Brillhart Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Affiliation:           4th Quarter 19th c., 20th c.

Realty Map:          20.00-1-8                                Cultural Affiliation:              Euro-American

USGS Map:           Glenvar                                  Landform:                              Ridge top

Grid Locus:            C-5                                          Elevation:                              2180 feet

UTM Easting:       568200                                    Aspect:                                  Flat

UTM Northing:    413240

 

Site Dimensions: 87 by 100 feet

 

Survey Description: Site consists of a cemetery that contains 55 interments.  Most of the graves are marked with marble or metal markers, but 15 were marked uninscribed fieldstone.  Southeast boundary of the cemetery is about 10 feet from Rt. 624; other boundaries are marked by a post and wire mesh fence.  Cement stairs with metal pipe handrails are located along the southeast boundary.  All of the headstones and graves face southeast.  Maple trees were planted along the boundaries of the site, and yucca plants are also present.   The site is well maintained and the grass is mowed.  Site was field inspected, photographed, and headstone inscriptions were transcribed and compared with previous documentation.

 

Surveyed By:        T. Klatka & A. Sweeney

Survey Date:         4/97

 

Field Notes:           _x_Yes   ___No

Photographs:        _x_Yes   ___No

 

Reference(s):         Roanoke Valley Historical Society

1986        Roanoke County Graveyards Through 1920.  Privately printed, RVHS, Roanoke.

 

Additional Comments: Temporal affiliation of the site was based on headstone inscriptions, but the presence of uninscribed fieldstone markers may indicate an earlier use of the site.  Death dates on the headstones range from 1890 through 1996.  One unusual headstone was hand inscribed T R TRIMBLE / 1900 - 4.  The stone was oriented 45 degrees further S than all other stones in the cemetery and it is uncertain if the stone had fallen or if it was set flush with the ground surface.  The majority of the headstones are marble with chiseled inscriptions.  The site is marked on the Glenvar map sheet and identified as “Brillhart Cem.”

 

The Roanoke Valley Historical Society report surveyed this cemetery and documented biographical information from four of the graves in the cemetery (1986:  23-34).  The following biographical information was obtained during the 1997 survey.

 

Claudine Frances                 Infant                                     George W. Shephard           Addie Brookman

Brillhart                                  Son of                                    June 26, 1857                         Feb. 15, 1894

May 21, 1925                         Allen &                                  Feb. 17, 1939                         May 6, 1938

May 24, 1925                         Sarah

Brillhart 

                                                Nov. 10, 1889

                                                Feb. 12, 1890

                                                At Rest

 

Brillhart                                                  Infant Son                             Infant Son

Beulah Brookman Earnest Elbert                       of Addie & EE Brillhart       of Beulan & EE Brillhart

Sept 17, 1901                         April 2, 1888

Feb 28, 1972                          Jan 10, 1967

 

Brillhart Cemetery (continued)

 

Garwood G. Deeds                               Cline Garman

Jan. 20, 1909                                          Feb 8, 1904

Aug. 3 1975                                           June 11, 1970

 

Laura A. Garman                  Leslie A Garman                                                   James A. Garman

Born Apr. 25, 1869                               Sept 1, 1897                                                           Born July 16, 1866

Died May 13 1960                                Aug 9, 1927                                                           Died Mar 4, 1953

Gone but not forgotten                       In God’s Care                                                        Gone but not forgotten

                                                                               

Virginia B. Shepherd                            Joshua G Deeds                                                   Tabitha B Deeds

Sept. 20, 1858                                        1863-1935                                                               1875-1963

April 15, 1928                                        We will meet again                                               We will meet again

 

HH                                                          Raymond Shepherd                                             Elizabeth

Brillhart                                                  Born 1899                                                              Anne

Jan. 8, 1841                                            Sept 21, 1917                                                         Brillhart

July 13, 1923                                                                                                                          July 11, 1847

Gone but not forgotten                                                                                                       May 30, 1934

 

 

Catherine                                               Naomia Belle                                                         James H

Brillhart                                                  Brillhart                                                                  Brillhart

Born                                                       Born                                                                       Born

April 17, 1847                                        July 11, 1860                                                          Aug 25, 1861

Died                                                        Died May 29, 1923                                               Died

Jan 11, 1923                                           Gone but not forgotten                                       Mar 19, 1916

               

Nannie A Caldwell                               Allen Brillhart                                                       Sarah E. Brillhart

Jan 9, 1880                                             Apr 3, 1857                                                            Jan. 22, 1864

May 17, 1930                                         Dec 28, 1930                                                          Mar. 3, 1928

Gone but not forgotten                                                                                                       She was a kind and

                                                                                                                                                affectionate wife

                                                                                                                                                a fond mother and

                                                                                                                                                friend to all.

 

Nora Brillhart                                        Della M Brillhart                                                   Hazel Hall

Reynolds                                               May 21, 1885                                                         July 28, 1918

Oct 29, 1895                                           Aug 29, 1937                                                         Apr. 3, 1928

Dec 19, 1962                                          Asleep in Jesus, blessed sheep                         Asleep in Jesus

Blessd are the dead                             From which none ever

Which die in the Lord.                        wake to weep

 

Brillhart Cemetery (continued)

 

White                                                     Harry W.                                                Mr. Elmer R.

Louvenia C.           Julius S.                                 Harris                                                     Preston

Aug. 4, 1886          Sept. 11, 1886                        Sept. 6, 1940                                          1899  1957

Sept. 23, 1962        Apr. 27, 1961                         Apr. 8, 1961

 

Alls                                                                                                                         Harry V. Garman

Nelson Miles        Henrietta Lawson                                                                                 Oct. 23, 1894

Sept 28, 1903         June 17, 1901                                                                                         Killed in France

Aug 31, 1987         Feb 14, 1982                          R TRIMBLE / 1900 – 4                        Jan. 18, 1918

                                                                                                                                                “He died for his country.”

 

Willie Clyde Brillhart                                           Harriet

May 3, 1901                                                           Wife of Abraham Brillhart

Apr. 1, 1919                                                           Apr. 1, 1824

Dearest child thou hast left us                           May 23, 1911

And they loss we deeply feel                            Tis hard to part from those we love

Tios the Lord that has bereft us                        who have life’s journey run

Of the one we loved so well.                              And harder still to teach our hearts

                                                                                Thy will be done.

 

Wm. O.                   Dianna

Caldwell Caldwell

Died                        Died

July 23,                   July 16,

1904                        1927.

 

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