Peery Cemetery Survey

Pisgah, Tazewell County, VA - March 27, 1988

Inventoried by Terry Mullins, Betty Vance Williams and Charlotte Harman Packett

Tombstones copied by Betty Hollowell and Ray Brown - March 28, 1974

LOCATION: Go 1/4 mile west (toward Richlands) crab Orchard-Witten Fort, Pisgah; On hillside above N&W R.R. underpass. Go thru field gate onto a dirt road going up hill- go approximately 1500 ft. and on right of dirt road, on a rise, is Peery Cemetery- chain link fence; No gate; go over fence by stepping on cinder blocks, stacked up. Several unmarked graves outside of fence on Ft. Witten side, appearing to be old ones.

DIRECTIONS: From Courthouse, Main Street, Tazewell, go west on Rt. 19 from Main St; go to Frog Level on Rt. 19, approximately 2 miles; proceed on same road to Crab Orchard Museum & Ft. Witten, Pisgah; Then get on dual-lane of 19-460 going west (Richlands); proceed about 1/4 mile, then turn into reverse land close to Railroad underpass. Gate into the field is a metal farm gate. Unlocked the day we were there. Cemetery site is owned by Smiley Ratliff. Access is general if courtesy is observed, such as closing the gate, etc. and not blocking dirt road with your vehicle.
Plot is 50 x 50 feet with chain link fencing. There is also a 6 x 12 foot wire fenced plot of unmarked graves.

FAMILY: Family of Gilbert M. Peery, wife, Susan Sawyers Peery.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: These are the grandparents and parents of Eloise Peery Hall, along with brothers, sisters and their husbands and wives and children. Emily Harman, first wife of James E. Peery is here - born 10 June 1867 - died 26 February 1887. Emily is daughter of Susan Vance Harman (Erastus French). James Peery's second wife was Alice Lynch, 1859-1939.

PEERY GRAVES

One Stone:
Gilbert M. Peery - (b. 20 Oct 1822; d. 13 Nov 1886, at 64)
Susan Peery (Sawyers) - (b. 25 Oct 1825; d. 19 Jul 1914, at 88)

Ella W. PEERY - (b. 10 Mar 1853; d 1 Dec 1868, at 14)
-- Daughter of Gilbert M. and Susan Peery

Whitman Peery - (d. 27 Jan 1856, at 27)
-- Son of James and Nancy Harman Peery

One Stone
J.R. (Raleigh) Peery - (1859 - 1934, at 75)
Belle [Bell] Dailey - (b. 20 Oct 1858; d. 21 Sep 1891, at 32)
Anna Corrie Whitley - (b. 26 May 1868; d. 25 Dec 1895, at 27)

James E. Peery - (1851-1925, at 74)
Emily Harman Peery - (b. 10 Jun 1867p d. 26 Feb 1887, at 19)
-- (1) Wife of James E. Peery
Alice S. Lynch - (b. 6 Dec 1857; d. 20 Oct 1939, at 81)
-- (2) Wife of James E. Peery
Elizabeth May [Mag] Peery - (1890-1915, at 25)
-- Daughter of James E. and Alice L. Peery

James A. Peery - (b. 8 Oct 1820; d. 9 Feb 1902, at 81)
-- "Uncle Add"

Mathias H. Peery - (d. 21 Mar 1896, in 70th year of his age)
-- Son of James and Nancy Peery

Lou C. Peery - (b. 21 Apr 1861; d. 24 Feb 1953, at 91)

One Stone
Nancy Radar Peery - (b. 1833; d. 10 Mar 1906, aged 73 years)
John Peery - (d. 10 Mar 1912, aged 79 years)
Thomas A. Peery - (died 7 Sep 1876, aged 19 years)
One Stone
David T. Crockett - (d. 10 Oct 1894, age 33 years, 24 days)
Capitola Peery - (b. 30 Jun 1862; d. 23 Dec 1925)
-- Father and Mother

Several graves in a single row marked with field stones are outside of the chain link fence on the Fort Witten side. These appear to be older graves than the marked ones inside the fence.
Sources:
(1) Initially Submitted by John & Sarah Fitzgerald, following a research trip they made to Tazewell County, Virginia in April 1996. They found the material in a three-ring binder at the Tazewell Library in Tazewell.
(2) Book: Tazewell County, Virginia: Some Old Cemeteries. Tombstones copied by Betty Hollowell and Ray Brown on March 28, 1974.
Editing has been done to organize and combine the data of these sources.
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