West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association: Ford Point Cemetery, Lincoln Co., WV

Cemetery Reading

Cemetery Name:	Ford Point	No photos available at this time
County:	Lincoln
USGS Quad:	Unknown
Coordinates:	38.___ºN 82.___ºW
Maintained by:	Unknown
Land owner:	Unknown
Date added to WVCPA register:	April 2008
Condition of cemetery**:	Good (April 2008)
Accessibility:	The Ford Point Cemetery is located on a dirt road that turns off near the site of Lower Coon Creek School on property presently (April 2008) owned by B.G. Boster. Travel about 1/2 mile up the dirt road. The cemetery road will be on the right. It is rutted and not passable with a vehicle. You must park beside the road and walk to the cemetery, about another 100 yards up the trail.
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:
Ashworth	Ella M.			[Grave not marked, posted on east side of plot map at site]
Ashworth	Medara H.			[Grave not marked, posted on east side of plot map at site]
Ashworth	William R.			[Grave not marked, posted on east side of plot map at site]
Ball	Lud E.	29 October 1879	22 April 1955	[Husband and wife - shared stone] [Posted on east side of plot map at site]
Ball	Catherine E.	17 March 1869	9 November 1949
Bias	Lucy A.	1868	1936
Burdette	V.V.	1850	1916	[Posted on west side of plot map at site, name given as "Viola Burnette"]
Civil War Dead				[Grave is only marked with clean slab markers, allegiance and personal information unknown. Two graves side by side. Posted on east side of plot map at site]
Civil War Dead
Burns	Candace	1898	1910	[Grave not marked but posted on east side of plot map at site]
Burns	Clare	1890	1910	[Grave not marked but posted on east side of plot map at site]
Burns	Davy	1901	1909	[Grave not marked but posted on east side of plot map at site]
Burns	Henry	18 April 1858	8 August 1910	[Husband and wife - shared stone] [Posted on east side of plot map at site, Pheba's middle initial given as "S"]
Burns	Pheba	18 November 1881	3 December 1933
Burns	Lacy	1894	1899	[Grave not marked but posted on east side of plot map at site]
Burns	Mary Templeton	1830	about 1897	"Wife of Isaac Sowards"
Burton	L.G.	1924	1924	[Posted on west side of plot map at site]
Byrd	C.		1936	[Homemade marker - very difficult to read]
Clark	Bertha Lenor	1914	1915
Clark	Glenn Ford	1927	1927
Clark	Lena May	1916	1916
Clark	Ollie Burns	4 March 1900	12 December 1918	"Mother" [Posted on east side of plot map at site]
Grass	Mary Bell	20 August 1886	23 July 1911	"Daughter of J.B. & Artie Hicks"
Grass	Molly H.	1886	1911	[Grave not marked, posted on east side of plot map at site]
Grass	Virgie S.			[Grave not marked, posted on west side of plot map at site]
Grass	Xylphia			[Grave not marked, posted on east side of plot map at site, no dates available]
Hatfield	Jemmima	1894	1923	"Wife of John T. Sowards" [Posted on west side of plot map at site, dates given "1897 - 1923", listed as "Jemmima Hatfield"]
Hicks	J.B.	1843	1918	[Husband and wife - shared stone] [Posted on east side of plot map at site, first name given as "James"]
Hicks	A.A.	1849	1918
Hicks	O. Oscar	14 February 1876	8 November 1899	[Posted on east side of plot map at site, year of death given "1898"]
Jackson	Katy	1893	1902	[Grave not marked but posted on east side of plot map at site]
Jimison	Dorthy S.	1895	1922	[Posted on west side of plot map at site, name given as "Dorothy"]
Jimison	Ruby J.	1916	1922	[Posted on west side of plot map at site, years given "1916 - 1919", which conflicts with years on funeral home marker]
McColgin	James R.	1903	1971	[Posted on east side of plot map at site]
McColgin	Joseph	1911	1951	[Posted on east side of plot map at site]
McColgin	Lucy	1870	1931	[Posted on east side of plot map at site, gives middle initial as "H"]
McColgin	Robert	1874	1943	[Posted on east side of plot map at site, gives middle initial as "E"]
Meddings	N.A.			[Carved into fieldstone - posted on east side of plot map at site]
Meddings	Ola			[Carved into fieldstone - posted on east side of plot map at site]
Mullins	Tom	27 May 1889	20 October 1934	[Posted on east side of plot map at site]
Petrie	Lewis A.	18 December 1909	29 July 1937	[Posted on east side of plot map at site, gives birth year as 1903]
Petrie	Ray	5 June 1914	26 November 1916	"Son of P.B. & Effie Petrie" [Posted on east side of plot map at site]
Sheppard	Crystal S.		3 May 1983	"Gone To Be An Angel"
Sowards	Austin	1940	1943	[Posted on west side of plot map at site]
Sowards	Bessie E.	1904	1909	[Posted on west side of plot map at site]
Sowards	Emma			[Grave not marked, posted on west side of plot map at site]
Sowards	George B.	6 June 1864	29 April 1924	"Gone But Not Forgotten" [Posted on west side of plot map at site]
Sowards	Georgia			[Grave not marked, posted on east side of plot map at site, no dates available]
Sowards	Grover	1892	1893	[Posted on west side of plot map at site]
Sowards	Harry Keith, Sr.	19 September 1914	24 September 1991	"Dad"
Sowards	Homer	1910	1991
Sowards	[Three Infants]			[Three infant children of H.C. Sowards - graves not marked, listed on west side of plot map at site]
Sowards	Isaac	1800	1881	"Early Settler Of This Section" [Posted on east side of plot map at site]
Sowards	Jackie Keith	23 June 1971	18 March 1998
Sowards	James O.	1896	1906	[Posted on west side of plot map at site]
Sowards	Jesse C.			[Grave not marked, posted on west side of plot map at site]
Sowards	Mammie B.	1899	1902	[Posted on west side of plot map at site, name given as "Mayme B. Sowards"]
Sowards	Mary T.	1830	1897	[Grave not marked but is posted on the east side of the plot map at site]
Sowards	Nathaniel	1857	1937	[Husband and wife - shared stone - posted on east side of plot map at site] [Marker with full dates for Mary Jane is the original marker for her] "Aged 39 years 10 months & 12 days"
Sowards	Mary Jane	(1860) 1 February 1861	13 December 1900
Sowards	Nina M.		1943	[Posted on west side of plot map at site]
Sowards	Ollie			[Grave not marked, posted on west side of plot map at site]
Sowards	Roberta	1962	September 1978	[Posted on west side of plot map at site]
Sowards	Santa B.	February 1960	July 1963	[Posted on west side of plot map at site, years given are "1960 - 1969"]
Sowards	Thomas P.	1833	1912	[Husband and wife - shared stone - posted on east side of plot map at site]
Sowards	Elizabeth
Sowards	Thomas P.	6 October 1871	30 June 1964	[Thomas' funeral home marker gives year of birth as 1870 - posted on west side of plot map at site, listed as "Thomas P. Sowards, II", year of birth given as 1870] [Husband and wife - shared stone]
Sowards	Louisa	18 December 1877	31 May 1955
Sowards	Thomas, III	1909	1930	[Posted on west side of plot map at site, listed as "Thomas P. Sowards, III"]
Sowards	Victoria			[Grave not marked, posted on west side of plot map at site]
Sowards	Virginia R.		15 February 1927	"Our Darling" [Posted on west side of plot map at site]
Stowers	Eugene Arthur	16 August 1912	16 April 1975	[Posted on east side of plot map at site]
Swann	B.F.	1849	1924	[Posted on west side of plot map at site]
Swann	Bernard	1901	1901	[Posted on west side of plot map at site]
Swann	R.F.	1863	1939	[Posted on west side of plot map at site]
Thompson	S.			[Carved into fieldstone - posted on east side of plot map at site]
Vance	Rosie Alley	1891	1917	"Mom" [Posted on west side of plot map at site]

Comments:

Dates in Red above are not inscribed on the tombstone and have either been calculated based on death date or are as a result of research on the individual.

If you know of names of persons that should be added to this list, please contact WVCPA with the basic information (like the listing above), including the information source as well so that we may note that with the record on this page.

The reading for this cemetery was contributed by Bryan & Melissa Conley. Photos are hoped to be added to this page in the future. They note the following:

"Obvious effort has been made to identify some of the numerous unmarked graves and a plot map has been devised & posted to show the efforts. Be advised that not all marked graves are listed on this map. Some dates show minor discrepancies."

Updated: 07 September 2012