I'm just wondering if anyone has any knowledge of just who all is buried in the Waugh Cemetery, it is in very bad shape - overgrown and has many unmarked graves - there are several that could do with some dirt to fill them in. It is a shame for a cemetery to be in such bad shape.

Steve Taylor

Steve, My ggg-grandfather (Steven Andrew Hancock) and his brother Chester and Osie and others are buried in Waugh Cemetery. Some of my relatives from Botetrout I believe have marked his grave. It's the one with the large millstone. I plan to visit Craig in the spring to visit the gravesites. Can you help me with directions once I get to New Castle? I don't know exactly where Waugh Cemetery is located.

Thanks,
Brian Hancock

Waugh cemetery is kind of hard to find if you don't know much about New Castle - but when you come into New Castle from Ronaoke on Rt. 311 - take a right onto Main Street - when you get in front of the Courthouse - take a right at that corner (I don't even know the street name) anyway go down that road and when you get to a bridge - do not cross it because - just before you get to the bridge on the right it looks kind of like a road going into the woods and it takes you into the Waugh Cemetery. Stephen Andrew Hancock's first wife was Sarah Ballard Craft, a sister to Benjamin Richard Craft, Jr. - my great great grandfather.

Steve

Steve, I have the following family members listed as being buried in the Waugh Cemetery:
Stephen Andrew Hancock, fenced grave with lg mill stone.
Susan Pence Brown Franklin Hancock, unmarked fenced grave.
Ocie Ann Hancock, unmarked grave.
Chester B. Hancock, unmarked grave.
Alice Rose Bussey Hancock.

Hope this helps (even though it late).

Donna

Donna
It is never too late - Have you ever been in Waugh Cemetery, there are quite a few graves in there that are unmarked - quite a few indentations of where someone is buried - not sure how big the cemetery is supposed to be but its a mess in there. I know people have tried over the years to keep it clean - but I think they need to cut down quite a bit of brush and overgrown bushes down so you can get through there.
Let me get off my soap box and stop.

Hi, Steve. I think I was there as a little child (I'm 63 now). I know I've been to several cemeteries, the one near Paint Bank, the Huffman cemetery-lots of Craft's there. That was my dad's idea of a good time!

I hate to hear that the Waugh cemetery is in such bad shape. Thank you for all the work you do. Maybe one of the scout troops could take it on as a project. It's worth a try.

This is off the subject, but do you have any more copies of the book you wrote about Benjamin Richard Craft? I'd love to purchase it and/or any other books/papers you or Rena have written. If you'd let me know, I'll be getting the check made out asap! You can pm me @ dgibby@aol.com Thanks!