Cunningham Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke City                        Temporal Period:                  1^st & 2^nd quarters 20^th c.

Realty Map:          1300117                                  Cultural Affiliation:              Euro-American

USGS Map:           Garden City                           Landform:                              Ridge bench

Grid Locus:            D-1                                          Elevation:                              1100 feet

UTM Easting:       591910                                    Aspect:                                  North

UTM Northing:    4122040

 

Site Dimensions:  8 by 10.3 feet

 

Survey Description:  Site consists of a small family cemetery with two interments enclosed by an iron fence.  Both graves are marked by inscribed marble markers and are oriented at 60 degrees.  Site is in good conditions and is located in the rear, wooded yard of 3201 White Oak Road.  Historic plantings include some remnants of periwinkle.   Site was field inspected, photographed, and headstone inscriptions were transcribed and compared to previous site documentation.  Site size was derived by measuring the horizontal extent of the surrounding fence lines. Site is not marked on the local real estate maps or on the U.S.G.S. Garden City map sheet. 

 

Survey  Date:        4/98

 

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.

 

Marker inscriptions:

 

Clifton S. Cunningham                        Otho

Sept. 24, 1891                                        Clay       

July 24, 1915                                          Cunningham

Virginia

Fire MAII  ICL

U.S. Navy

May 7, 1933.

 

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