Elder Abraham Naff
1806 - 1873 (66 years)-
Name Abraham Naff [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] Title Elder Birth 25 Feb 1806 Franklin County, Virginia, USA 
[1, 3, 4, 6, 9] Gender Male Family Search ID LHTC-YMP Occupation Farmer [3] Residence 1850 Franklin County, Virginia, USA [3] Burial 1873 Naff Family Cemetery, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA [1, 4, 6, 9] Death 3 Feb 1873 Maggodee, Franklin, Virginia, USA [1, 4, 6, 9] Notes - [From Findagrave]
He is the son of Jacob Naff Jr. & Elizabeth (Stover) Naff. He was a farmer and lived on the same farm that his grandfather Jacob Naff Sr. settled in 1782. Abraham Naff was a well known minister and elder in the Church of the Brethren. He conducted services in his home, performed many marriages and other religous rites. He was the first elder of the Bethlehem Congregation when it was organized in 1870. The gravesite can be located using GPS at N 37/08.731' , W 80/00.913'.
Person ID I8924 Woodworth Ancestry Last Modified 16 Oct 2026
Father Jacob Naff, b. 1769, Frederick County, Maryland, USA d. 19 Jan 1829, Franklin County, Virginia, USA (Age 60 years) Relationship natural Mother Elizabeth Stover, b. 30 Dec 1774, Franklin, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 Aug 1854, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA (Age 79 years) Relationship natural Marriage 30 Dec 1792 Family ID F6158 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hannah Peters, b. 5 Sep 1811, Franklin County, Virginia, USA d. 14 Feb 1895, Franklin County, Virginia, USA (Age 83 years) Marriage 6 Apr 1830 Franklin County, Virginia, USA [2] Children + 1. Elizabeth Naff, b. 28 May 1831, Franklin County, Virginia, USA d. 4 Apr 1915, Bonbrook, Franklin, Virginia, USA (Age 83 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 2. Joel Naff, b. 20 May 1833, Franklin County, Virginia, USA d. 17 Apr 1885, Franklin County, Virginia, USA (Age 51 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 3. Susan Naff, b. 16 Mar 1836, Franklin County, Virginia, USA d. 5 Jul 1895, Boones Mill, Franklin, Virginia, USA (Age 59 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 4. Sarah Naff, b. 3 Mar 1839, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA d. 23 May 1868 (Age 29 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. Rebecca Naff, b. 20 Feb 1842, Franklin County, Virginia, USA d. 2 Dec 1861 (Age 19 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 6. Jacob P Naff, b. 24 Mar 1845, Franklin County, Virginia, USA d. 21 Dec 1921 (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 7. Daniel Abraham Naff, b. 27 Jun 1848, Franklin County, Virginia, USA d. 30 Nov 1924, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F6055 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Oct 2026
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Birth - 25 Feb 1806 - Franklin County, Virginia, USA 
Marriage - 6 Apr 1830 - Franklin County, Virginia, USA Residence - 1850 - Franklin County, Virginia, USA 
Burial - 1873 - Naff Family Cemetery, Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA 
Death - 3 Feb 1873 - Maggodee, Franklin, Virginia, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S1169] Naff Family Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA;), Naff, Abraham (1806-1873) Memorial #41730622 Accessed KRM 27 Mar 2020 9:48am https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41730622/abraham-naff.
Naff Family Cemetery
Wades Gap Road
Naff, Franklin County, Virginia, 24065 USA
From the intersection of Naff Road and Wades Gap Road, take Wades Gap Road for about 2/10 of a mile to the intersection with Remle Ln. The cemetery is on a small hill surrounded by a small fence and hayfield on the left side of the road, opposite from Remle LN. The cemetery is visible from Wades Gap Road.
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2322294/naff-family-cemetery
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41730622/abraham-naff - [S822] Ancestry.com, Franklin County, Virginia, Marriage Bond Index, 1786-1858, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).
Record for (Knaff, Nafe, Knafe, Knave), Abraham Naff
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4004&h=3162&indiv=try - [S432] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Franklin, Virginia; Roll: 944; Page: 113b.
Record for Abraham Nappe
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=15036238&indiv=try - [S198] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Elizabeth Naff
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=12526726&indiv=try - [S855] Wingfield, Marshall, Pioneer Families of Franklin County Virginia, (Name: Chesapeake Book Company; Location: Berryville, Virginia, USA; Date: 1964;), Pages 163-168 Naff Family.
Book found at California Genealogy Society - [S358] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
Record for Abram Neff
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2558&h=320758&indiv=try - [S303] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
Record for Daniel A. Naff
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60214&h=5873577&indiv=try - [S374] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014.
Record for Daniel A Naff
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9278&h=766869&indiv=try - [S130] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Elder Abraham Naff
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=12528553&indiv=try - [S374] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014.
Record for Elizebeth Naff
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9278&h=47208&indiv=try
- [S1169] Naff Family Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Naff, Franklin, Virginia, USA;), Naff, Abraham (1806-1873) Memorial #41730622 Accessed KRM 27 Mar 2020 9:48am https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41730622/abraham-naff.
