Helms-Terry Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  2nd, 3rd quarters 20th c.

Realty Map:          103.00-5-69                            Cultural Affiliation:              African-American

USGS Map:           Bent Mountain                     Landform:                              Ridge slope

Grid Locus:            C-11                                        Elevation:                              2700 feet

UTM Easting:       579720                                    Aspect:                                  Southwest

UTM Northing:    4112860

 

Site Dimensions:  30 by 50 feet

 

Survey Description:  Site consists of a small family cemetery with at least 11 interments.  Observed graves included two with incised stone markers, three with metal markers, and six unmarked graves visible as depressions in the ground surface.  Observed graves ranged in orientation from 90 to 110 degrees.  Other graves might be present.  Identification of graves in the cemetery was hindered by dense vegetation.  A fence does not enclose site, and a cluster of iris was the only historic plantings observed.  Site is located about 15 feet west of Route 612.   Site was field inspected and headstone inscriptions were transcribed.  Site size was estimated by pacing the horizontal extent of observed graves.

 

Survey Date:         9/98

 

Field Notes:           x Yes ­___ No

Photographs:            Yes   X  No:

 

Reference(s):         None

 

Additional Comments:  Assigned temporal period was based on death dates observed on grave markers.  These dates ranged from 1946 through 1970.  However, the presence of six unmarked graves and one grave with an illegible grave marker may reflect an earlier or later use of the site.  Site is not marked on the USGS Bent Mountain map sheet or on local realty maps.

 

Marker inscriptions:

 

Harry Terry                                                                           Mrs. Mary

Virginia                                                                                  Gregory

S SGT  H&S CO 1889 ENGR AVN BN                              1882  1968

World War II

Oct 25 1907  April 6 1954

 

Mr. John C.                                                                           Solon G. Helm

Terry                                                                                      1904  1946

1900     1970                                                                             (metal marker)

(metal marker)


 

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