Lora, This is the information that I have for the Black Family Cemetery in Myra. If I remember right the person that had this page was a Julian Adkins, Jr. (I think) I haven't been able to find him anymore. I used to email him, but the email address I have for him doesn't work anymore and the page doesn't exit anymore.This comes from a website that doesn't seem to exist anymore. I hope this comes through alright. If it doesn't let me know and I will send the file exactly like I have it in a word document. The directions on how to get to the cemetery are different from the way my aunt took me a few years ago. Some where I have some pictures of some of the tombstones. (unless they are some that I lost when my computer crashed.) If anyone else has the information for the Miller cemetery could you send it to the Lincoln list. I noticed Lora has the reply to herself and not the list. Thanks. Jane From::: http://hometown.aol.com/julmans/Tracecreek4.html THE BLACK FAMILY CEMETERY Hattie (Black) Scites: ( Nov 3, 1888-1960), Died at age 72, was a great woman. Born and raised at Trace Creek. She loved Music and Theatre. Daughter of W. F.Black. LOCATION: The Black Family Cemetery is located at the crest of the hill between Trace Creek and Big Laurel Creek about seven miles south of Hamlin, Lincoln County, West Virginia. To go there take the West Hamlin road west of Hamlin one mile to the to the Upper Mud River Road go south or left to the Myra Store a distance of over six miles, at the Blacks store at Myra take the dirt road going left on to Sand Lick road. Follow this road about one and a half miles up the creek and the cemetery is on the left at the crest of the hill. (Do not attempt this travel in rain or snow, my personal experience) ROW 1 1. Freeda Mclure Black 1905-1978 2. Nettie B. Black May 24 1870-June 6, 1946 3. Rev. William T. Black Sept 25, 1870-Oct 30, 1953 4. Dwight F. Black Jun 14, 1903-Jun 28, 1903 (Son of William T. Black) 5. Ralph Dwight Black Aug 11, 1920-Jan 11, 1922 (Son of William T. Black) ROW 2 6. Ruth Midkif May 13, 1908-Oct 18, 1911 (Daughter of Frank Midkif) 7. Floy Mae Scites May 13, 1908-Oct 18, 1911 (Daughter of Garfield Scites) 8. Hattie Black Scites 1888-19?? 9. Garfield Scites 1882-1943 ROW 3 10. Harriet A. Eden May 19, 1836-Aug 10, 1897 (Mother of Frank Eden) 11. James E. Eden Jan 20, 1830-Mar 21, 1911 (Husband of Harriet Eden) 12. (Baby) Eden (Son of Frank Eden) 13. Elsie Eden Aug 8, 1892-Jun 30, 1894 (Daughter of B. F. Eden) 14. Paul A. Eden Aug 8, 1890-Oct 9, 1891 (Son of B. Eden & Paralee Black) ROW 4 15. Lucy E. N. J. Black 1811-1894 (Wife of James C. Black) 16. James C. Black 1806-1893 (Donated the land for this cemetery) 17. Jane Black Welch 1841-1867 (First Grave in Cemetery) 18. Lucinda A. Black 1831-1884 19. Joseph Sexton 1829-Sep 8, 1879 20. Malessa Sexton 1849 (Daughter of Joseph Sexton) 21. Willie Sexton 1852 (Son of Joseph Sexton) 22. Ira Sexton 1859 ROW 5 23. George Adam Black May 15, 1875-Nov 7, 1939 24. Jennie B. Black April 2, 1879-Mar 5, 1962 25. Adam Evert Black (Son of G.A. & Jennie Black) 26. Ruth Ellen Hauldren (Daughter of Scot & Inez Hauldren) ROW 6 27. Elmer Pridemore Oct 31, 1913-Dec 30, 1935 28. Victoria Pridemore 1871-1915 29. William B. Pridemore 1868-Jan 1959 30. John W. Black Oct 20, 1846-Mar 1, 1932 (Civil War Veteran (Union)) 31. Sarah A. Black Nov 30 1845-Feb 1, 1893 (Wife of John W. Black) 32. L. Grant Black Sep 24, 1869-Oct 27, 1887 33. A. Catherine Pridemore Jul 1, 1883-Dec 4, 1904 (Wife of Chas. D. Pridemore) 34. Cassie B. Black Jan 28, 1877-Jun 4, 1906 (Buried with Infant Daughter, Wife of Avril Stanton Black) 35. Avril S. Black Aug 30, 1878-Sep 10, 1943 36. Lizzie Tabor Black Feb 25, 1886-Aug 24, 1956 37. Harold Erastus Black Apr 17, 1912-Apr 17, 1912 (Son of Avril & Lizzie Black) 38. Leslie Finton Browning Jul 29, 1909-Nov 18, 1963 (Husband of Annie Black Browning) 126. Annie (Black) Browning Jun 30, 1911-Sep 17, 1994 (Daughter of Arvil S. & Lizzie (Tabor) Black) ROW 7 39. Adaline A. Black Mar 5, 1849-May 25, 1885 (Wife of Wlliam F. Black) 40. William F. Black Nov 8, 1848-Jun 12, 1932 41. Emma J. Black Dec 6, 1848-Jun 12, 1932 42. James L. Black Jun 8, 1896-Jun 10, 1896 (Son of W.F. & Emma Black) 43. Eddie Black Jul 26, 1901-Jul 26, 1901 (Son of W.F. & Emma Black) 44. Eugene A. Davis Dec 29, 1879-Feb 13, 1904 (Son of Emma J. Davis Black) ROW 8 45. Leslie Ray Burns Feb 3, 1915-Sep 3, 1916 46. Bertha Ruth Burns Mar 21, 1917-Apr 3, 1917 47. Kincaid 48. Kincaid 49. Kincaid Eight Unknown 50. Kincaid 51. Kincaid Kincaid graves 52. Kincaid 53. Kincaid 54. Kincaid ROW 9 55. Unknown 56. Jacob Walls 1841-1924 (Civil War Veteran (Union)) 57. Mary Walls 1844-1911 58. Leslie Adkins (Wife of Alexander Adkins) 59. Rev. Alexander Adkins 1859-1920 60. Louisa Adkins (Wife of Alexander Adkins) ROW 10 61. Seymour Adkins 62. Anne Adkins 63. Pricilla Adkins 64. Molly Adkins and Infant 65. Infant Adkins 66. Adkins (Child of Jeff & Florence Adkins Holly, Died in house fire, Nov 18, 1923-Dec 7, 1927) 67. Florence Adkins 68. Richard Adkins 69. Oma Adkins 70. Lora Belle Chandler Adkins ROW 11 71. Aggie Johnson Jun 25, 1906-Jul 1, 1906 (Daughter of Jake Johnson) 72. Opal Johnson Dec 19, 1914-Oct 10, 1915 73. Inez Johnson Sep 3, 1912-Dec 23, 1916 74. Madge Smith Adkins Dec 2, 1901-Jul 18, 1918 (Buried w/ infant daughter) 75. Basil Smith (Brother of Madge & Son of Zatto Smith) 76. Edwards (Child of Alice Edwards) 77. Unknown 78. Cornelious Hansford Adkins Mar 2, 1862-1949 (Raised by Timothy & Mary Ann Adkins) ROW 12 79. Zatto Smith Jun 10, 1871-Nov 1, 1937 80. Nancy F. Smith 1874-1967 81. Cordila Burns 1851-1927 82. Pack (Child of Nettie Pack) 83. Pack (Child of Nettie Pack) ROW 13 LEFT VACANT ROW 14 85. Willie Smith 86. Hattie Smith (Wife of Willie Smith) 87. Nellie Smith (Daughter of Willie & Hattie Smith) 88. Lutisha Cooper Aug 26, 1858-Dec 11, 1920 (Wife of Isaac Cooper) 89. Isaac Cooper 90. Mary E. Adkins 1868-1925 (Wife of John M. Adkins) 91. John M. Adkins 1866-1943 (Twin Son of Timothy & Mary Ann Adkins) 92. Sally Holt ( Mother of Mary E. Adkins) ROW 15 93. Catharine Forshey Black Jul 14, 1862-Jul 21, 1921 (Wife of A. M. Forshey) 94. A. M. Forshey Jul 9, 1856-Sep 3, 1901 95. Chauncy F. Forshey Aug 14, 1884-Feb 14, 1901 96. Phillis Sue Thompson Jan 23, 1927-Feb 26, 1947 97. Elihu Unrue (Civil War Veteran (Confederate) 98. Martha E. Unrue 1854-1923 99. Charlie Thompson Jul 9, 1881-Mar 9, 1920 100. Leslie E. Thompson Jan 4, 1909-Nov 4, 1909 ROW 16 101. G. Berry Adkins Aug 13, 1861-Nov 5, 1901 (Husband of Artimessia (Adkins) Adkins>Daughter of Timothy and Mary Ann Adkins) 102. Belva Dora Nelson 1870-1953 (Wife of John Nelson) 103. John Newmen Nelson 1865-1933 104. Nelson (Son of Sid Nelson) 105. Linda Nelson 1949-1961 ROW 17 106. Frank W. Pridemore 1889-1971 107. Hallie Chambers Pridemore 1890-1916 (First wife of Frank Pridemore) 108. Lena Audra Pridemore 1901-Aug 19, 1906 (Daughter of J.E. & A. M. Pridemore) 109. Infant Adkins 110. Infant Adkins (Children of Emry & Hazel Adkins) 111. Phillis Thompson (Daughter of Herman & Myrtle Adkins thompson) ROW 18 112. Lenard T. Adkins Sep 3, 1938-Sep 12, 1939 113. baby Dillon (Child of Othie & Wavely Dillon) 114. Vallerie Adkins 115. Ira Adkins 116. Infant Roope 117. Infant Roope (Children of Lenard & Eunice Roope) ROW 19 118. Elsie Pridemore Pauley 1901-1938 119. Thelma A. Pridemore Feb 14, 1907-April 8, 1907 ROW 20 120. "Grandma" Burns 121. Mary Burns Mar 6, 1870-Jun 2, 1929 122. Dr. Brown 123. Ray Gene Black 124. Raymond Black (Husband of Freeda McClure Black) (Son of Rev. W. T. & Nettie Black) 125. Mildred Wysong Clay (Mother in-law of Lester Haulden (Scott & Inez Haulden) (Scott is buried in Lincoln Memorial in Hamlin) Plot 122: Dr. Brown is buried outside the South Fence in an unmarked grave. Dr. Brown was a Dentist and came to the area to make a set of teeth for a woman. While in Hamlin he died of Small Pox. The older people of the area was worried that the younger people would later dig his grave up by mistake and not knowing what he died from they would get Small Pox. THE BLACK FAMILY CEMETARY The Black Family Cemetary had its beginnings in 1867 with the death of Sara Jane Black when the flood waters of the Mud river caused the road to Hamlin Cemetary impassible. A new burial place had to be found, this caused the creation of the Black Family cemetary on Big Laurel Ridge above Trace Creek. Later, the cemetary was deeded to Walnut Grove Methodist church about a half mile away, down the one lane dusty road in the valley of Trace Creek by the owner James C. Black James C. Black was the owner of 1,970 acres on Trace Creek. James was the son of Adam Black and Lucy Eliza Mary Jane Brown who settled in Teays Valley Virginia in 1809. Adam and family later moved to Ona Virginia where he started a Wayside Tavern named Mount Pleasant, which stood till 1983. BLACK FAMILY CEMETARY LOCATED ON BIG LAUREL RIDGE JUST ABOVE TRACE CREEK Libby (Black) Lawson is the proprieter and care taker of the cemetary. BLACK FAMILY CEMETERY RECORDS