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Vernon and Leonard Cemetery

Carroll County

Fancy Gap District

Location: Flower Gap Community

Directions: The cemetery is in a wooded area that is behind a large orchard. Access is by a private road that is located on the south side of Rt. 691 (Flower Gap Road) about .25 mile west of Rt. 839 (Mountain View Road).

GPS Coordinates: N 36.58412 W 080.72176

Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson; 02 Oct 2013; buford-wilson@outlook.com

Comments: The cemetery is fenced and in fair condition. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone. The cemetery was originally called the Vernon Family Cemetery.

Vernon and Leonard Cemetery, Carroll County
Name Birth Death Comments
Row 1
VERNON, Mary Ann 10 Nov 1853 10 Feb 1936 Shared stone with next; Mary Ann Elizabeth; d/o John B. Jones & Sarah Ann Noonkester; w/o William Vernon
VERNON, William 20 Feb 1853 30 Nov 1933 s/o Isaac Vernon & Elizabeth Spencer
Row 2
VERNON, Infant 1876 d/o William Vernon & Mary Ann Jones
VERNON, Infant 1891 d/o William Vernon & Mary Ann Elizabeth Jones
Row 3
VERNON, Isaac 16 Nov 1808 26 Feb 1869 s/o Isaac Vernon & Elizabeth Davidson
VERNON, Elizabeth 18 Jan 1815 05 Feb 1905 Nee Spencer; w/o Isaac Vernon
VERNON, Piercey Leonard 27 Jan 1846 17 Dec 1916 d/o Valentine Leonard & Catherine Waitman; w/o Ewell Vernon
VERNON, Ewell 20 Apr 1840 01 Jun 1916 Co. E 45 Va. Inf. CSA; s/o Isaac Vernon & Elizabeth Spencer
VERNON, George F. 20 Mar 1886 09 Mar 1937 s/o Ewell Vernon & Piercey Leonard
Row 4
VERNON, Elisabeth C. 09 Jun 1871 19 Feb 1882 d/o Ewell Vernon & Piercey Leonard
VERNON, Isaac R. 06 May 1869 21 Feb 1882 s/o Ewell Vernon & Piercey Leonard
VERNON, Elbrice 29 Nov 1866 05 Mar 1882 Eldridge in Carroll County Death Records; s/o Ewell Vernon & Piercey Leonard
Row 5
VERNON, Martha F. 08 Mar 1852 09 Jul 1922 Martha Frances; d/o Francis Marion McCraw & Nancy Buckley; w/o Isaac Joseph Vernon
VERNON, I. J. 11 Aug 1847 02 Aug 1926 Isaac Joseph; s/o Isaac Vernon & Elizabeth Spencer
Row 6
LEONARD, Piercy A. 05 Dec 1881 09 Nov 1905 d/o Hubbard Leonard & Sarah Jane Vernon
LEONARD, Nancy B. 05 Nov 1877 08 Feb 1882 d/o Hubbard Leonard & Sarah Jane Spencer
LEONARD, Annie C. 30 Apr 1875 24 Feb 1882 d/o Hubbard Leonard & Sarah Jane Spencer
LEONARD, Sarah J. 23 May 1850 28 Jul 1885 Sarah Jane; d/o Isaac Vernon & Elizabeth Spencer; w/o Hubbard Leonard
LEONARD, Hubbard 10 Dec 1840 13 Apr 1918 Co. E 29 Va. Inf. CSA; s/o Valentine Leonard & Catherine Waitman; Original marker has the name spelled as Huberd Leonard.
There are also 3 graves marked only with fieldstones