The cemetery was over grown in trees and brush. Only 16 graves could be found with inscribed markers. About 20 graves were marked only with decaying white wooden crosses placed there by the last coal company who surface mined that area to mark the graves. Several graves were marked with uninscribed field stones or rocks laid around the graves. A dozen or so more were visible with only sunken places in the ground, no markers, some visible only by some very old flowers on the graves. Many of the marked stones were so worn away it was difficult to read them. All but about three were homemade stones. No doubt this is the oldest cemetery in the Tarpon area. ~GS
I. C.? Brooks
Born Jan. 4, 1890
Died June 6, 1923
Charles Clark
Born 1926
Died 1926
Merie Clark
Born 1932
Died 1932
Ruby M. Coffey
Dec. 23, 1927
Dec. 10, 1929
Catherine Fink
Dec. 27, 1922
Dec. 26, 1929
(Note by GS: Catherine was accidentally shot and killed by her brother while he was cleaning a gun. Catherine was the daughter of John Henry and Nancy Ann “Nannie” [Baker] Fink. John and Nannie came to Clinchco from Dublin, VA, in April 1917. John worked at the No. 7 Mine in Clinchco. They had ten children. Hallie Fink who married Ballard Mullins of Tarpon was one of their children. )
Infant of
Mr. and Mrs. S.S. Friar
Born Dec. 28, 1922
Died Dec. 29, 1922
(Notes by GS: Sherman Smith Friar was from Claiborne Co., TN. He was a coal miner and came to Honaker where he met and married Cora Jackson in 1916. He and Cora, along with his son Frederick from a previous marriage, moved to Clinchco in 1920. This deceased infant was Sherman and Cora’s first child. They eventually had four more children. The Friars left Clinchco in 1930, moving to West Virginia. They eventually settled in Shenandoah, Virginia.)
Son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Hall
Born April 11, 1925
Died April 11, 1926
Walter Johnson
Son of B.W. Johnson and Wife
Sept. 20, 1928
Jan. 12, 1930
Hazel M. Johnson
Loving Daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. D.?Johnson
Nov. 15, 1936
Dec. 21, 1936
1 mo. 6 days old
Lily Ann Jones
Aug. 27, 1872
Mar. 18, 1931
Infants of
Mr. And Mrs. Garland Mullins
July 3, 1925
July 3, 1925
(Note by GS: These were twin girls born to Fred Garland and Mollie E. [Anderson] Mullins. Garland was the son of William Melvin and Roxie [Kerr] Mullins. Mollie was the daughter of Henry and Lucinda [Rakes] Anderson.They had several other children, including Fred Garland Mullins, Jr. who married Lorine Ring.)
Robert Lee Rakes
(Note by GS: He was the son of George Lee and Alverta [McCormack] Rakes. George and Alverta were born and married in Patrick Co., VA. George was the son of William Harvey “Henry” and Lucinda A. [Dehart] Rakes. )
Born Mar. 28, 1922
Died Mar. 28, 1922
Caroline Wassum
1846 - 1891(Note by GS: Caroline's maiden name was Blevens.)
Sheffield Wassum
1840 - 1920
(Note by GS: His full name was Ezra Sheffield Wassum. He was known as Sheffy or Sheffley. His parents were David “Dave” and Susannah [Neff] Wassum of Smythe Co., VA. Sheffield and Caroline [Blevens] Wassum possibly had two sons, Charles, birthdate unknown, and John Saumel Wassum, born 04 Feb. 1879. After the death of Caroline, Sheffy possibly married Susan Young, and had two sons: Edward Sheffy Wassum and Francis Wassum. They both lived at
Morristown, TN.)
Ogsby Jr. White
Beloved son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ogsby White
Apr. 15, 1936
Apr. 16, 1936
(Notes by GS: The parents were Elbert Ogsby “Smokey Joe” White and Minnie [Wilborn] White. Ogsby came to Clinchco from Russell Co., VA. Ogsby and Minnie lived in Clinchco where Obsby worked in the coal mines. They had nine children. After his retirement they moved to Marion, Ohio.)
Dollie M. Wright
1898 - 1930
If the name of a particular cemetery is
unclear, we will refer to the cemetery by the surname of
the most graves in it. Any notes appearing in parenthesis
were added by the person transcribing the information from
the stone.
The NSDAR, state organizations, individual
DAR Chapter or Chapters, or any Volunteer providing data
for this project shall not be held responsible for any errors
of information provided.
