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Cemetery Name:

Samuel Greenlee

 
Samuel Greenlee Cemetery, Mason Co., WV Samuel Greenlee Cemetery, Mason Co., WV

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County: Mason
USGS Quad: Unknown
Coordinates: 38.???ºN  -81.???ºW
Maintained by: Unknown
Land owner: Unknown
Date added to WVCPA register: November 2008
Condition of cemetery**: Fair (August 2008)
Accessibility: Located approximately a mile from Leon on a high point above Thirteenmile Creek opposite the Devil's Tea Table. Not accessible - see notes in "Comments" section at bottom of this page.

** Condition of cemetery as observed on the given date -
may not be representative of care at other times of the year
Scale: Excellent - Good - Fair - Poor - Abandoned

 

Last Name: First Name:

Born:

Died:

Inscription:

Photo:

Source:

Beard Addison Newton 22 May 1846 13 August 1898     Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Beard Anna Marinda 18 June 1876 9 December 1880     Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Beard Charles   9 February 1877 "Our Brother"
"Aged 32 ys..."
"Son of C.J. & S.A. Beard"
Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Beard Mary Jane 14 July 1845       Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Beard Mary Jane 7 July 1876 9 December 1880 [Dau. of A.N. and M.J. Beard - aged 4ys 5ms 2ds]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Beard Sophia 1817 28 February 1882 [Wife of C.J. Beard - Aged 64ys 9ms]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Dye Omer         Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Greenlee [Infant]   21 May 1892 [Infant son of Samuel and Ollie S. Greenlee]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Greenlee [Infant]   13 September 1895 [Infant son of Samuel and Ollie Greenlee]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Greenlee Angeline 22 November 1827 23 December 1905     Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Greenlee Anna 1824 7 September 1846 [In Memory of Anna Greenlee who died Sept. 7 A.D. 1846 aged 22 years]
[First person buried in this cemetery]
Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Greenlee Elder Neely 4 May 1817 23 April 1900 [Husband and wives, shared marker]
"Aged about 82 years"
"He said, "I have given up to die, and am prepared to go."
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Click for photo of the tombstone or marker

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Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Greenlee Margaret Knapp 1815 7 December 1883 "Wife of Eld. Neely Greenlee"
"Aged about 68 years"
"On her deathbed she said "It is sweet to think of dying and being with Jesus"
Greenlee Emeline Knapp about 1840 1910 "Wife of Eld. Neely Greenlee"
[Sister of his first wife Margaret]
Greenlee George W. 1855 1902   Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Greenlee Hannah Hughes 13 March 1793 February 1863 [Wife of Samuel Greenlee] Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Greenlee Henry   7 January 1874 [War of 1812 veteran]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Greenlee Henry 28 December 1822 8 August 1898     Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Greenlee Nancy 28 June 1897 13 December 1900 [Dau. of Samuel and Ollie Greenlee]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Greenlee Samuel 1791 1853   Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Greenlee Sophia 27 April 1823 20 February 1912     Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Greenlee William 18 August 1819       Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Greenlee William Jackson 15 February 1853 24 August 1854     Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Knapp     1 January 1898 "Dau. of George Wm., Sr. & Cordelia Knapp] Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Knapp Carrie Ethel 16 September 1886 16 March 1887   Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Knapp Cordelia C. 12 March 1873 16 January 1902   Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Knapp George Wm. Sr. 26 December 1854 27 January 1918   Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Knapp George W. 10 October 1895 4 September 1976 "PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR I" Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Knapp George W., Sr. 26 December 1856 3 February 1925     Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Knapp John 1782 1867   Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Knapp __ Lenora 30 July 1929 31 October 1929 "Son of Geo. & Lydia Knapp" Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: WVCPA research
Knapp Moses 1764 1860 [On the older marker:] "Moses Napp DIED Mar. 15, 1860 In the 96 Year of his age" Click for photo of the tombstone or marker
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Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Knapp Robert E.L. 1914 4 February 1945 [Died in military service - son of George and Mary Matheny Knapp] Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Knapp Sarah H. 1807 1860 [On the older marker:] "Wife of Moses Knapp DIED ___ 6, 1860 AGED _____" Click for photo of the tombstone or marker
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Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Knapp Sarah Oliver 1791 1868   Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Raines Matthew 5 October 1876 15 April 1965 "WEST VIRGINIA PVT CO B 42 REGT US VOL INF SPANISH AMERICAN WAR" Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Raines Ollie 1 January 1881 20 January 1976   Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Smith Donald     [Infant son of John Will and Nancy G. Smith]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Smith Hollis     [Infant son of John Will and Nancy G. Smith]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Smith Serilla     [Aged 2 years - dau. of John Will and Nancy G. Smith]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Whitt Archibald 1 December 1842 5 December 1896 [Aged 55 yrs 5 ds]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Whitt Boyd     [Son of Archibald and Martha C. Whitt]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Whitt Martha Clutter     [Wife of Archibald Whitt]   Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Whitt Susie         Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Wright Elizabeth Knapp 1811 1853 [Wife of Henry Wright, dau. of John and Sarah Knapp] Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research
Wright John 1843 1867   Click for photo of the tombstone or marker Source: 'Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions' - J.Burdette and WVCPA research

 

Comments: Dates or information in Red type from research on the individual, dates based on age at death as indicated on the tombstone.

The photos on this page were given anonymously to WVCPA for posting on this page. It is the understanding of WVCPA that the present land owners do not wish to allow any access to the cemetery. Unfortunately, WVCPA does not have any further information on the cemetery than that which is provided on this page from a reading done in 1967 by Ollie Knapp Raines and Juanita Burdette (subsequently published in "Mason County, W.Va. Cemetery Inscriptions" Vol. III) and from the photos of unknown date and origin.

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