Brillhart-Custer Cemetery

Locality: Roanoke County Temporal Period: 2^nd Half 19^th c., 20^th c.

Realty Map: 12.00-1-14 Cultural Affiliation: Euro-American

USGS Map: Glenvar Landform: Ridge bench

Grid Locus: G-3 Elevation: 2200 feet

UTM Easting: 572270 Aspect: Southwest

UTM Northing: 4134680

Site Dimensions: 50 by 68 feet

Survey Description: Site consists of a cemetery surrounded by a wrought iron fence. The northwest side of the fence contains a gate with a plaque labeled “Brillhart.” The cemetery contains 28 interments marked with marble markers. All of the headstones and graves face southeast. In the southwest part of the cemetery the Hall family interments are enclosed by a low cement wall which measures 22 feet square. The cemetery is well maintained and historic plantings include: boxwoods, daffodils, rose bushes, yucca, and a cedar tree. Site was field inspected, photographed, and headstone inscriptions were transcribed and compared with previous site documentation. Site size was determined by measuring the fence which surrounds the interments.

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: Death dates on the headstones range from 1862 through 1995. . Site is marked on the Glenvar map sheet and labeled “Custer Cem.” The Roanoke Valley Historical Society report (1986: 99-100) contains biographical information from 17 graves which predate 1920. The following biographical information was derived from headstones observed in the cemetery during the 1997 survey:

Marker Inscriptions:

Channing Lewis Patricia Ann Carolyn Gale Mary Kathleen

Custer Custer Custer Akers

Feb. 21, 1875 April 3, 1951 Born & Died March 3, 1924

Mar. 20, 1946 April 5, 1951 Mar. 14, 1946 July 7, 1990

Mom, there only one set of footprints in the sand. He’s carrying you now.

Custer Custer Mattie Custer

Bertha All Arnold Ruby Gowen Clyde Wesley Born Sept. 4, 1877

Jan. 30, 1895 Aug. 17, 1895 Mar. 8, 1925 Dec. 13, 1919 Died Dec.24, 1929

Oct. 6, 1964 Nov. 30, 1959 ________ Oct. 1995 Died Dec. 24 1929

Brillhart – Custer Cemetery (continued)

Cora Mary Floyd Sarah A. Hall

Daughter of Daughter of Husband of Mar. 27, 1848

Floyd & Sarah Floyd & Sarah Sarah A. Hall July 18, 1909

Hall Hall Jan. 29, 1848 Heaven now retains our Nov. 24, 1972 Sept. 12, 1887 Aug. 7, 1911 Treasure. Earth the lonely

Dec. 27, 1922 Feb. 7, 1924 Sleep Father dear and casket keeps and take thy rest. Sunbeams long to linger

where our sainted Mother sleeps. God called thee when he thought it best.

Callie Lena Infant son of

Daughter of Daughter of Floyd & S.A. Hall

Floyd & Sarah Hall Floyd & S.A. Hall Died Dec. 23, 1874

Feb. 22, 1875 Died Sept. 22, 1892 Aged 3 mos. & 15 days

May 3, 1902 Aged 16 yrs. 6 mos. 16 days

Beloved sister thou hast left us Asleep in Jesus, far from thee

Thy loss we deeply feel They kindred & their graves may be

But again in heaven But there is still a blessed sleep

We hope to meet thee From which none ever wakes to sleep.

Where no farewell tear is shed.

Samuel W. Crawford Wm. M. Crawford Catherine M. Crawford

Born June 22, 1875 Born ?? Apr. 26, 1844

Died July 7, 1883 Died June 15, 18?? Nov. 30, 1892

Budded on earth

To bloom in heaven

Bertha V. Infant of Mary A.

Daughter of Roy & Thelma Martin Daughter of

C.L. & Mattie D. Custer Samuel & Dianah Brillhart

Sept. 21, 1909 Died Nov. 28, 1862

Mar. 21, 1910 Aged 10 yrs. & 8 days.

Aged 6 mos. & 8 days

In heaven there is

One angel more

Samuel Brillhart Dianah Infant of

?? Wife of S.P. & M.G. Garman

?? Samuel Brillhart Born & Died Feb. 17, 1897

?? Died June 15, 1890

Aged ??

Jacob Grisso Leanna Grisso Mary Kate

Apr. 25, 1839 Feb. 8, 1846 Daughter of

Mar. 25, 1909 Apr. 20, 1916 N.R. & D.B. Grisso

Nov. 24, 1898

July 1, 1900

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