Wirt County Cemeteries
| Location: | Route 14 in Elizabeth |
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| Submitter: | Carole Menefee Information gathered and compiled by members of Elizabeth Beauchamp Chapter Daughters of American Pioneers |
| Beauchamp Cemetery, the oldest landmark in Wirt County, is located on Route 14 on the north side of the Town of Elizabeth, WV. It was named for William Beauchamp, the first settler, in this area. William settled near the Little Kanawha River at Tucker's Riffle in 1796. He was a Methodist minister, farmer, and served as a sailor during the American Revolution. William died in 1808 and was buried in the family
owned plot. He was married twice but neither of his wives is buried in Beauchamp Cemetery.
William Beauchamp's son, David, married Elizabeth Woodyard in 1806. David laid off the land at Beauchamp's Mill into lots and sold building sites. He named the settlement Elizabeth Town after his wife. David and his wife are buried in Beauchamp Cemetery along with many other early settlers from Elizabeth. David's son, Alfred, married Elizabeth Henrietta Burns. Alfred built a two-story red brick house where the first county court was organized. The house is currently the Beauchamp-Newman Museum. Alfred's daughter, Mary Elizabeth, married Henry Newman. The Beauchamp Cemetery continued to be conveyed to the Beauchamp heirs until inherited by Robert B. Newman, son of Mary Elizabeth and Henry Newman. His generosity has provided for the preservation of both the Beauchamp-Newman Museum and the Beauchamp Cemetery under the supervision of the Elizabeth Beauchamp Chapter Daughters of American Pioneers. |
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| Name | Born | Died | Age |
| Bartlett, Elizabeth | 5/9/1834 | 5/28/1890 | |
| Beard, Infant, s/o William & Effie Wells Beard | 3/2/1889 | 3/15/1889 | Beauchamp, William (b. Kent Co., Delaware) – (Carpenter's mate in Navy, Revolutionary War- Md Archives, V. 18 p. 606) - (1st w., Elizabeth Manlove – 2nd w., Martha Cowan) – (1st settler Wirt Co, WV at Tucker's Riffle on 1400 acres in 1796) (father of David William Beauchamp I below) (Revolutionary War) | 7/31/1743 | 10/11/1808 | 62y |
| Beauchamp, Elizabeth (Woodyard), w/o David William Beauchamp I (he built Beauchamp's Mill in 1803) (in 1815 he surveyed and sold lots in Elizabeth Town named to honor his wife) (in 1822 Elizabeth was incorporated) (David died in OH) | 10/4/1838 | 52y 6m 12d | |
| Beauchamp II, David William, s/o David & Elizabeth Woodyard Beauchamp | 11/16/1837 | 23y 3m 23d | |
| Beauchamp, Alfred, s/o David & Elizabeth Woodyard Beauchamp (built the red brick house in Elizabeth, WV in 1830's – 1840's, now the Beauchamp-Newman Museum) | 3/29/1870 | 62y 10m 5d | |
| Beauchamp, Elizabeth Henrietta (Burns), w/o Alfred Beauchamp | 9/22/1868 | 57y 6m 4d | |
| Beauchamp, Alfred, s/o Alfred & E. H. (Burns) Beauchamp | 10/30/1854 | 1y 2m 4d | |
| Beauchamp, David P., s/o Alfred & E. H.(Burns) Beauchamp | 1/11/1835 | 2m | |
| Beauchamp, Thomas Tavenner, s/o Alfred & E. H.(Burns) Beauchamp | 9/17/1836 | 5m | |
| Beaumont, George, E., s/o W. L. & M. Beaumont | 2/1/1866 | 4m 14d | |
| Bee, Josiah H., s/o Ephriam & Catherine Davis Bee (b. Harrison Co., WV) - (h/o Mary J. Jarvis – f/o Dora B. Woodyard for whom the Library was named and Grfather of Ronald B. Woodyard) - (Civil War Captian, Co C 6th W.Va. Inf CSA) | 4/7/ 1824 | 5/17/1876 | |
| Bell, J. M., ( Civil War Co. H 11th W.Va. Inf.) | |||
| Boram, Isaac, s/o J. B. & M. Boram (Civil War) | 1840 | 8/22/1863 | 23y 4m 18d |
| Brown, Margaret I., d/o Robert S. Ann (Wells) Brown | 8/31/1854 | 3y 5m 5d | |
| Bushong, Caroline Matilda, w/o Jospeh S. Bushong, d/o Benjamin H. & Nancy (Callison) Hall (no marker) | 5/23/1849 | 9/12/1895 | |
| Bushong, Chester Arthur, s/o Joseph S. & Caroline Matilda (Hall) Bushong (no marker) | 10/5/1890 | 10y | |
| Bushong, Stella, d/o Jospeh S. & Caroline M. (Hall) Bushong (no marker) | 1890 | 6y | |
| Cain, Edward (Co. G 1st W.Va. Calvary) | (no dates) | ||
| Cook, Catherine, w/o John Cook, and d/o Alfred & E. H. (Burns) Beauchamp – Infant on same stone (d. 5/19/1849, 1 da.) | 4/5/1830 | 5/22/1849 | |
| Courtney, Frankie C., s/o G. J. & M. S. Courtney | 8/22/1869 | 22d | |
| Downs, John, h/o Penelope (Civil War Veteran) | 5/22/1808 | 8/19/1887 | |
| Dye, Amos, s/o Henry & Sarah (Levenworth) Dye (last person buried in cemetery) (Reverend) | 1868 | 1947 | 79y |
| Dye, Cordelia, d/o Henry & Sarah Dye | 1873 | 1932 | |
| Dye, Gilmore H., s/o Amos & Margaret (Heaton) | |||
| Dye | 5/17/1829 | 5/15/1889 | |
| Dye, Leonidas J., s/o G. H. and S. J. Dye | 1860 | 10/10/1886 | |
| Dye, Margaret R., w/o G. W. Dye & d/o Benjamin & Nancy (Callison) Hall | 1/10/1846 | 3/17/1887 | 41y |
| Dye, Mary J., d/o G. H. & S. J. Dye | 3/14/1871 | 4y 3m 29d | |
| Dye, Reuben, s/o Vincent & Sarah (Artepe) Dye (b. Prince William Co., VA) (War 1812) | 1768 | 5/5/1828 | 60y |
| Dye, Royel, s/o G. W. & M. R. Dye | 6/17/1878 | 4m 12d | |
| Dye, Susan J., w/o G. H. Dye & d/o Andrew & Margaret (Ott) Board | 2/10/1832 | 4/24/1914 | |
| Dye, Theodosia, d/o G. W. & M. R. Dye | 12/23/1873 | 7/16/1887 | |
| Easterday, John H. (Civil War Veteran) | 10/17/1846 | 3/24/1885 | |
| Edmondson, Elizabeth J., w/o M. B. Edmondson & d/o William and Sarah (Delong) Woodyard | 4/15/1871 | 36y 3m 5d | |
| Edmondson, Fannie Wirt, d/o M. B. & E. J. Edmondson | 10/26/1865 | 3y 4m 8d | |
| Fisher, Charles, s/o J. & E. Fisher | 11/20/1852 | 22y 1m 20d | |
| Fisher, Elizabeth (Conner), w/o James Fisher | 10/5/1862 | 63y 5m 23d | |
| Fisher, Henry Heir, s/o J. & V. (Lloyd) Fisher | 12/1/1880 | 7/10/1881 | |
| Fisher, James, h/o Elizabeth (Conner) | 5/16/1870 | 72y 2m 5d | |
| Foster, William K., s/o John & Louisa A. (Pickering) Foster | 11/5/1877 | 3y 5m 21d | |
| Greathouse, Ophelia (Stanley), w/o John Greathouse | 12/18/1865 | 6/8/1879 | |
| Hall, Aelena J., d/o B. H. & Nancy Hall | 1/14/1881 | 24y 5m 18d | |
| Hall, Benjamin H., s/o Philip & Barbara (Hoover) Hall & h/o Nancy (Callison) Hall (b. Greenbrier Co., WV) - (Civil War, Co. B 11th W.Va. Inf.) - 19 battles | 6/1/1814 | ||
| Hall, Franklin Greenville, s/o J. L. & L. E. Hall | 3/2/1863 | 9/27/1884 | 21y |
| Hall, Mary M., d/o B. H. & Nancy Hall | 5/22/1877 | 29y 3m 27d | |
| Hall, Nancy R. (Callison), w/o B. H. Hall | 8/24/1875 | 55y 1m 13d | |
| Hall, Salina A., d/o Rev. Jesse L. & Lucinda (Dulin) Hall (no marker) | 3/20/1866 | 8/28/1876 | |
| Hall, Thomas O., s/o Rev. Jesse L. & Lucinda Hall (no marker) | 6/26/1868 | 9/9/1876 | |
| Hall,William E., s/o Rev. Jesse L. & Catherine A. Hall & h/o Lucy Manning (Lowther) Hall | 11/19/1845 | 12/16/1887 | |
| Harris, Ethel Pool, d/o D. M. & May (Rockhold) Harris | 11/6/1888 | 12/22/1890 | |
| Hassler, Nellie Gertrude, d/o F. W. B. & H. A. (Hopkins) Hassler | 6/9/1877 | 1y 5m 18d | |
| Haverty, Willie S., s/o Rev. W. P. & G. Haverty | 2/23/1863 | 3/25/1884 | |
| Hickman, Chesie, d/o Abraham & Phoebe (Wright) Hickman (same stone with John below) | 8/27/1885 | 4/27/1888 | |
| Hickman, John, s/o Abraham & P. Hickman | 9/5/1876 | 7/13/1887 | |
| Hoffman, Mary, w/o of Isaac Hoffman | 12/17/1874 | 80y 9m 12d | |
| Hopkins, Anna E. (Showalter), d/o H. H. Hopkins | 5/3/1883 | 24y 2m 24 d | |
| Howard, B. V., s/o William & Ella Howard | 1/31/1867 | 3/11/1887 | |
| Howard, Morris G., s/o William & Ella Howard | 11/20/1872 | 1/9/1887 | |
| Hughes, Samie, s/o E. & A. C. Hughes | 3/12/1880 | 7 d | |
| Hughes, Mary E., d/o E. & A. C. Hughes | 7/31/1881 | 7/31/1881 | |
| King, Ralph A., s/o S. M. & P. H. (Dye) King | 11/13/1882 | 1m 15d | |
| Kreps, Verena, d/o Abraham & Phoebe Hickman (same stone with Chesie & John above) & w/o Dominick Augustus Kreps | 5/27/1866 | 11/13/1890 | |
| Lockhart, Emma F., d/o M. L. & E. Lockhart | 8/8/1866 | 4m | |
| Lockhart, Emma, w/o M. L. Lockhart & d/o Alfred & E. H. (Burns) Beauchamp - (1st m. John Foster) | 4/21/1866 | 24y 1m 14d | |
| Lockhart, Francis E., d/o of Wm. E. & Louisa (Rockenbaugh) Lockhart | 2/19/1861 | 20y 8m 24d | |
| Lockhart, Heman L., s/o M. L. & S. L. (Wells) Lockhart | 8/2/1873 | 1y 1m 5d | |
| Lockhart, Infant d/o Wm. E. and Louisa Lockhart | 1841 or 1846 | ||
| Lockhart, M. L. (Civil War Veteran) | 1835 | 6/5/1877 | 41y 10m 1d |
| Lockhart, Mollie A., w/o Franklin T. Lockhart & d/o O. L. & Susan (Fisher) Williams | 3/28/1850 | 11/28/1890 | |
| Lockhart, Otho Guy, s/o F. T. & M. A.(Williams) Lockhart | 4/12/1873 | 3y 8 m | |
| Lockhart, Roy Lewis, s/o F. T. & M. A. Lockhart | 9/20/1878 | 3y 8m | |
| Lockhart, William E., h/o Louisa Rockenbaugh & s/o of John & Christeny Lockhart | 3/19/1810 | 6/18/1854 | |
| Logan, John S., s/o M. F. & F. A. Logan | 7/3/1849 | 9/18/1849 | |
| Lowther, J. W., (Civil War Co. H 6th W.Va. Inf.) | 1846 | 1/16/1890 | 44y |
| Lyons, Sherdon, s/o J. W. Lyons | 4/12/1889 | 3/29/1890 | |
| Martin, Belle J. (Payne), w/o W. J. Martin | 6/3/1892 | 44y 7m 18 d | |
| Martin, Margaret, w/o W. J. Martin | 9/6/1882 | 42y 1m 17d | |
| Martin, Mary L., w/o W. J. Martin | 2/6/1876 | 28y 5m 13d | |
| McIntire, Barbara Ann, w/o R. J. McIntire and d/o B. H. & N. Hall | 5/8/1877 | 33y 2m 6d | |
| Morris, Mary D., w/o O. C. Morris & d/o Hiatt W. & Evaline (Coe) Rockhold | 1843 or 1848 | 1/2/1911 | |
| Morris, Lizzie, w/o of O. C. Morris & d/o J. & H. McDonald | 10/30/1879 | 33y 6d | |
| Morris, Oliver C., s/o O. C. & M. D. (Rockhold) Morris | 6/20/1887 | 4/30/1888 | |
| Morris, Robert S., s/o O. C. & M. D. Morris | 1/8/1885 | 10/5/1886 | |
| Morris, Rolla L., s/o O. C. & M. D. Morris | 6/20/1887 | 10/9/1887 | |
| Newman, Henry, h/o Mary Elizabeth Beauchamp Newman & s/o Greenville & Sarah (Hazlett) Newman - Monument inscribed government." | 1824 | 1912 | |
| Newman, Mary Elizabeth, w/o Captain Henry Newman and d/o Alfred and E. H. (Burns) Beauchamp | 1832 | 1869 | |
| Park, Infant child of H. A. & H. E. (Fought) Park | 9/19/1884 | 1d | |
| Petty, Obediah W., a Mason | 1826 | 10/24/1872 | 46y 8m 29d |
| Petty, Ophelia J., w/o Mart Petty | 8/24/1883 | 28y | |
| Powers, E. Marvin, s/o Rev. E. R. & A. A. Powers | 4/29/1882 | 1/13/1884 | |
| Pribble, Abraham B., s/o Hiram & Deborah (Butcher) Pribble | 6/24/1832 | 22m 2d | |
| Rockenbaugh, Hannah (Lockhart) | 12/3/1883 | 80 | |
| Rockhold, Charles B. Jr., s/o Charles B. and Laura Rockhold | 1852 | 1890 | |
| Rockhold, G. W.,(Civil War Co. C 1st. W.Va. Inf.) | |||
| Rockhold, Laura A., w/o Charles B. Rockhold, Jr. & d/o Charles P. & Mary (Forbes) Creel | 1857 | 1901 | |
| Rockhold, Pearl, d/o M. M.& M. C. (Talkington) Rockhold | 1/13/1876 | 20d | |
| Smith, Hope G., d/o K. & E. Smith | 11/9/1882 | 6/11/1884 | |
| Sprouse, Gentry | 8/22/1872 | 5/30/1887? | |
| Stevens, Henry B., h/o Susan Foster & s/o Benjamin & Elizabeth (Brown) Stevens | 12/16/1846 | 35y 1m 6d | |
| Stevens, Susan, w/o Henry B. Stevens & d/o John & Mary (Weltner) Foster – (b. Monongalia Co., VA – d. Owensboro, KY) | 3/1/1872 | 55y 5m 13 d | |
| Stevens, William H., s/o Henry & Susan Stevens | 4/30/1865 | 19y 6m 14d | |
| Tavenner, Ellen, d/o Isacc & P.H.(Warth)Tavenner | |||
| Gr Granddau. of William Beauchamp | 6/8/1843 | 12/28/1843 | |
| Townsend, Infant d/o Commodore P. & Rebecca A. (Williams) Townsend | 1/4/1865 | ||
| Weaver, Arthur L., s/o J. W. & A. M.(Park)Weaver | 1867 | ||
| Weaver, Clarence B., s/o J. W. & A. M. (Park) Weaver | 3/24/1877 | 4m | |
| Weaver, James W., h/o Annie M. Park | 3/24/1877 | 23y 2m 20d | |
| Weaver, Mary E., w/o Jonathan W. Weaver & d/o Henry & Susan (Foster) Stevens | 6/8/1876 | 36y 1m 19d | |
| Weaver, Nella, dau. of J. W. & M. Weaver | 9/17/1863 | 8m 17d | |
| Wells, David H. | 1834 | 1900 | |
| Wells, Eddie, s/o I. & M. E. Wells | 10/2/1867 | 2m 17d | |
| Wells, Elizabeth | 1869 | 1878 | |
| Wells, Georgia, d/o D. H. & R. M. Wells | 8/20/1864 | 1y 14d | |
| Wells, Infant d/o Frank and Julia Wells | |||
| Wells, Isaiah, h/o Maria Elizabeth (Stevens) Wells & s/o Levi & Martha Wells | 1/28/1869 | 37y 6m 15d | |
| Wells, Kenner, s/o I. & M. E. Wells | 11/2/1862 | 3m | |
| Wells, Levi, h/o Martha | 8/29/1858 | 56y 7m 9s | |
| Wells, Martha, w/o Levi Wells | 3/12/1861 | 58y 4m | |
| Wells, Robert A., s/o D. H. & R. M. Wells | 9/20/1862 | 5m 3d | |
| Wells, Samuel | 1869 | 87y | |
| Wells, Sarah E., d/o L. & M. Wells | 4/10/1853 | 18y 7m 25d | |
| Werninger, Jessie Francis, d/o C. F. & L. P. (Wilson) Werninger | 8/11/1888 | 9/22/1888 | |
| Williams, Martiel L., h/o Patience Ocheltree | 1/29/1872 | 45y | |
| Williams, Mary L. (Lohr), w/o O. L. Williams, Sr. | |||
| Born in Shepherdstown, WV, died Wirt Co., VA | 3/14/1784 | 4/18/1855 | 71 |
| Williams, Rev. Hazel S. (W.Va. Conf. of M. E. Church South) | 1/10/1884 | 63y 10m | |
| Williams, Otho Lewis, s/o Otho & Mary (Lohr) Williams & h/o Susan B. Fisher | 1816 | 1890 | |
| Williams, Susan A., d/o J. E. & Ruth A. Williams | 5/6/1858 | 3y 3m 1d | |
| Williams, Susan B., w/o Otho Williams & d/o George & Mary A. (Harness) Fisher (b. Hardy Co.) | 1825 | 1854 | |
| Wilson, Annie M., w/o L. A. Wilson & d/o George & Mary A. (Harness) Fisher – widow of James W. Weaver | 11/10/1887 | 28y 11m 15d | |
| Wiseman, Kenner, son of E. R. and F. B. (Beauchamp) Wiseman | 11/13/1867 | 9/19/1868 | |
| Woodyard, Mary, w/o Alfred Woodyard & d/o J. & E. Fisher | 2/7/1849 | 25y 5m 26d | |
| Woodyard, Sarah,(Delong) w/o William Woodyard | 8/3/1858 | 54y | |
| Wolverton, Charles, s/o Joel & Susan Wolverton | 12/29/1843 | 14m 4d |