Hairston-White-Hill Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  20th century

Realty Map:          87.08-3-24                              Cultural Affiliation:              African-American

USGS Map:           Garden City                           Landform:                              Ridge saddle & slope

Grid Locus:            C-3                                          Elevation:                              1260 feet

UTM Easting:       590920                                    Aspect:                                  Southwest

UTM Northing:    4120080

 

Site Dimensions:   55 by 62 feet

 

Survey Description:  Site consists of a small family cemetery with at least nine graves.  Observed graves included three with inscribed marble markers, two with metal markers, and four unmarked graves identified on the basis of ground surface depressions.  All of the observed graves were oriented to the northeast.  Other graves may be present.  Cemetery is not enclosed and is covered with mowed grass.  No historic plantings were identified on the site.  Site was field inspected, photographed, and grave marker inscriptions were transcribed and compared to previous documentation.  Site size was estimated by pacing the horizontal extent of the observed graves.

 

Survey Date:         12/98

 

Field Notes:           _x_Yes   ___No

Photographs:        _x_Yes   ___No

 

References:           None

 

Additional Comments:        Assigned temporal period was based on the 1930 through 1969 range of death dates inscribed on observed headstones.  However, the presence of uninscribed an illegible metal marker and unmarked graves may reflect an earlier or later use of the site.  The cemetery is not marked on the USGS Garden City map sheet or on local realty maps.

 

Marker Inscriptions:

 

Mr. William                                                           Illegible metal marker                                           Roxie

White                                                                                                                                                     Wife of

1879        1960                                                                                                                                        Jas. Hairston

                                                                                                                                                                Died

                                                                                                                                                                June 29, 1930

                                                                                                                                                                Age 16 years.

 

James S. Hairston                                                 Mr. Major

May 1874                                                               Hill

Feb. 27, 1951                                                         1919        1969

There are no partings.


 

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