Locality:
Realty Map: 94.02-2-16 Cultural
Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map:
Grid Locus: C-7 Elevation: 1620 feet
UTM Easting: 579980 Aspect: Southwest
UTM Northing: 4116760
Site Dimensions: 55
by 60 feet
Survey Description:
Site consists of a small family cemetery with at least 17 graves. Observed graves included two marked with
inscribed headstones, ten marked with uninscribed fieldstone markers, and five
unmarked graves identified on the basis of ground surface depressions. The observed graves were oriented to the
southeast. Other marked or unmarked
graves may be present. Graves are
surrounded by a deteriorated post and wire fence. Site is overgrown with scrub brush, and
historic plantings include boxwoods, yuccas, a large cedar tree and a large
poplar tree. Site is surrounded by horse
pasturage, and has been disturbed by trampling.
Due to the overgrown and disturbed nature of the site, identification of
graves was difficult. Site was field inspected, photographed, and grave marker
inscriptions were transcribed and compared to previous documentation. Site size was estimated by pacing the
horizontal extent of the observed graves.
Survey Date: 7/98
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: _x_Yes ___No
References:
1986
Additional Comments: Assigned
temporal period was based on the 1919 through 1925 range of death dates
inscribed on the two observed headstones.
However, the presence of uninscribed fieldstone markers and unmarked
graves may reflect an earlier or later use of the site. The cemetery is not marked on the
This cemetery was initially surveyed by the RVHS and
documented as the “
Marker Inscriptions:
Joe Lavinder Sallie
Hartman
1861 – 1925 Wife
of Joe Lavinder
1863
– 1919