Locality:
Realty Map: 87.17-6-11.1 Cultural Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map:
Grid Locus: K/L-6 Elevation: 1240 feet
UTM Easting: 588000 Aspect: Flat
UTM Northing: 4117660
Site Dimensions:
122.92 by 130.21 by 136.87 by 151.51 feet
Survey Description:
Site consists of a cemetery with at least 20 graves. Observed graves included 10 marked with
granite markers, four marked with metal markers, three marked with uninscribed
fieldstones, two marked with metal military memorials, and at least one
unmarked grave visible as a ground surface depression. Cemetery is maintained and covered with mowed
grass. Historic plantings include two
boxwoods. Site was field inspected,
photographed, and grave marker inscriptions were transcribed. Site size was derived from local realty maps.
Survey Date: 11/98
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: _x_Yes ___No
References: None
Additional Comments:
Assigned temporal period was based on the 1928 through 1998 range of
death dates inscribed on observed headstones.
However, the presence of uninscribed fieldstone markers and an unmarked
grave may reflect an earlier use of the site.
The cemetery is not marked on the
Marker Inscriptions:
Saunders Leon
Frank Simmons Simmons
Essie Myrtle Robert
Henry 1932 1964 Joseph
F. Esta M.
Charles E. Simmons James
Edmond Hunley Roger
Lee Hunley
1919
1975 US
Navy
(metal marker)
1946
1989
Etna D. King Effie
M. St. Clair Virgie
Anna Grubb
W. Harold Garner Betelle
S. Garner Thomas
Jefferson