Locality:
Realty Map: 73.00-2-32 Cultural
Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map: Elliston Landform: Ridge top
Grid Locus: K-2 Elevation: 1420 feet
UTM Easting: 576380 Aspect: East
UTM Northing: 4121440
Site Dimensions: 39.9
by 21.6 by 39.7 by 21.3 feet
Survey Description:
Site consists of a small family cemetery with seven graves. The identified graves included six marked with
inscribed headstones and one with a metal marker. All of the observed graves were oriented to
the southeast. Graves are enclosed by a
wood post and rail fence. Portions of an
earlier chain link fence continue to stand at the northeast corner of the
cemetery. Historic plantings include
chrysanthemums. Site was field
inspected, photographed, and grave marker inscriptions were transcribed. Site size was determined by measuring the
horizontal extent of the surrounding fence.
Survey Date: 10/30
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: _x_Yes ___No
References: None
Additional Comments: Assigned
temporal period was based on the 1914 through 1997 range of death dates
inscribed on observed headstones. The
cemetery is not marked on the USGS Elliston map sheet and or on local realty
maps.
Marker Inscriptions:
Foster Precious
son of K.W.
(Ed) Owen
Mary O. Robert
N. Robert –
Karen Foster
1977
1977
Foster
Thomas N. Eglenna
Y. Timothy Lee
Gibson