Sabra Walker, called Sabrey, a daughter of Edward
and Mahala (Tussey) Walker, was born 6 August 1832
probably at her
parents' home on Mulberry Creek. She married John
Munsey, the brother of William, her sister Anna's
husband; John was born about 1830 probably in Lee County,
Virginia.
The couple seems to have settled along Lone Mountain
and had at least 13 children before Sabrey died between
1880 and 1882. William would remarry twice more and
have three more children. He died sometime after 1900.
The locations of both graves are unknown but may have
been in Campbell or Gose Cemetery. However, various
Internet sources describe a specific tombstone inscription,
namely "Johnnie Munsey - an idiot", over the
grave of one of their sons who probably had Downs Syndrome.
To date, no one has identified the cemetery in which
that tombstone was supposedly found, and it does not
appear in cemetery books for Claiborne, Union, or Grainger
counties. If it does, in fact, exist, Sabra and John
may be buried there, possibly even in marked graves.
