Jordan Cemetery

 

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

Realty Map:          107.00-4-82.4                         Cultural Affiliation:              Euro-American

USGS Map:           Garden City                           Landform:                              Ridge top

Grid Locus:            F-10                                        Elevation:                              1200 feet

UTM Easting:       593500                                    Aspect:                                  Flat

UTM Northing:    4113700

 

Site Dimensions: 100 by 75 by 65 by 40 by 55 feet

 

Survey Description:  Site consists of an active cemetery with at least 75 interments.  Headstones include 11 marble or granite markers, 5 inscribed fieldstone markers, 56 uninscribed fieldstone markers (or illegible fieldstone markers), and three inscribed cement markers.  Cemetery was recently cleaned and enclosed with a new wood post & barbed wire fence.  Historic plantings include a large oak tree, a number of yuccas, and periwinkle near the periphery of the cemetery.  Recent plantings include roses and holly trees.  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:         2/98

 

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 death dates observed on headstones.  The dates ranged from 1883 through 1996.  The presence of uninscribed fieldstone markers may reflect an earlier use of the site.  Site is not marked on the USGS Garden City map sheet, but it is marked on local realty maps and labeled as the “Boone Cemetery” following the name of the current property owner.

 

This cemetery was surveyed by the RVHS and their report documented biographical information transcribed from 12 headstones which predated 1921 (1986:  146).  The following information was transcribed from the headstones in the cemetery observed at the time of the current survey.

 

Marker Inscriptions:

 

Ann E. Alcorn                                      John E. Alcorn                                      Cora(?) Dishorn

Born                                                       Born                                                       Born 1887

Oct. 28, 1840                                          Oct. 29, 1845                                          Died Mar

Died                                                        Died                                                        29     1908

July 5, 1883                                            Nov. 6, 1884                                          Sister

(stone has fallen)                                 (cement; RVHS lists

first name as Cecil)

 

Walter                                                   C A Jordan                                            Bd Jordan

Dishorn                                                  (inscribed fieldstone)                          (inscribed fieldstone)

(cement)

Jordan Cemetery (continued)

 

F T Jordan                                             Susan C. Jordan                                   Susanna Jordan

Bored May. 9. 1850.                             (inscribed fieldstone)                          Born

died Jan. 12. 1887.                                                                                                Nov. 10, 1818

(inscribed fieldstone)                                                                                          Died

Jan. 24, 1884

Rest, Mother, rest               

in quiet sleep

while friends in

sorrow o’er thee

weep

 

Daniel                                                    Loretta E. Lyles                                    Sallie K. 

Jordan                                                   Born Aug. 13                                        Oyler

Born                                                      1893 Died April 13                                wife of

Apr. 9, 1823                                           1911                                                        J.H. Oyler

Died                                                        sister                                                     Born

Apr. 25, 1902                                                                                                         June 9, 1860

(stone has fallen)                                                                                                 Died

Oct. 14, 1919

                                                                                                                                At rest

 

Jordan                                                    WR  WC Robertson                            Alcorn   

(inscribed fieldstone)                          Bon way [may]                     Ommie F.                Moses F.

        ????                                Apr. 8, 1872           Dec. 22, 1872

(cement, illegible; May 9, 1932           Mar. 16, 1937

RVHS lists dates as

5/1871 - 10/1917

 

Walter F. Alcorn                                  In loving memory                 Alcorn

Nov. 3, 1897                                          Elsie Virginia                         Married April 29, 1966

Jan. 31, 1954                                          Alcorn                                    Brenda C.               Leonard

Sept. 12, 1906                        Jan. 1, 1945            Nov. 1, 1937

Feb. 26, 1996                         ________             Apr. 17, 1992

 

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