Hartman-Kingery-Simmons Cemetery

Locality: Roanoke County Temporal Period: 4th quarter 19th c., 20th c.

Realty Map: 108.00-2-4.1 Cultural Affiliation: Euro-American

USGS Map: Garden City Landform: Ridge bench

Grid Locus: H-9 Elevation: 1460 feet

UTM Easting: 595960 Aspect: West

UTM Northing: 4114070

Site Dimensions: 10342 by 177.7 by 80.43 by 178.87 feet

Survey Description: Site consists of a family cemetery with at least 35 graves. Twenty-one of the graves are marked with marble, granite, or cement headstones, ten have uninscribed fieldstone markers, and at least four have no markers. The presence of a broken fieldstone marker beside a tree along the cemetery boundaries may reflect another grave. All of the graves are oriented from 80 degrees northeast through 100 degrees southeast. The site is well maintained and covered with mowed grass. Plantings include periwinkle, a large oak, one azalea, daffodils, and boxwood varieties. 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: 3/98

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: Assigned temporal period was based on observed death dates inscribed on headstones. These dates ranged from 1887 through 1990. However, the presence of uninscribed fieldstone markers and unmarked graves may reflect an earlier use of the site. Mr. Herman Hartman reported that minor damage occurred to the cemetery surface when some young locals used the area to party. This problem has been stopped; however, he reported that vehicles ran over and toppled some grave markers while other grave markers were damaged by small arms fire. Mr. Hartman reset all dislodged markers to the best of his memory and ability. The site is marked on the USGS Garden City map sheet. It is also marked on county realty maps and labeled “cemetery.”

This cemetery was surveyed by the RVHS and documented in their report as the “Hartman III Cemetery” (1986: 134). The RVHS report provided biographical information transcribed from seven graves which predated 1921. The following information was derived from all grave markers observed in the cemetery during the 1998 survey.

Marker inscriptions:

John Calvin Robert E. Harrison Ruby Delila Kingery

Simmons Oct. 6, 1934 Sept. 20, 1915

Born 1854 Oct. 22, 1934 Aug. 11, 1933

Died 1901 In Loving Memory.

(uninscribed fieldstone at head

& inscribed marker at foot)

Hartman-Kingery-Simmons Cemetery (continued)

Lula Kingery Harrison Alonza V. Kingery Dock Kingery

September 8, 1892 December 23, 1886 Born 1890

January 19, 1981 May 17, 1922 Died Dec. 18 1908

In Loving Memory In Loving Memory

J.H. Kingery Delila Susan George

Born 1843 Kingery Son of Delilie

Died 1887 Born Kingery

Age 44 yrs. Mar. 9, 1846 (cement marker)

(Cement marker) Died

May 4, 1929

Nanie Bet Nannie Hartman Mary

Daughter Wife of Weaver

of Charlie Weaver Harvey

Delilie Kingery Born 1875

Oct. 7, 1884 1942

Died

May 26, 1904

John W. Hartman Sarah E. Wife of Uninscribed cement marker

Born Apr. 25, 1853 S.P. Hartberger with uninscribed fieldstone

Died Mar. 17, 1899 Born Oct. 9, 1854 marker at foot of grave

Died Mar. 2, 1932

(cement marker)

Bobbie Lee Hartman Oscar B. Judy Mary

Jan. 19, 1958 Hartman Blankenship

Jan. 19, 1958 Mar. 7, 1915 May 13, 1879

Son of Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Hartman Jul. 7, 1969 July 30, 1950

(metal marker at foot) In God We Trust

Charlie H. Hartman Judy May Hartman Colvin Arthur Lee

Born April 3 1877 Feb. 19, 1946 “Bob”

Died Feb. 5, 1979 Starnes

Sept 19 1927 We love you. Aug. 28, 1931

(cement marker) (metal marker at foot) Aug. 20, 1990

Love you always

(metal marker at foot)

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