Hawley Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  20th c.

Realty Map:          97.03-2-16                              Cultural Affiliation:              Euro-American

USGS Map:           Bent Mountain                     Landform:                              Ridge top

Grid Locus:            L-8                                          Elevation:                              1260 feet

UTM Easting:       588480                                    Aspect:                                  Southeast

UTM Northing:    4115410

 

Site Dimensions:  40 by 40 feet

 

Survey Description:  Site consists of a small family cemetery with at least five graves.  All of the observed graves were recently marked with metal markers and all were oriented to the southeast.  Reports indicate this cemetery contains other graves.  Observed graves are surrounded by a modern wood post and split rail fence.  Cemetery is covered with mowed grass and one cedar tree is located on the site.  This cemetery was recently “restored” after a family member learned it had been severely impacted when timber was cleared from the surrounding area.  Log skidders ran over the cemetery causing advanced disturbance to the cemetery.  The family member relocated and marked as many graves as memory permitted, but reported the cemetery contained other graves.  The linear depressions of log skidding trails still disfigure the surface of the ridge top.   Site was field inspected, photographed, and grave marker inscriptions were transcribed.  Site size was estimated by pacing the horizontal extent of the surrounding fence.

 

Survey Date:         11/98

 

Field Notes:           _x_Yes   ___No

Photographs:        _x_Yes   ___No

 

References:           None

 

Additional Comments:  Assigned temporal period was based on the 1948 through 1995 range of death dates inscribed on observed grave markers.  However, informant reports indicated the cemetery contains older graves that he could not relocate. The cemetery is not marked on the USGS Bent Mountain map sheet or on local realty maps.

 

Marker Inscriptions:

 

Patty Hawley                                                        Lula C. Hazelgrove                               Barbara Hawley Sweet

1873 – 1948                                                            1889 – 1952                                            1937 - 1965

(metal marker)                                                       (metal marker)                                       (metal marker)

 

Mr. Grady K. Hawley                                           Daniel B. Sweet

1906 – 1973                                                            1964 - 1995

(metal marker)                                                       (metal marker)


 

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