Porter Family Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: Grant community
Directions: This cemetery was located in a patch of trees just north of the intersection of Rocky Hollow Road and Porter Road.
GPS Coordinates: N36.67494 W81.41830
Surveyed by: Information given to Vicky Hauslohner by Mildred ___
Comments: All of the graves were moved to the Grant Community Cemetery. Mildred said that her grandfather moved the bodies of his parents and children to the Grant Community Cemetery when he sold the land to the Dixon family. She remembered him making the “little coffins”.
Those were the bodies of Clark and Caroline Gentry Porter, and seven children (7 share the same headstone).
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORTER, Clark | 24 Jan 1826 | Jun 1903 | double stone with next |
| PORTER, Caroline Gentry | 24 Nov 1829 | 7 Apr 1886 | |
| PORTER, Laura C. | [9 Dec 1886] | [7 Jun 1897] | [15 Years 6 months 29 days] child of Alex & R.J. Porter; shared stone for seven |
| PORTER, Maggie E. | [29 Aug 1882] | [17 Sep 1897] | [15 years 19 days] of Alex & R.J. Porter; shared stone for seven |
| PORTER, Claude C. | [25 Dec 1885] | [26 Feb 1887] | [1 year 2 months 1 day] child of Alex & R.J. Porter; shared stone for seven |
| PORTER, Willie Clark | [4 Jul 1887] | [4 Jul 1887] | [6 hours] child of Alex & R.J. Porter; shared stone for seven |
| PORTER, Virgie May | [1 Mar 1888] | [1 Mar 1888] | child of Alex & R.J. Porter; shared stone for seven |
| PORTER, Bessie V. | [11 May 1894] | [20 Jun 1895] | [1 year 1 month 9 days] child of Alex & R.J. Porter; shared stone for seven |
| PORTER, Bryan A. | [1 Nov 1895] | [23 May 1897] | [1 year 6 months 22 days] child of Alex & R.J. Porter; shared stone for seven |