Wright Wingate Family Cemetery (Independence)
Grayson County, Virginia
Location: North of Independence
Directions: This cemetry is on Elk Creek Parkway (US 21) about 3 miles north of Independence across from water bottling plant. It is on the hill behind house.
GPS Coordinates: N36.650580 W81.184040
Surveyed by: Angela Hughes (property owner) and Rich and Ginger Ballard on 17 Mar 2003. Info from Paul Herndon’s files also
Comments: The cemetery is visible on knoll. The fence is down, and the cemetery is untended, with several older marble markers crumbling. There are at least four rows of graves and several with field stones as markers plus several more sunken places indicating burial sites. Many stones are broken.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| W[INGATE], Richard | stone dissolving and broken | ||
| Row 2 | |||
| WINGATE, Infants | 7 Apr 1905 | 7 Apr 1905 | twin infant sons of Daniel and Leona Wingate |
| unknowns | three field stones | ||
| WINGATE, Infant | infant of Wright & Bettie Wingate; born & died, date gone | ||
| unknowns | two field stones | ||
| WINGATE, Infant | infant of Wright and Bettie Wingate; born & died, date gone | ||
| WINGATE, Elizabeth | 7 Jul 1826 | 7 Nov 1862 | w/o Wright Wingate; marker broken off at base. |
| WINGATE, [Wr]ight | 12 Oct 1819 | 22 Mar 1909 | |
| WINGATE, Eliza A. | 12 May 1904 | marble stone broken and being dissolved | |
| Row 3 | |||
| unknown | flat marker, unlabeled | ||
| unknowns | three field stones | ||