Locality:
Realty Map: 35.04-2-35/52/50? Cultural Affiliation: African-American
USGS Map:
Grid Locus: G-7 Elevation: 1280 feet
UTM Easting: 583327 Aspect: Flat
UTM Northing: 413013
Site Dimensions: 197
by 230 feet
Survey Description:
Site consists of a cemetery with at least 61 graves. Observed graves included seven with inscribed
granite headstones, eight with uninscribed granite and other stone headstones,
27 with uninscribed fieldstones, three with metal markers, one
with footstone only, one grave lined with bricks. Some graves were marked with bricks placed at
the head and foot. At least 14 unmarked
graves were identified on the basis of ground surface depressions. Site is
covered with a young deciduous forest and historic plantings include yucca and
periwinkle. Site was field inspected,
and grave marker inscriptions were transcribed.
Site size was estimated by pacing the horizontal extent of the observed
graves.
Surveyed By: M.
Myers T. Klatka
Survey Date: 1999 1999
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: ___Yes ___No
References: Myers,
Maureen
2000 Route 81 Widening,
Additional Comments: Assigned
temporal period was based on the 1910 through 1997 range of death dates
inscribed on observed headstones.
However, the presence of uninscribed fieldstone markers and unmarked
graves may reflect an earlier use of the site.
The cemetery is not marked on the USGS Salem map sheet or on local
realty maps. Maureen Myers of Lewis
Berger & Associates initially identified this cemetery during an archaeological
survey associated with improvements to Interstate 81.
Marker Inscriptions:
Booker Freeman Dephia
Freeman Theodore
R. Hackley, Sr.
1850 – 1923 1839 1917 1903
– 1967
Annie Hackley McGeorge Nora
W. Hackley Lacy
J. Compton
1864 – 1942 1904
– 1997 1865
– 1910
Katie Freeman E.H. J.B.
Ross
(metal marker) (footstone) 1850
– 1914
Mrs. Joseph ? James
Leftwich Alice
Leftwich
(metal marker) 1840
– 1917 1845
–