Locality:
Realty Map: 1260514 Cultural
Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map:
Grid Locus: D-1 Elevation: 1060 feet
UTM Easting: 591850 Aspect: Flat
UTM Northing: 4123250
Site Dimensions: 27.93 by 89.5 by 65.5 by 162.96 feet
Survey Description:
Site consists of a small family cemetery with at least four
interments. Three graves were marked
with inscribed marble and granite headstones with fieldstones used for
footstones, and another grave was marked with uninscribed fieldstone markers at
the head and foot of the grave. All
interments were oriented to the southeast.
Other unmarked graves may be present.
Three other graves (dating to 1862, 1869, and 1873) for members of the
Howbert family were moved to
Surveyed By: T.
Klatka & D. Richardson
Survey Date: 11/97
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: ___Yes _x_No:
Reference(s):
1986
Additional Comments:
Site was not marked on USGS Roanoke map sheet. Assigned temporal period was based on death
dates inscribed on observed markers and information documented by the
RVHS. According to available information
the graves date from 1810 through 1902.
The RVHS surveyed this cemetery and documented biographical
information for seven graves that predated 1921 (1986: 143).
This included information derived from the headstones of Evan Day,
Walter F. Dillon, and John G. Anderson.
Additional information related to three members of the Howbert family
whose remains were removed to
Headstone inscriptions are as follows:
Evan Day Walter
F. Dillon John
G. Anderson
Husband of Ann Edington Died
Weep not father
and mother for me Died
April 4, 1869.
For
I am waiting in glory for thee