Dent Cemetery
Locality: Roanoke
County Temporal Period: 4th quarter 19th
c.
Realty Map: 027.17-4-13 Cultural
Affiliation: Indeterminate
USGS Map: Roanoke Landform: Ridge top
Grid Locus: D-5 Elevation: 1140 feet
UTM Easting: 591710 Aspect: Flat
UTM Northing: 4132990
Site Dimensions:
Indeterminate
Survey Description:
The existence of this cemetery remains unclear. It was reported by the Roanoke Valley
Historical Society, but it could not be relocated when surveyed in the autumn
of 1997. It is here recorded as an
unconfirmed cemetery.
Surveyed By: T.
Klatka & D. Richardson
Survey Date: 10/97
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: ___Yes _x_No
References: Roanoke
Valley Historical Society
1986 Roanoke
County Graveyards Through 1920. Privately printed, RVHS, Roanoke.
Additional Comments:
The Dent Cemetery
was surveyed by the RVHS and documented as a “small burial plot” where the only
identifiable headstone marked the 1886 interment of Thomas J. Dent (RVHS 1986:
101). Biographical information
documented from the headstone indicated he was the son of H.J. & Hester
Dent. He was born November 4, 1859 and died November 7, 1886.
The cemetery was apparently located on the property of the Friendship
Manor retirement community, but it was not found during the 1997 survey. The cemetery was discussed with an
administrator for the retirement community, but he was unaware of its
existence. A local informant described
the location of the cemetery as immediately across a fence that marked the
boundary between her property and the Friendship Manor property. However, she believed it may have been
covered during recent construction associated with the Regency III (Route 5023,
6509 Carefree Lane)
apartment building. The area she
identified as the location of the cemetery is now covered with a parking garage
with an asphalt base.
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