Samuel Pugh Cemetery
aka Kiser Cemetery
Grayson County, Virginia
aka Gore Cemetery
Location: Volney
Directions: From the junction of Wilson Hwy (US 58) and Jefferson Hwy (SR 16) in Volney go 1.3 miles south on Jefferson Hwy then turn left onto an access lane. Then go 0.2 mile, upslope to the cemetery. The cemetery is not visible from the highway.
GPS Coordinates: N36.616099 W81.368661
Surveyed by: Jeff Weaver and Ginger Ballard 21 March 2003 with some info from Minnie Hall, Bette Nelson and Paul Herndon’s files
Comments: This cemetery is neat, well fenced, well maintained, and in current use. The oldest burial in this cemetery was made in 1859.
| Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Row 1 | |||
| BALL, J. Reece | 20 Jul 1879 | 24 Aug 1948 | [John Reece, s/o John Elbert and Lydia Hash Ball] |
| BALL, Emma L. | 29 Jan 1886 | 7 Apr 1943 | [Emma Lee, w/o John Reece Ball] |
| MABE, Ellen | 26 Feb 1875 | 16 Jan 1952 | [Cora Ellen] |
| MABE, Frank | 1871 | 1934 | |
| MABE, Lillie | 5 Nov 1909 | 1 Nov 1917 | d/o L. and Ellen Mabe |
| MABE, Patsy Ann | 13 Oct 1955 | 21 Dec 1956 | [d/o Kyle Mabe & Betty Jo Jones] |
| COX, Mary | |||
| MABE, Glenna Jo | 4 Sep 1954 | 7 Nov 1954 | [d/o Kyle & Eva Jones Mabe]; wooden marker |
| MABE, Bruce | 23 Feb 1904 | 3 Nov 1945 | [h/o Bertie Mabe Anderson] |
| ANDERSON, Bertie Mabe | 1905 | 1974 | [w/o Bruce Mabe] |
| Row 2 | |||
| BALL, Ennis Mary | 1866 | 1900 | [w/o Fields M. Ball; d/o David and Mary J. Parsons] |
| GORE, Charles C. | 28 Jan 1881 | 17 Oct 1887 | [s/o John Morgan and Mary “Polly” Jane Young Gore] |
| SEBASTIAN, Reggie | [s/o Columbus and Dora Ellen Parsons Sebastian] | ||
| SEBASTIAN, Jennie | 5 Sep 1862 | 27 Apr 1927 | |
| SEBASTIAN, Columbus | 26 Apr 1861 | 29 May 1932 | [s/o Wesley & Mary Sebastian] |
| SEBASTIAN, Dora E. | 21 Sep 1864 | 28 Aug 1900 | [Dora Ellen, w/o Columbus Sebastian; d/o David L. and Mary J. Young Parsons] |
| ANDERSON, Edna Sebastian | 1890 | 1932 | |
| Row 3 | |||
| MITCHELL, Ossie B. | [22 Jul] 1896 | [14 Dec] 1981 | [d/o William J. & Cora Francis Shumate]; double stone with next |
| MITCHELL, Wiley W. | 1881 | 1961 | |
| MITCHELL, Eddy | 1883 | 1887 | |
| MITCHELL, Bruce | 1884 | 1887 | |
| MITCHELL, Mollie A. | 1839 | 1915 | |
| MITCHELL, Donald F. | 1934 | 1935 | |
| GORE, Mary “Granny” | 1808 | 1908 | [w/o Jackson Pierce Gore] |
| MITCHELL, Louis R. | 23 Sep 1919 | 29 Jan 1994 | SSgt U.S. Marine Corps World War II |
| RUTHERFORD, Virginia Mae | 30 Apr 1917 | 17 Jan 2002 | [d/o William Roy and Verna Kiser Rutherford] |
| RUTHERFORD, William Roy | 15 Mar 1894 | 8 Aug 1975 | [s/o Allen M. and Almeda Hartley Rutherford]; double stone with next |
| RUTHERFORD, Verna Kiser | 14 Apr 1896 | 21 Aug 1990 | |
| HARRISON, Ervin R. | 14 Aug 1924 | double stone with next | |
| HARRISON, Hazel R. | 10 Nov 1919 | 1 Oct 1966 | [d/o William Roy and Verna Kiser Rutherford] |
| HARRISON, Infant | 19 Aug 1949 | 19 Aug 1949 | [Marjorie Anne], infant d/o Ervin and Hazel Harrison |
| Row 4 | |||
| HAMM, Veona | 22 Feb 1881 | 25 Feb 1881 | d/o T.F. and S.F. Hamm |
| HAMM, Sarah F. | 2/22 Jul 1846 | 11 Feb 1901 | [Saraphina, d/o Herald and Hannah Ward Pugh; w/o Thomas F. Hamm] |
| unknown | marker for unknown | ||
| SEBASTIAN, Dwight | 6 Sep 1908 | 11 Feb 1982/1909 | [s/o Denton and Lettie Sebastian] |
| SEBASTIAN, Denton | 24 Jan 1879 | 8 May 1932 | h/o Lettie P. Sebastian |
| SEBASTIAN, Lettie | 22 May/Mar 1879 | 10 Dec 1971 | [d/o Mastin M. and Almarinda Young Pugh]; w/o Denton Sebastian |
| HALL, Pauline Sebastian | 30 Jul 1912 | 12 Aug 1985 | [d/o Denton and Lettie Sebastian] |
| Row 5 | |||
| HALSEY, Drewery C. | 1876 | [7 Jul] 1957 | [Drewery Cesero, s/o James W. and Elizabeth Bell Halsey] |
| HALSEY, Capitola Gore | 3 Apr 1895 | 27 Nov 1949 | [d/o James P. and Elizabeth M. Senter Gore; w/o Drewery Halsey]; Married 17 Jul 1926 |
| GORE, James P. | 6 Feb 1857 | 12/18 Apr 1928 | h/o Betty M. Gore; [James Pierce] |
| GORE, Bettie M. | 26 Aug 1860 | 18 Nov 1937 | w/o James P. Gore; [Elizabeth Mahala] |
| GORE, Infant | 11 Sep 1881 | 11 Sep 1881 | d/o James P. and Bettie M. Gore |
| GORE, James T., Jr. | 25 Jul 1888 | 14 Jan 1889 | s/o James P. and Bettie M. Gore |
| GORE, Bertha | 1 Sep 1878 | 4 Aug 1891 | d/o James P. and Bettie M. Gore |
| BALL, Mabel | 18 Dec 1904 | 24 Aug 1907 | [Oka Mabel; d/o John Reece and Emma Ball] |
| BALL, Infant | 16 Jan 1904 | 16 Jan 1904 | s/o Mr. and Mrs J.R. Ball |
| GORE, Jane | 1835 | ca 1895 | wooden marker; [Elizabeth Jane d/o Jackson Pierce and Mary “Granny” Gore] |
| GORE, Dowell | 1869 | 1900 | wooden marker; [s/o Julia Ann Gore] |
| GORE, John M. | 16 Dec 1851 | 11 Oct 1900 | [John Morgan, s/o William J. and Julia Ann Gore; m Mary Jane Young 20 Jun 1876] |
| RUTHERFORD, Linda J. | 28 Aug 1947 | 20 Apr 1973 | [d/o Neal D. and Nell Rutherford] |
| RUTHERFORD, Neal D. | 20 Jul 1900 | 1 Jun 1979 | [Neal Doe, s/o Allen M. and Almeda Hartley Rutherford]; double stone with next |
| RUTHERFORD, Nell C. | 6 Feb 1914 | 9 Jul 1972 | [nee Cooper] |
| RUTHERFORD, Lonnie | 1 Feb 1899 | 7 Jun 1940 | [s/o Allen M. and Almeda Hartley Rutherford] |
| RUTHERFORD, Jack Neal | 14 Nov 1935 | 15 Apr 1995 | [s/o Neal & Nell Cooper Rutherford]; double stone with next |
| RUTHERFORD, Carlene Sells | 27 Nov 1945 | married 17 Dec 1966; Children: Jack Allen and Jessie Nellinda | |
| Row 6 | |||
| SEBASTIAN, Eva Mink | 22 Feb 1913 | 19 Oct 2008 | |
| MINK, William M. | 30 Nov 1909 | 15 Apr 1983 | “Bill”; Pvt U.S. Army World War II; [William Mastin, s/o Stephen Robert and Cynthia Alice Pugh Mink] |
| MINK, Katherine T. | 19 Jun 1917 | [nee Anderson]; double stone with next | |
| MINK, M. Clay | 6 Oct 1900 | 24 Jun 1982 | [Muncey Clay, s/o Stephen Robert and Cynthia Alice Pugh Mink] |
| MINK, Nannie W. | 24 Nov 1899 | 6 Apr 1976 | double stone with next |
| MINK, Otha L. | 20 Aug 1898 | 5 Jun 1988 | [s/o Stephen Robert and Cynthia Alice Pugh Mink] |
| PLUMMER, Cynthia Ann | [15 Mar] 1951 | 16 May] 1959 | [gd/o Stephen Robert and Cynthia Alice Pugh Mink] |
| MINK, Stephen Robert | 14 Feb 1879 | 23 Sep 1952 | [s/o William H. and Amanda M. Perkins Mink]; double stone with next |
| MINK, Cynthia Alice | 14 Mar 1877 | 6 Nov 1925 | [d/o Mastin M. and Almarinda Young Pugh; w/o Stephen Robert Mink] |
| MINK, Halbert Stephen | 1 Jan 1905 | 28 Sep 1918 | [s/o Stephen Robert and Cynthia Alice Mink] |
| MINK, Joseph Bayne | 14 May 1902 | 10 May 1909 | [s/o Stephen Robert and Cynthia Alice Mink] |
| KISER, A.C. | 11 Nov 1858 | 9 Feb 1953 | [Amanda Clementine, d/o Mastin M. and Almarinda Young Pugh; w/o M.W. Kiser]; double stone with next |
| KISER, M.W. | 7 Oct 1843 | 29 Jul 1927 | [Michael W.]; CSA veteran |
| KISLER, Estle L. | 28 Mar 1892 | 17 Feb 1918 | |
| KISER, Ida May | 24 Jan 1882 | 18 Sep 1896 | d/o M.W. Kiser |
| PUGH, Elbert | |||
| PUGH, Mary H. | 12 Mar 1857 | 27 Dec 1859 | d/o Samuel B. Pugh; oldest marked grave in this cemetery |
| PUGH, Samuel | 26 Jun 1792 | 9 Aug 1868 | [s/o David and Sarah Pugh; h/o Nancy Wells; donated the land on which this cemetery now lies] |
| GREER, Bobby | [gs/o Samuel Pugh; probably s/o William B. & Leanzy Pugh Greer] | ||
| Row 7 | |||
| PUGH, Mastin | 30 Aug 1829 | 11 Sep 1896 | 1st Lt VA Infantry CSA; [Mastin M., s/o Samuel B. and Nancy Wells Pugh] |
| PUGH, Almarinda | 11 Apr 1839 | 15 Nov 1914 | [d/o Jessie and Marion McMillan Young; w/o Mastin Pugh] |
| PUGH, George | 9 May 1873 | 2 Nov 1877 | [s/o Mastin M. and Almarinda Young Pugh] |
| PUGH, Rosa L. | 2 Jul 1881 | 2 Jan 1888 | [d/o Mastin M. and Almarinda Young Pugh] |
| PUGH, Drucy E. | 16 Sep 1860 | 16 Jun 1883 | [d/o Mastin M. and Almarinda Young Pugh] |
| PUGH, Laura V. | 9 Jul 1875 | 15 Nov 1895 | [d/o Mastin M. and Almarinda Young Pugh] |
| PUGH, Clay L. | 17 Nov 1868 | 9 Aug 1896 | [s/o Mastin M. and Almarinda Young Pugh] |
| PUGH, J.R. | 10 Nov 1870 | 27 Feb 1922 | [Joseph R., s/o Mastin M. and Almarinda Young Pugh] |
| PUGH, Mintie A. Rutherford | 1 Nov 1871 | 20 May 1946 | [d/o James J. and Mary Standiford Rutherford; w/o Joseph R. Pugh] |
| RUTHERFORD, Rinda | 6 Oct 1939 | 17 Dec 1939 | d/o W.H. Rutherford |
| RUTHERFORD, W. Hurd | 11 Nov 1911 | 24 May 1972 | |
| PRATT, Golda | 1911 | 2003 | [d/o Stephen R. and Cynthia A. Pugh Mink; w/o W. Hurd Rutherford] |
| Row 8 | |||
| KISER, Charlie C. | 28 Sep 1888 | 4 Sep 1967 | [Charlie Cleveland, s/o Michael W. & Amanda Clementine Pugh Kiser]; double stone with next |
| KISER, Mary Y. | 14 Jan 1895 | 9 Sep 1976 | [Mary Evaline, d/o Fielden Mack & Caroline Alice Jones Young] |
| Also buried here | |||
| MABE, child | [child of Colonel Mabe] | ||
