Kelly Cemetery
Walton, Roane County, West Virginia

Lat: 38° 33' 41"N, Lon: 81° 15' 38"W

Contributed by Reggie Watson, Jul 20, 2008, last edited Aug 02, 2008 [reggiewatson@neo.rr.com]. Total records = 15.

This cemetery is 5.5 mi NE of Walton on Johnson Creek Rd., on the Mack Kelly farm.

It is in an area of two cedar trees, is overgrown and logging road has been put in beside it, there are mounds of dirt piled on what I am sure is part of this cemetery, could only find 9 stones and base of the only remaining headstone.

This cemetery was established c.1850 as a slave burial ground, but later was used as a community burial ground by white people. It is 1/4 acre in size, with no restrictions as to type and placing of markers.

It is not fenced or not landscaped and the condition is poor, the area is in use as pasture. Lots are not marked, graves marked by monuments and field stones. The lots are not for sale, and no burial records were kept. It is no longer in use as burial ground, only stone dated 1854. Marked graves 1, unmarked graves, 27 or more.

I found this cemetery in October of 2007 and attempted to photograph it again Jul 20, 2008. I then added info from WPA reading of December 1928.

- Reggie Watson

Carpenter, child, no dates, marked with stone, c/o James Carpenter
Carpenter, child, no dates, marked with stone, c/o James Carpenter
Carpenter, child, no dates, marked with stone, c/o James Carpenter
Dalton, child, no dates, marked with stone, c/o John Dalton
Dalton, child, no dates, marked with stone, c/o John Dalton
Dalton, child, no dates, marked with stone, c/o John Dalton
Dalton, child, no dates, marked with stone, c/o John Dalton
Dalton, John, no dates, marked with stone
Dalton, Mrs., no dates, marked with stone, w/o John
Gibson, child, no dates, marked with stone
Harper, Vernie, no dates, marked with stone, d/o Robert Harper
Hershberger, John McDonough, b. 1814, d. 1854, only headstone in cem, missing bef 1991
Kelly, Charity, no dates, marked with stone, w/o Peter C. Kelly
Kelly, Peter C., no dates, marked with stone, h/o Charity
Lowe, Willis, no dates, marked with stone

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