Ely Cemetery in Virginia - Find a Grave Cemetery

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Get directions Lee County, Virginia, USA

Coordinates: 36.70871, -83.23824
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Located at Deep Springs on Sugar Run. Originally, this cemetery was known as the "John Ely Cemetery" because he was the first settler on this land and is buried there, along with his wife and mother, in unmarked graves. However, references are made to this cemetery as the Woodard/Woodward Cemetery, the McElroy Farm Cemetery, and the Orr Cemetery. The location is near Jonesville, off road 659, through a farmyard, and back in the field. The area was known as "Sugar Run", not because of a town, but because of the huge quantity of syrup extracted from the trees in colonial times.

From Jonesville go W abt 7.2 mi and turn north on SR 899 for .5 mi, turn right on SR 659 and it is on a farm to the left, through the fields, across private property.