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Vass Family Cemetery

Carroll County, Virginia

Laurel Fork District

Location: Crooked Oak Community

Directions: In a pasture field on the east side of Rt. 853 (Willow Shade Road), 1 mile from Rt. 58 (Danville Pike). The cemetery is not visible from the highway.

GPS Coordinates: N 36.708842 W 080.596631

Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson, 07 Mar 2015; buford-wilson@outlook.com

Comments: The cemetery is well fenced and in excellent condition. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone. In some old records this was called the Thomas Vass Cemetery.

Vass Family Cemetery, Carroll County, Virginia
Name Birth Death Comments
Row 1
MARSHALL, Elisha W. 1878 [21 Jun] 1953 Shared stone with next; Elisha Winford; s/o Elijah Marshall & Masey Finney
MARSHALL, Margarett L. 1880 1918 Margarett Louisa; d/o John Patrick Goad & Lavinia Alice Edwards; 1st w/o Elisha Winford Marshall
MARSHALL, Sherly Everett 22 Jul 1907 26 Dec 1911 s/o Elisha Winford Marshall & Margarett Louisa Goad
SLAUGHTER, John 24 Jan 1902 Age 81 yrs. 5 mos. 28 days; s/o Dandridge Slaughter & Susannah Handy
Row 2
VASS, Emeline O. 10 Sep 1900 11 Oct 1942 Shared stone with next; Emeline Octavia; d/o Joseph Benjamin Hall & Cleopatria Ann Semones
VASS, Samuel S. 22 Sep 1894 11 Nov 1982 Samuel Steve; s/o Henry Floyd Vass & Mary Alice Beamer
DALTON, Foy Early 10 Jan 1935 03 Mar 1935
No name
Row 3
BOWMAN, John 01 Oct 1843 26 Jul 1914 Pvt. Co. D 29 Va. Inf. CSA; s/o Oliver Bowman & Louisa Banks
BOWMAN, Elizabeth J. 17 Oct 1848 09 Sep 1924 d/o Thomas Spencer Vass & Nancy Edwards; w/o John Bowman
BOWMAN, Nancy S. 25 Feb 1867 29 May 1867 d/o John Bowman & Elizabeth J. Vass
BOWMAN, Joseph F. 03 May1868 16 Jul 1885 s/o John Bowman & Elizabeth J. Vass
BOWMAN, Almeda 12 Jun 1891 12 Jun 1891 d/o John Bowman & Elizabeth J. Vass
BOWMAN, Rena E. 14 Dec 1892 06 Apr 1904 d/o John Bowman & Elizabeth J. Vass
Row 4
VASS, Lucy d/o Thomas Spencer Vass & Nancy Edwards
Row 5
VASS, Henry Floyd 23 Mar 1867 20 May 1958 Shared stone with next; s/o Thomas Spencer Vass & Nancy Edwards
VASS, Mary Beamer 23 May 1869 14 Dec 1955 Mary Alice; d/o Alexander Martin Beamer & Louisa Martin; w/o Henry Floyd Vass
VASS, Nancy 14 Jan 1826 18 Jan 1905 d/o William Edwards & Elizabeth Bryson; w/o Thomas Spencer Vass
VASS, Thos. S., Eld. 09 Jun 1821 22 Oct 1889 Thomas Spencer; s/o Phillip Vass & Lucy Hester
VASS, William
VASS, Preston