Locality:
Realty Map: 12.00-1-16 Cultural
Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map: Glenvar Landform: Ridge bench
Grid Locus: F-3 Elevation: 2280 feet
UTM Easting: 571600 Aspect: Southeast
UTM Northing: 4134380
Site Dimensions: 60 by 65 feet
Survey Description: Site consists of a cemetery with at
least ten interments. However, seventeen
or more interments may be present. Six
marble headstones and four fieldstone headstones were observed in the cemetery. Some of these markers were toppled or
displaced from their associated grave. Also,
four ground surface depressions and at least three markers piled under the
remains of a fallen cedar tree may indicate seven additional graves. Due to severe disturbance of the cemetery
surface, it was difficult to accurately identify and count graves, gravestones,
or ground surface depressions indicative of graves. A modern post and wire mesh fence surrounds
the site, but damaged sections of the fence have allowed cattle to graze within
the cemetery. As a result of trampling ,
the site surface has been heavily disturbed.
All of the observed grave markers have been toppled, broken, or
displaced. Earlier survey reports
indicated that some markers had been removed from their associated graves and
piled at the base of a tree. Historic
plantings include yucca, roses and the remains of at least two cedar
trees. Site was field inspected,
photographed, and headstone inscriptions were transcribed and compared to
previous documentation of the site. Site
size was estimated by pacing the extent of the existing fence lines that
surround the interments.
Surveyed By: T.
Klatka & A. Sweeney
Survey Date: 4/97
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: _x_Yes ___No
Reference(s):
1986
Additional Comments:
Site was not marked on the Glenvar map sheet. Assigned temporal affiliation was based on
death dates inscribed on observed grave markers and previous documentation of
the site. These dates range from 1847
through 1919. However, the presence of
uninscribed fieldstone markers may indicate an earlier or later use of the
site. Collection of oral histories and
archaeological investigations would provide a better understanding of the
cemetery.
Marker Inscriptions:
Annie Elizabeth Wright Van
B. Wright Goldie
Wright
She was the sunshine Farewell
my wife and children all Our darling
one hath gone before
Of our home. from
you a father Christ doth call. to meet
us on the blissful shore.
Our Father William
M. Burnett
Jeremiah Greenway 1855-1922
Markers documented by RVHS in pile at base of tree:
In memory of Infant
of Robert
C. Eakin
Agnes S. Brian
Clark Dec.
4 ???
Wife of
Gustavus A. Mitchell
And a daughter of
William Eakin, Esq.