Locality:
Realty Map: 76.02-5-25 quarters
20th c.
USGS Map:
Grid Locus: K-3 Landform: Ridge top
UTM Easting: 587130 Elevation: 1120 feet
UTM Northing: 4120330 Aspect: Flat
Site Dimensions: 72
by 57.6 feet
Survey Description:
Site consists of a cemetery with at least 42 interments. Observed graves include 21 marked with inscribed
marble and granite markers, 5 with uninscribed fieldstone markers, 15 unmarked
graves, and one marked with a metal marker.
It is possible that other graves are present. Cemetery contains one internal fence that
measures 24 by 45.6 by 23.5 by 45.2 feet in size and encloses at least 14
graves. Fence was constructed with iron
pipe rails and cement posts. Twenty
graves are located outside of the fence to the northeast, and another seven
graves (all unmarked) are located outside the northwest side of the fence. One marked grave is located outside the south
corner of the fence. Site is bordered by
a paved driveway to the southwest, a lawn to the southeast and northeast, and
Survey Date: 4/98
Field Notes:
x Yes No
Photographs:
x Yes No
Reference(s):
Roanoke Valley Historical Society
1986 Roanoke County Graveyards Through
1920. Privately printed, RVHS, Roanoke.
Additional Comments:
Temporal affiliation was based on death dates inscribed on observed
headstones. These dates range from 1845
through 1966. Death dates on all but one
of the inscribed headstones range from 1845 through 1935. However, numerous unmarked graves and graves
marked with uninscribed fieldstone markers may indicate an earlier or later use
of the site. Cultural affiliation of the
site was based on two informant reports; however, one informant believed that
African--American slaves were also buried in the cemetery. Site is not marked on local realty maps, but
is marked on the USGS Bent Mountain map sheet.
This cemetery was surveyed by the RVHS and biographical
information from 16 graves that predated 1920 were documented (1986:
126-127). The following information was
derived from grave markers observed in the cemetery during the 1998
survey. Bold print indicates information
missing from a broken marker but recorded by the RVHS. During the 1998 survey the headstone for
Edwin D. McCampbell was not observed in the cemetery, but the inscription was
documented by the RVHS.
Greenwood
Cemetery (continued)
Marker inscriptions:
Father Rhoda
Virginia Jefferson
d.
G. Lacy Greenwood Wife
of
July 23, 1866 G.L.
Greenwood
Mar. 4, 1930 Apr.
6, 1876
Let our Father’s will be done.
Beloved
one farewell
Samuel H.O. Frank
S. Alice
B.
Greenwood Greenwood Wife
of
May. 11, 1821 Mar.
27, 1874 G.L.
Greenwood
Nov. 7, 1897 Feb.
11, 1919 Born
Nov.
23, 1868.
Died
J.W. Greenwood In
memory Wingfield
Born of Infant
daughter of
May 8, 1825 M.G.
Greenwood G.L.
& A.B.
Died Wife
of
July 11, 1914 J.W.
Greenwood Died
Born
March 7th 1840 Age
4 mo.
Died
Age
34 y. & 16 d.
Eglena J. Davie
A. Hunley
Patterson
Dau. of Son
of Graham
G.L. & A.B. Greenwood G.L.
& A.B. Greenwood
Born Born
Dec. 15, 1890 Aug.
23, 1893 Asleep
in Jesus
Died June 24, 1891 Died
Aged
6 mo. & 9 days Aged
4
mo. & 3 days
Elizabeth Brimm In
loving remembrance At
Rest
Mar. 9, 1868 of
our dear Mother Robert
F. Wyatt
June 26, 1922 Nellie
Brimm
At Rest. Born
Jan. 29, 1835
Died
Asleep
in Jesus.
Greenwood
Cemetery (continued)
In loving memory Our
Mother Wm
H.
McCampbell
Gracie Hazel Mollie Born
Daughter of Wife
of Wm. H. McCampbell
R.F. & Agnes E. Died Died
Wyatt January
1889
Mar. 20, 1901 Aged
July 2, 1912 71
yrs. 10 mos. & 1 Day
Asleep in Jesus. (broken
stone)
In memory of Samuel Mary
Lucy J. Hancock 1876 1962
Wife of May
21, 1857 (metal
marker)
S.B. Hancock
Born Resting
in hope of a
Aug. 15, 1875 Glorious
resurrection
Died
Aged
35 yrs 4 mos. & 25 D
Samuel B. Esom
Hannan Mary
Hancock PVT 1876 1962
May 21, 1857 Loony’s
Va Co (metal
marker)
Feb. 28, 1935
Resting in hope of a
Glorious resurrection