Locality:
Realty Map: 87.07-05-08 20thc.
USGS Map: Garden
City Cultural
Affiliation: Euro-American
Grid Locus: B-4 Landform: Ridge bench
UTM Easting: 589630 Elevation: 1240 feet
UTM Northing: 4119330 Aspect: North
Site Dimensions: 60 by
58 by 55 by 58.22 feet
Survey Description: Site consists of a small cemetery with
at least 22 graves. Identified graves
included eight marked with inscribed headstones or headstone fragments, one
marked with a headstone base, six with uninscribed fieldstone markers, and
seven unmarked graves identified on the basis of ground surface
depressions. Orientation of the graves
ranged from 75 through 97 degrees. Other
graves are probably present. Some rocks
observed on the ground surface may represent dislodged fieldstone markers, and
other unmarked graves may be present. Historic plantings include oak trees,
yucca, and periwinkle groundcover. Site
has been sympathetically incorporated into the Stonehenge Condominium
residential development. Driveways surround the site on three sides and a
condominium building is located on the fourth side. Site was field inspected, photographed, and
headstone inscriptions were transcribed and compared to previous site
documentation. Site size was derived
from local realty maps.
Survey Date: 4/98
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: _x_Yes ___No
Reference(s):
1986
Additional Comments: Assigned temporal period was based on
death dates observed on inscribed headstones.
These dates range from 1880 through 1929. The presence of uninscribed fieldstone
markers and unmarked graves may indicate an earlier or later use of the
site. It is not certain if modern
development resulted in site disturbance.
No evidence of disturbance was observed during the field
inspection. Site is not marked on the
USGS Garden City map sheet, but it is marked on local realty maps and labeled
“cemetery.”
This cemetery was surveyed by the RVHS (1986: 136).
Their report provided biographical information derived from inscriptions
on seven headstones in the cemetery which predated 1921. The following information was obtained during
the 1998 survey of the cemetery.
Information documented in the RVHS report but not observed during the
1998 survey is printed in bold italics.
Marker Inscriptions:
Jehu Emmaline Hartman Hartman
Died Died
Age
84 yrs 1, mos. & 3 dys Age
79 yrs. 1. mos & 1 day
Resting
till the resurrection morn.
(elaborate
double marker which has fallen from its intact base)
Father Mother Frances
H.
Robert Coon Wife
of
1830-1897 P.H.
Shartzer
------------------- Born
Mary M. Coon
1838-1897 Died
-------------------
Grandmother Dearest
mother thou hast left us
Christena Wertz Here
they loss we deeply feel
1805 – 1889 But
tis God who hath bereft us
(all three inscriptions on He
can all our sorrows heal.
a single granite marker) (Headstone
dislodged, broken &
resting
on its base. Bottom part
was
not observed. Dislodged
footstone: FAS)
Mollie L.
Daughter of
P.H. & F.H. Shartzer
Born
Died
Life’s labor done as sinks the day,
Light from its load the spirit flies
While heaven and earth combined to say
How blest the righteous when he dies.
(Headstone dislodged & broken. Section
with epitaph not observed.
Bottom part with
inscription observed - Roanoke Works,