Jabez Elliott, Sr. is buried in the Ayres cemetery in Smithville, WV. According to an article by Edna Elliott Schartiger in a Calhoun Co. historical chronicle, his wife, Elizabeth Wigner, is also buried there but I have not been able to identify her grave.
The Ayres cemetery is at the southeast corner of the intersection of Rt. 47 and Rt. 16. It is accessible from Rt. 47, less than a quarter mile east of that intersection. As can be seen from this first photo which looks to the west (the hill in the background is across Rt. 16), the cemetery is fenced off within a cow pasture. In order to drive there, you must open the gate to the cow pasture and follow the car track back to the cemetery.
Jabez Elliott's grave is in the old section of the cemetery near the tree line along with a handful of other very old gravestones. His stone says that he served with the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812, as of course this part of WV would have been in VA at the time.
At the moment I have no information as to why he is buried in this particular cemetery, although records indicate that he and Elizabeth lived in Ritchie County where Smithville is located.
