Snodgrass Cemetery, Meadowview, VA
Now listed on Google Maps as House Wyatt Cemetery (Sept 2026) — historically catalogued as Snodgrass Cemetery #165 on Find a Grave, which is how the register report and older records refer to it. A small, overgrown family cemetery off Mockingbird Ln, Meadowview, VA (36.75875, -81.86308), with no maintaining owner on county record. At least 12 Wyatts are buried there.
Headstone of James Washington Wyatt
His own headstone, photographed at what's now House Wyatt Cemetery — reads "James B. Wyatt," — very likely a stonecutter's misreading of a handwritten cursive W. (his 1875 marriage license and bond all read "James W."; see Sources) — and gives his birth year as 1859, not 1854 — same day and month, five years later. See Sources for the full discrepancy.
Marriage bond filing endorsement, 1875
The clerk's filing endorsement on the marriage bond, filed 8 Nov 1875 by A. J. Cox. It reads "James B. Wyatt and Louisa Casey," but that's the clerk's later reading of the bond's handwritten W. — the bond itself and the license (below) both read "James W." See Sources.
1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., Virginia
The 1880 census, Glade Spring District: first household on the page, written “Wyat, James,” age 26 (so born about 1853–54, not the headstone's 1859), laborer, with wife Louisa, daughters Cassie and Maria, and infant son Thomas. Birthplace given as Virginia for himself and both parents. United States Census, 1880 — Washington County, Virginia: Washington. Census. See Sources.
1900 U.S. Census, Washington Co., Virginia
The 1900 census: “Wyatt, James,” head, born December 1854 (age 45) in Tennessee, parents born Virginia; farmer, owns his farm; married 24 years. Wife Louisa E. born June 1854, 12 children born, 12 living — the register's 13th, Ray, arrived in 1902. 12th Census of Population 1900: Washington. Census 1900. See Sources.
1910 U.S. Census, Washington Co., Virginia
The 1910 census, enumerated 22 April 1910: “Wyatt, James,” head, age 56, farmer, owns his farm, married 33 years, born Virginia (parents Virginia) — with Louisa and seven children at home. That's two months after the 16 Feb 1910 death date on his stone and in the register. United States Census, 1910 — Washington County, Virginia: Washington. See Sources.
Marriage license wrapper No. 637, 1875
The license's own filing wrapper: No. 637, "James W. Wyatt and Louisa Casey," issued November 3, 1875, entered at page 136 of the marriage register — W. again.
Marriage bond, Sullivan Co., Tennessee, 1875
The marriage bond itself, dated 3 Nov 1875: "James W. Wyatt" with sureties R. R. Mumpower and M. L. York, a $1,250 penalty, "to Louisa Casey of the County of Washington, Va." The groom's own line reads "James W. × his mark Wyatt" — he signed with an X, so the clerk wrote his name from what he said aloud. (The 1910 census likewise shows him able to read but not write.)
Marriage license, Sullivan Co., Tennessee, 1875
Their marriage license, issued at Blountville by clerk A. J. Cox on 3 Nov 1875 and solemnized the same day by George R. McClellan, J.P. — confirming the register's marriage date and place. It names the groom "James W. Wyatt" — the initial is identical to the W in "Wyatt" beside it. [Marriage Records]: Sullivan. Marriage Records 1863–1950.
