Many Descendants of John Toliver were present at a ceremony by his grave off Nile Road at which a marker was dedicated by the Sons of Revolutionary War Veterans. Family shown above are (front row, from left) Robert Moxley, Phillip Tolliver, Mavin Wingate, Danielle Martinez, Aaron Mathew, Naomi and Joshua Flewellin, Alexander Oxford Miller, Patricia Miller holding Christopher Oxford Miller, Tish Oxford Card; (second row) Stephen Moxley, Ryan Tolliver, Iris Martinez, Keisha Tolliver, Tim Tolliver, Antonio Miller, Henry Tolliver, Jim Oxford, Lorene Sturgill, Lavere Webb; and (back row) George Tolliver, Don Tolliver, David Tolliver, Chris Martinez holding Stella, Paul Tolliver, Sabrina Kiser, William Tolliver, Mary Ann McIlhargey, Sidney Sturgill, Garland Tolliver, and Valerie Hayes. Present but not pictured were Patrick Tolliver and James R. Tolliver.

Revolutionary war veteran's grave marked

A Revolutionary War veteran who lived from 1760 until 1863 was honored with a new grave marker during a ceremony on Saturday. John Toliver, who is buried in what is now known as Nile Road in Alleghany County not far from the Virginia Line, was awarded a new grave marker by the federal government. The grave of his wife, Tabitha Howell Toliver, who lived from 1765 until 1845, also has had a new marker installed.

According to his grave marker, John Toliver served in Capt. Gambill's Company in Col. Cleveland's North Carolina Regiment as a private.

In the photo at left, descendent Don Tolliver, who worked to clean up the cemetery, and Joe Harris, President of the N.C. Society of Sons of the American Revolution, unveil the new grave marker placed at the site.

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