William H. Vance Cemetery #2
by Tim Vance
15261 Madison Run Court
Gordonsville, Va. 22942

To my knowledge there
is no name for this Cemetery, I am calling it
the William H. VANCE Cemetery for the following reason.  My G,G,G,Grandfather William H. VANCE
(Son of Abner & Susannah VANCE) owned a farm on Kents Ridge, in Tazewell
Co. Va. William H. VANCE was buried on his farm at Kents Ridge,
This Cemetery is up on the hill overlooking the site where his house sat.
It is about a five minute walk from the Cemetery is accessible. The Cemetery itself
is about 100 feet by about 60 feet, it has been fenced, the first 20 feet of
the graveyard has been mowed and cleaned up, but the rest is really bad. There may be more stones with names and dates farther back in the Cemetery, but there is no way to see them without cleaning it up. Hopefully I can recruit some help from my brothers and other relatives this fall, and clean it up before it is lost forever.
Directions to this Cemetery: From Richlands, Va. Take Kents Ridge Road toward Wardell, go about 1/2 mile out of town and make a right into Hidden Valley Subdivision, go to the top of the hill and bear right at the Y, stay right all the way to the end of the road, when you reach the end of the road the Cemetery is about 100 feet to the left surrounded by pine trees. There is a row of homes about 100 feet in front of the Cemetery. A small dirt road runs between the Cemetery and the homes.
C.T. HELTON b. 20-Mar-1852, d. 18-Nov-1925.

C.T. HELTON b. 16-Dec-1861, d. 19-Sep-1920.

(Double Stone) Clint B. HELTON b. 1895, d. 1930. Billie E. HELTON b. 1929, d. 1930.

Infant d/o Hugh & Nadine JOHNSON 5-Jul-1943.

Ira T. STINSON b. 5-Jul-1930, d. 17-Apr-1933.

Perry W. STINSON b. 26-Nov-1928, d. 7-Feb-1944.

William Reece STINSON b. 29-Dec-1902, d. 25-Jun-1958.

C.T. HELTON'S Five Children. (This stone sits in the middle of five graves marked by fieldstones.)

Ollie GILLESPIE, d/o T.H. & Mary F. GILLESPIE, b. 8-Oct-1881, d. 9-Feb-1882.