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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