Locality:
Realty Map: 96.01-2-34 Cultural
Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map:
Grid Locus: H-7 Elevation: 1400 feet
UTM Easting: 584280 Aspect: Flat
UTM Northing: 4116700
Site Dimensions: 75
by 170.35 by 75 by 231.5 feet
Survey Description:
Site consists of a family
cemetery with approximately 22 graves.
Observed graves include 10 marked with uninscribed fieldstone markers
and 12 with inscribed headstones.
Orientation of the graves ranged
from 95 to 98 degrees east of north.
Historic plantings include oak trees.
Site was field inspected, photographed, and headstone inscriptions were
transcribed and compared to previous site documentation. Site size was derived from 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 inscribed on observed
grave markers. These dates range from
1856 through 1995. The presence of
uninscribed fieldstone markers may reflect an earlier use of the site. Site is not marked on the
The RVHS surveyed this
cemetery and documented biographical information collected from four headstones
that predated 1921 (1986: 138). The following information was transcribed
from graves markers observed during the 1998 survey.
Marker inscriptions:
Julia A. Hays Louisa
M. C. Hays Dosha
M.
Born Born Wife
of
Died Died Born
Died
Born Garst Garst
Barnes
Died
Charles R. Garst Jeffrey
Lee Garst Olvin
Wheeler Morris
Va
Doris
S. Grant
Billie V. Morris At
R___ Arthur
Walter Brady
(metal maker) ______
Morris 1914 1992
_____
- 1986 (metal
marker)
(partially
legible metal marker)