 1990 By: Brian & MARVIN Hill

Code: POCA010 Cemetery: VANDEVENDER

Remarks: 5+ UNMARKED GRAVES
Condition: VERY GOOD
Directions: VISIBLE ON LEFT JUST NORTH OF INTERSECTION OF RT 28/250 AT THORNWOOD, WV.
Information Collected: MARCH 4, 1990 By: BRIAN C Hill

Code: POCA011 Cemetery: LEMASTERS

Remarks: ONLY ONE GRAVE. MAY BE DIFFICULT TO LOCATE. NO HEADSTONE, ONLY FUNERAL HOME MARKER. ON STEEP HILLSIDE.
Condition: POOR
Directions: NORTH ON BACK MT ROAD FROM CASS, WV FOR 14.6 miles. CEMETERY IS ON LEFT.
Information Collected: SEP 9, 1989 By: BRIAN C HILL

Code: POCA012 Cemetery: BETHEL SOUTHERN METHODIST CHURCH

Remarks: SEVERAL UNMARKED GARVES.
Condition: FENCED AND UNKEPT
Directions: EAST ON RT 39 FROM MARLINTON TO INTERSECTION OF RT 28. LEFT ON RT 28 TO "GORDAN DILLEY ROAD". RIGHT ON "GORDON DILLEY ROAD" TO BETHEL METHODIST CHURCH ON LEFT.
Information Collected: OCT 11, 1989 By: EUGENE CHANNELL BRIAN & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA013 Cemetery: GUM

Remarks: SOME FIELDSTONE MARKERS. SOME ENGRAVED, BUT DIFFICULT TO READ.
Condition: GOOD CONDITION AND FENCED
Directions: TAKE BACK MT RD NORTH FROM CASS FOR 10.7 MILES. CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON LEFT OF THE ROAD
Information Collected: SEP 10, 1989 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA014 Cemetery: SHARP-JERICO RD

Remarks:
Condition: FENCED AND KEPT
Directions: FROM INTERSECTION OF US 219/39 AT MARLINTON GO SOUTH 3/4 MILE TO "JERICO RD". TURN RIGHT ONTO JERICO RD. FOR APPRPX. 3 MILES. INCOMPLETE.
Information Collected: OCT. 22, 1989 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA015 Cemetery: TRAVELERS REPOSE

Remarks: THREE SMALL CEMETERIES. FIRST OF YEAGER AND FLENNER GRAVES. SECOND OF SLAVEN GRAVES AND THIRD OF ROSE GRAVES. THE GRAVE OF LEE C BURNS IS BETWEENTHE SLAVEN AND ROSE SECTIONS.
Condition: POOR CONDITION AND FENCE IS FALLING DOWN.
Directions: ON A KNOLL DIRECTLY BEHIND TRAVELERS REPOSE AT INTERSECTION OF U S Rt 250/28/92 AT BARTOW, WV.
Information Collected: MAR 31, 1990 By: MARVIN O HILL

Code: POCA016 Cemetery: YEAGER-ARBOGAST

Remarks: 13+ UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: FAIR FENCED.
Directions: FROM BARTOW APPROX. 1/2 MILE NORTH ON RT 28. CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD.
Information Collected: MAR 4, 1990 By: BRIAN & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA017 Cemetery: GIBSON

Remarks: 13+ GRAVES MARKED WITH FIELDSTONE & NO ENGRAVING.
Condition: FENCED & VERY GOOD
Directions: ON LEFT OF U S 219 NEAR SLATY FORK FROM MARLINTON, WV
Information Collected: OCT 19,1989 By: EUGENE CHANNELL & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA018 Cemetery: HILLTOP

Remarks: SEVERAL UNMARKED GRAVES. SOME FIELDSTONE MARKERS.
Condition: FENCED AND KEPT
Directions: NORTH ON "BACK MOUNTAIN ROAD" 2.3 MILES FROM INTERSECTION IN CASS, WV. TURN LEFT ONTO GRAVEL ROAD 0.3 MILES. CEMETERY IS ON LEFT IN VIEW OF ROADWAY.
Information Collected: SEP. 10, 1989 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA019 Cemetery: BIG SPRINGS PRESBY CHURCH

Remarks: ONLY ONE STONE AT THIS LOCATION
Condition: ON LAWN OF BIG SPRINGS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Directions: FROM RTS U S 219 & 66 INTERSECTION TAKE SNOWSHOE RD. CHURCH ON LEFT JUST AFTER TURNING.
Information Collected: OCT 19, 1989 By: MARVIN O HILL

Code: POCA020 Cemetery: SMITH

Remarks: THREE GRAVES MARKED WITH FIELDSTONE.
Condition: FENCED & UNKEPT
Directions: NORTH FROM MARLINTON ON US 219 APPROX. 4 MILES TO EDRAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. CEMETERY IS ON HILLTOP BESIDE CHURCH, AND VISIBLE FROM US 219.
Information Collected: OCT 22, 1989 By: BRIAN & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA021 Cemetery: MT ZION CHURCH

Remarks: SOME MARKED GRAVES. SOME WITH UNENGRAVED FIELDSTONE.
Condition: FENCED & WELL KEPT
Directions: EAST FROM MARLINTON ON RT 39 TO INTERSECTION WITH RT 28. TURN LEFT ONTO RT 28. CONTINUE TO "GORDON DILLEY ROAD". TURN RIGHT AND CONTINUE APPROX. 4 MILES TO MT ZION CHURCH (OLD LOG STRUCTURE), AND CEMETERY.
Information Collected: OCT. 11, 1989 By: EUGENE CHANNELLl BRIAN & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA022 Cemetery: GAY-JERICO RD

Remarks: UNMARKED GRAVES
Condition: FENCED BUT UNKEPT
Directions: LOCATED ON THE RIGHT OF JERICO RD AS UOU TRAVEL TOWARD MARLINTON FROM THE HAMLIN CHAPEL (OLD LOG CHURCH). IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE FROM ROAD. THE CEMETERY HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR SOME YEARS.
Information Collected: OCT. 22, 1989 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA023 Cemetery: HEVENER

Remarks: SOME FIELDSTONE MARKERS.
Condition: FENCED & KEPT
Directions: NORTH ON BACK MOUNTAIN RD 9.7 MILES FROM INTERSECTION IN CASS, WV. CEMETERY IS ON LEFT IN VIEW OF ROAD.
Information Collected: SEP 19, 1989 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA024 Cemetery: HANNAH

Remarks: SOME UNMARKED GRAVES & UNENGRAVED FIELDSTONE MARKERS. ONE LARGE GRANITE MARKER OFF PEDESTAL & LYING FACE DOWN
Condition: FENCED & KEPT
Directions: NORTH ON U S 219 FROM MARLINTON APPROX. 10 MILES. WATCH FOR GIBSON CEMETERY ON LEFT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER PASSING GIBSON CEMETERY, TURN LEFT INTO FIRST FARM ROAD. KEEP LEFT AT NEXT ROAD TO GATE. CEMETERY WILL BE TO YOUR RIGHT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF VALLEY. YOU MUST WALK TO THIS CEMETERY.
Information Collected: OCT 19, 1989 By: EUGENE CHANNELL & MARVIN Hill

Code: POCA025 Cemetery: FAIRVIEW II

Remarks: NO MARKERS. THERE APPEARS TO BE FOUR GRAVES HERE. TWO WITHIN A PICKET FENCE AND TWO WITHOUT.
Condition: OVERGROWN, UNFENCED, AND NOT MAINTAINED.
Directions: ON LEFT, APPROX 100 YARDS PAST FAIRVIEW CHURCH
Information Collected: SEP 15, 1989 By: MARVIN O HILL

Code: POCA026 Cemetery: BOYER

Remarks: TWO UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: FENCED & kEPT
Directions: AT BOYER, WV CEMETERY IS VISIBLE FROM ROADWAY
Information Collected: MAR 4, 1990 By: BRIAN & MARVIN Hill

Code: POCA027 Cemetery: DUFFIELD

Remarks: MOST UNMARKED. SOME FIELDSTONE MARKERS. HEADSTONES BROKEN, OR REMOVED FROM GRAVE SITE. SOME OF THE HEADSTONES ARE BEAUTIFULLY HAND ENGRAVED.
Condition: EXTREMELY POOR. OF THIS CEMETERY, W T PRICE WROTE,"THIS IS A PLACE THAT SHOUD BE CAREFULLY AND SACREDLY CARED FOR AS GOD'S ACRE, PLANTED WITH SO MUCH PRECIOUS, IMMORTAL SEED, THAT WILL SOME DAY APPEAR AND SPRING UP TO THE PRAISE AND GLORY OF OUR REDEEMER'S BLOOD". Pg. 476 HSPC
Directions: FROM MARLINTON, WV AT INTERSECTION OF U S 219/39 GO SOUTH ON 219 TO "JERICO RD" TURN RIGHT ONTO "JERICO RD. CEMETERY IS BEHIND FARM BUILDING IN FIELD. DIFFICULT TO SEE FROM ROAD.
Information Collected: Oct. 22, 1989 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA028 Cemetery: Wilfong

Remarks: UNMARKED GRAVES. SOME WITH UNENGRAVED FIELDSTONE.
Condition: FENCED KEPT
Directions: NORTH ON U S 219 FROM MARLINTON TO DOH GARAGE. TURN RIGHT AND STAY LEFT AT "Y" AT 0.5 MILES. CONTINUE TO "SEEBERT WILFONG ROAD ON RIGHT. TURN RIGHT TO FIRST UNPAVED ROAD TO RIGHT. TURN RIGHT A SHORT DISTANCE TO CEMETERY ON LEFT.
Information Collected: By: Marvin O Hill

Code: POCA029 Cemetery: HARPER

Remarks: 22 UNMARKED GRAVES OR STONES WITH NO INSCRIPTIONS
Condition: FENCED AND PARTIALLY KEPT
Directions: RT 92 NORTH OF MINNEHAHA SPRINGS, WV.
Information Collected: FEB 17, 1992 By: BRIAN & MARVIN HILL & John L. McCollam

Code: POCA030 Cemetery: MCELWEE

Remarks: INFORMATION WAS TAKEN FROM FAMILY RECORDS AND POCAHONTAS CO COURT HOUSE
Condition: GOOD
Directions: ON LAWN OF MINEHAHA SPRINGS, WV METHODIST CHURCH
Information Collected: AUG 1999 By: ROBERT MCELWEE

Code: POCA031 Cemetery: MOORE

Remarks: SOME UNMARKED GRAVES
Condition: FAIR & UNFENCED
Directions: EAST OF MINNEHAHA SPRINGS WV ON RT 92. CEMETERY ON HILLTOP ON LEFT SIDE OF ROAD.
Information Collected: FEB 17, 1992 By: BRIAN & MARVIN HILL JOHN McCollam

Code: POCA032 Cemetery: CORSO

Remarks: UNMARKED GRAVES & SOME WITH UNENGRAVED FIELDSTONE.
Condition: UNFENCED & PARTIALLY KEPT
Directions: NORTH FROM MARLINTON ON U S 219 TO "BACK MOUNTAIN ROAD". TURN RIGHT ONTO BACK MTN RD. CONTINUE 10-15 MILES TO WOODS POAGE CHAPEL. GO JUST PAST WOODS POAGE CHAPEL TO NEXT ROADWAY TO RIGHT. TURN RIGHT 0.2 MILES TO CEMETERY ON RIGHT.
Information Collected: Aug. 6, 1992 By: MADGE & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA033 Cemetery: GRIMES

Remarks: 3 UNMARKED GRAVES, SOME WITH UNENGRAVED FIELDSTONE.
Condition: FENCED & UNKEPT
Directions: U S 219 NORTH FROM MARLINTON TO "BACK MOUNTAIN ROAD". TURN RIGHT AND CONTINUE 10-15 MILES TO "WOODS POAGE CHAPEL". TAKE NEXT ROAD TO RIGHT. TURN RIGHT 1.1 MILES TO CEMETERY ON RIGHT. CEMETERY IS IN PASTURE VISIBLE FROM ROAD.
Information Collected: Aug. 6, 1992 By: Madge D. Hill Marvin O. Hill

Code: POCA034 Cemetery: STONY BOTTOM

Remarks: SOME UNMARKED GRAVES. SOME MARKED WITH FIELDSTONE.
Condition: EXCELLENT & FENCED
Directions: 1 MILE SOUTH OF STONY BOTTOM, WV ON "BACK MOUNTAIN ROAD".
Information Collected: Aug. 6, 1992 By: MADGE & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA035 Cemetery: WESLEY CHAPEL

Remarks:
Condition: FENCED AND VERY GOOD
Directions: AT WESLEY CHAPEL NEAR GREENBANK, WV
Information Collected: APR 04,1993 By: BRIAN & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA036 Cemetery: BARTOW CHURCH

Remarks: 2 OR 3 UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: NOT FENCED, GOOD & KEPT
Directions: AT CHURCH IN BARTOW, WV.
Information Collected: MAY 02, 1992 By: BRIAN & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA037 Cemetery: OLD HUNTERSVILLE

Remarks: UNMARKED GRAVES. 2 WITH UNENGRAVED FIELDSTONE.
Condition: VERY POOR. PROBABLY THE OLDEST CEMCTERY IN POCAHONTAS CO. I UNDERSTAND MANY OF THE ORIGINAL HEADSTONES HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND HAVE BEEN DISCARDED OVER A NEARBY ENBANKMENT.
Directions: LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF HUNTERSVILLE.
Information Collected: AUG 6, 1992 By: MADGE & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA038 Cemetery: HUNTERSVILLE

Remarks: SEVERAL UNMARKED GRAVES. SOME MARKED WITH FIELDSTONE.
Condition: FENCED & KEPT
Directions: ON HILLTOP IN, AND TO SOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY OF HUNTERSVILLE, WV.
Information Collected: AUG 23, 1992 By: BRIAN, MADGE & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA039 Cemetery: HIVELY

Remarks:
Condition: LOCATED ON PRIVATE LAND AND FENCED
Directions: EAST OF RT 39 FROM MARLINTON TO RT 28. LEFT ON RT 28 TO ROAD TO RIGHT JUST BEFORE POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL. TURN RIGHT ON RT 13. CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON LEFT OF ROAD ON THE HILL SIDE.
Information Collected: JAN 1992 By: STERL HIVELY FAMILY

Code: POCA040 Cemetery: MCLAUGHLIN-MARLINTON

Remarks: SOME UNMARKED GRAVES
Condition: KEPT AND FENCED
Directions: ON PRICE HILL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF MARLINTON.
Information Collected: AUG 23, 1992 By: MADGE, BRIAN & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA041 Cemetery: EDRAY

Remarks: SOME UNMARKED GRAVES. APPROX. 16 GRAVESITES MARKED WITH UNENGRAVED FIELDSTONE.
Condition: FENCEC & KEPT
Directions: NORTH FROM MARLINTON 4 MILES TO "BACK MOUNTAIN ROAD". TURN RIGHT TO FOOT OF HILL AT "Y" INTERSECTION. GO LEFT TO FIRST DRIVEWAY ON LEFT. TURN INTO DRIVEWAY TO GATE. CEMETERY SHOULD BE VISIBLE ON SMALL HILLTOP OFF TO RIGHT. SHOULD CHECK WITH LANDOWNER. Mr Bob Gay.
Information Collected: Aug. 23, 1992 By: BRIAN, MADGE & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA042 Cemetery: KEE

Remarks: UNMARKED GRAVES. 89 MARKED WITH FIELDSTONE.
Condition: FENCED & KEPT
Directions: SOUTH ON U S 219 FROM MARLINTON APPROX. 4 MILES TO "BUCKS RUN ROAD ON RIGHT. TURN RIGHT GO 0.2 MILE TO CEMETERY ON HILL TOP ON LEFT.
Information Collected: AUG. 23, 1992 By: BRIAN, MADGE & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA043 Cemetery: MCLAUGHLIN - HUNTERSVILLE

Remarks: UNMARKED GRAVES. SOME MARKED WITH FIELDSTONE WITH NO INSCRIPTION.
Condition: FENCED & kEPT
Directions: EAST FROM MARLINTON ON RT 39 TO INTERSECTION OF RT 28. TURN LEFT ON RT 28 TO NEXT PAVED ROAD TO RIGHT. TURN RIGHT TO NEAR END OF ROAD. TURN LEFT ON UNPAVED ROAD. CEMETERY IS ON THE RIGHT OF ROADWAY WHICH GOES UP STEEP HILL.
Information Collected: NOV. 11, 1992 By: DEWEY SHARP, BRIAN & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA044 Cemetery: Waugh/BSA

Remarks: FIVE OR MORE GRAVES. 3 KNOWN UNMARKED.
Condition: COMPLETELY ABANDONDED.
Directions: THIS CEMETERY IS LOCATED ON BSA PROPERTY AT DILLEY'S MILL, BUT ACROSS MOUNTAIN ON GREENBRIER RIVER. IT CAN ONLY BE REACHED BY ASSISTANCE OF SOMEONE FROM BUCKSKIN SCOUT RESERVATION. NEED KEY TO GAIN ACCESS. RECOMMEND 4WD VEHICLE.
Information Collected: NOV. 11, 1992 By: DEWEY SHARP & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA045 Cemetery: SMITH II

Remarks: MOST GRAVES UNMARKED, OR MARKED WITH UNENGRAVED FIELDSTONE.
Condition: POOR, ABANDONDED
Directions: NORTH ON U S 219 FROM MARLINTON TO "BACK MOUNTAIN ROAD". TURN RIGHT TO BOTTOM OF HILL TO "Y" INTERSECTION. GO LEFT AT "Y". NOTE: CEMETERY IS ON POINT OF HILL TO LEFT OF "Y". CONTINUE TO FIRST DRIVEWAY ON LEFT. TURN INTO DRIVEWAY. CEMETERY IS OFF TO LEFT.
Information Collected: NOV 11, 1992 By: DEWEY SHARP & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA046 Cemetery: WANLESS

Remarks: MOST ALL GRAVESITES MARKED
Condition: FENCED & VERY GOOD CONDITION
Directions: NORTH ON "BACK MOUNTAIN ROAD" 5.1 MILES FROM INTERSECTION IN CASS, WV. CEMETERY ON RIGHT AND IN VIEW OF ROAD.
Information Collected: SEP. 19, 1989 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA047 Cemetery: BETHEL UMC

Remarks: A FEW UNMARKED GRAVES. SOME MARKED WITH FIELDSTONE
Condition: WELL KEPT
Directions: NORTH "BACK MOUNTAIN ROAD FROM INTERSECTION IN CASS, WV TO BETHEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. CEMETERY IS ON GROUNDS OF CHURCH.
Information Collected: SEP. 10, 1989 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA048 Cemetery: FAIRVIEW

Remarks: UNMARKED GRAVES. SOME MARKED WITH UNENGRAVED FIELDSTONE
Condition: FEMCED & KEPT
Directions: NORTH FROM MARLINTON 4 MILES TO EDRAY. TURN RIGHT ON BACK MT. ROAD (STAY RIGHT AT "Y" AT 0.5 MILE) GO 3.5 MILES TO INTERSECTION. TURN RIGHT 2 MILES TO FAIRVIEW CHURCH.
Information Collected: By: Marvin O. Hill

Code: POCA049 Cemetery: WHITE'S CHAPEL

Remarks: 3+ GRAVES MARKED WITH STONE. OTHER UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: FENCED AND GOOD CONDITION
Directions: FROM MARLINTON MOTOR INN ON U S Rt 219 4 MILES N OF MARLINTON, TURN RIGHT APPROX 2 MILES TO INTERSECTION. TURN RIGHT AND CONTINUE UP MOUNTAIN TO WHITE'S CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. CEMETERY ON RIGHT AND BACK OF CHURCH. DISTANCE FROM Rt 219 APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES.
Information Collected: Feb 20, 1993 By: BRIAN & MARVIN HILL HEATHER ELAINE PRITT

Code: POCA050 Cemetery: ARBOVALE

Remarks: SEVERAL UNMARKED GRAVES. SOME MARKED WITH FIELDSTONE.
Condition: EXCELLENT & WELL KEPT
Directions: IN COMMUNITY OF ARBOVALE, WV. A SIGN IS LOCATED BESIDE THE ROAD MARKING ENTRANCE TO CEMETERY.
Information Collected: 1997 By: HAROLD CECIL COLLINS

Code: POCA051 Cemetery: HARTMAN

Remarks: LAST KNOWN BURIAL IN LATE 1890'S
Condition: POOR
Directions: AT OR NEAR ARBOVALE, WV
Information Collected: 1990'S By: RUTH HORNER

Code: POCA054 Cemetery: PLEASANT GREEN

Remarks: AT LEAST 15 UNMARKED GRAVES. SOME WITH UNENGRAVED FIELDSTONE. 8 STONES ENGRAVED WITH INITIALS ONLY: D.L.S 1912, J.L.S. 1911, J.E.S. 1913, H.P.S. 1914. B.M.Z. 1876, I.F.S. NO DATES, E.L.S. Feb 27, (YEAR ILLEGIBLE) AND H.A.J. 1910.
Condition: NOT FENCED & OVERGROWN
Directions: RT 219 NORTH OF HILLSBORO TO "SEEBERT ROAD". RIGHT ONTO SEEBERT ROAD 0.4 MILE TO UNUSED PLEASANT GREEN CHURCH ON LEFT. CEMETERY IS BEHIND CHURCH.
Information Collected: MAY 2, 1993 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA055 Cemetery: VARNER

Remarks: UNMARKED GRAVES. 15-20 WITH FIELDSTONES
Condition: POOR UNKEPT & FENCED
Directions: 2.2 MILES SOUTH OF INTERSECTION OF U S 219 & RTE 66 SNOWSHOE RD. TURN LEFT ACROSS "BIG SPRINGS FORK". ANGLE LEFT UPHILL ABOUT 1,000 FEET TO CEMETERY.
Information Collected: APR 4, 1993 By: GARY G HANNAH

Code: POCA056 Cemetery: SHEETS

Remarks: AT LEAST 5 UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: GOOD KEPT & FENCED
Directions: APPROX. 1 MILE S OF GREENBANK, TURN LEFT ONTO "SHEETS ROAD". GO 1.9 MILE TO CEMETERY IN FIELD ON RIGHT.
Information Collected: APR 4, 1993 By: BRIAN C HIll

Code: POCA057 Cemetery: MCLAUGHLIN-DUNMORE

Remarks: SIX UNMARKED GRAVES. FIVE MARKED WITH UNENGRAVED FIELDSTONE.
Condition: POOR, UNKEPT, FENCED WITH BARBED WIRE & FENCE IS IN NEED OF REPAIR. STONES OFF PEDESTALS.
Directions: FROM INTERSECTION OF ROUTES 28/92 AT DUNMORE, WV GO SOUTH 0.5 MILE. TURN RIGHT, AND GO AROUND 2.0 MILES TO CEMETERY ON RIGHT.
Information Collected: APR 4, 1993 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA058 Cemetery: HUDSON

Remarks: SOME UNMARKED GRAVES. 19 MARKED WITH UNENGRAVED FIELDSTONE.
Condition: GOOD, KEPT & FENCED
Directions: FROM GREENBANK GO EAST ON "WESLEY CHAPEL ROAD" 1.5 MILE TO INTERSECTION. TURN RIGHT 2.8 MILES TO NEXT INTERSECTION AT "WESLEY CHAPEL". TURN LEFT 0.8 MILES. CEMETERY IS ON HILLSIDE TO RIGHT. LANDOWNER LIVES IN HOUSE ON IMMEDIATE RIGHT ACROSS STREAM.
Information Collected: APR 4, 1993 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA059 Cemetery: NOTTINGHAM

Remarks: SEVERAL UNMARKED GRAVES
Condition: NOT WELL KEPT BUT FENCED.
Directions: FROM GREENBANK 1 MILE SOUTH TO SHEETS ROAD. TURN LEFT ON SHEETS ROAD 4.1 MILES TO CEMETERY ON HILLTOP ON LEFT.
Information Collected: APR 4, 1993 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL MRS RUTH HORNER

Code: POCA060 Cemetery: SHARP-RAINTOWN

Remarks: 5+ MARKED WITH STONE. UNABLE TO DETERMINE UNMARKED GRAVES
Condition: EXCELLENT, FENCED, & WELL KEPT.
Directions: SOUTH FROM MARLINTON ON US 219/39 TO MILL POINT. WEST (RIGHT) ON RT 39 APPROX 3 MILES. WATCH FOR SIGN TO CEMETERY ON RIGHT.
Information Collected: MAY 2, 1993 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA061 Cemetery: SUNSET

Remarks: FEW UNMARKED GRAVES.
Condition: UNFENCED AND WELL KEPT
Directions: NEAR JACOX, WV
Information Collected: MAY 3, 1933 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA062 Cemetery: GOODSELL

Remarks: SEVENTEEN UNMARKED GRAVES & TWO KNOWN MARKED WITH UNENGRAVED STONE.
Condition: FENCED BUT NOT WELL KEPT
Directions: APPROX. 1 MILE EAST OF FRANK, WV ON RT 250. JUST BEFORE FIRST SERVICE STATION ON LEFT. TURN LEFT THROUGH GATE, STAY LEFT AT "Y" UPHILL TO CEMETERY. TRAVEL POSSIBLE IN CAR WHEN DRY. ROAD IS ROUGH. DISTANCE FROM GATE APPROX. 1/4 - 1/2 MILE.
Information Collected: MAY 6, 1993 By: BRAIN & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA063 Cemetery: DURBIN

Remarks: APPROX. 55 GRAVES UNMARKED, 22 MARKED WITH STONES.
Condition: KEPT & UNFENCED
Directions: JUST AS LEAVING DURBIN EASTBOUND ON RT 250 TURN LEFT UP GRAVEL ROAD ACROSS FROM INTERSECTION AT "RIVER ROAD". TURN RIGHT AT FIRST ROAD, PAST OLD SCHOOL. ROAD WILL LEAD INTO CEMETERY.
Information Collected: MAY 6, 1993 By: BRIAN & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA064 Cemetery: MEEKS

Remarks: NO KNOWN UNMARKED GRAVES
Condition: FENCED & kEPT
Directions: THIS CEMETERY APPROX. 0.5 MILES SOUTH OF THE STONY BOTTOM CEMETERY ON SAME SIDE OF ROAD. IT IS DOWNHILL FROM ROAD & MAY BE DIFFICULT TO SEE.
Information Collected: SEP 14 1993 By: MADGE & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA065 Cemetery: KELLISON

Remarks:
Condition:
Directions: NEAR SUNSET CEMETERY AT JACOX
Information Collected: MAY 02, 1993 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA066 Cemetery: WHITING

Remarks:
Condition:
Directions: ON TOP OF DROOP MOUNTAIN
Information Collected: MAY 02, 1993 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA067 Cemetery: RUCKMAN

Remarks: RUCKMAN CEMETERY CONSISTS OF SEVERAL PLATS DONATED BY THE MCNEEL AND RUCKMAN FAMILIES.
Condition: EXCELLENT
Directions: FROM MILL POINT, WV TAKE RT 219 N .7 MILE, TURN RIGHT ON STEPHEN HOLE RUN ROAD. TRAVEL .1 MILE, VEER LEFT AT THE Y .1 MILE TO THE CEMETERY.
Information Collected: AUG 1999 By: Max Gum

Code: POCA068 Cemetery: HILL-RICHARD

Remarks:
Condition: FENCED BUT NOT WELL MAINTAINED.
Directions: LOBELIA, WV
Information Collected: MAY 02, 1993 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA069 Cemetery: BRUFFEY

Remarks:
Condition:
Directions: AT EMANUEL CHURCH, LOBELIA, WV
Information Collected: MAY 02, 1993 By: BRIAN, JUDITH & MARVIN HILL

Code: POCA109 Cemetery: DILLEY

Remarks: ONLY EXISTING HEADSTONE IS THAT OF JOSIAH. MARY ANN'S STONE WAS DESTROYED.
Condition: ABANDONED UNFENCED AND SURROUNDED BY PINE TREES.
Directions: FROM ROUTE 28 TURN IN AT BUCKSKIN SCOUT RESERVATION, GO PAST BUILDINGS TO "Y" IN THE ROAD. GO LEFT AT "Y" ACROSS SMALL STREAM. HEADSTONE ON RIDGE LINE OF SMALL HILL ON RIGHT. MUST CROSS STREAM AND CLIMB HILL.
Information Collected: OCT 1999 By: MARVIN HILL

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