Logan Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke City                        Temporal Period:                  20th century

Realty Map:          5090401                                  Cultural Affiliation:              African-American

USGS Map:           Bent Mountain                     Landform:                              Ridge bench

Grid Locus:            J-1                                           Elevation:                              1200 feet

UTM Easting:       586190                                    Aspect:                                  Flat

UTM Northing:    4122390

 

Site Dimensions:  20 by 50 feet

 

Survey Description:  Site consists of a small cemetery with at least eight graves.  One of the identified graves had a cement headstone, another had a government issue marble marker for military duty, and another was marked with an uninscribed fieldstone.  The remainder of the graves were unmarked.  Additional graves are likely present.  Identified graves were clustered in an area that measured 23 by 29 feet.  A pine forest covers most of the site, and landscaping associated with the Glen Ivy condominiums has covered the northeastern side.  No historic plantings were identified.  Site was field inspected, photographed, and grave marker inscriptions were transcribed and compared to previous documentation.  Site size was derived from local realty maps.

 

Survey Date:         5/99

 

Field Notes:           _x_Yes   ___No

Photographs:        _x_Yes   ___No

 

References:           None

 

Additional Comments:        Assigned temporal period was based on the 1952 date on the only inscribed headstone.  However, the presence of uninscribed fieldstone markers and unmarked graves may reflect an earlier or later use of the site.  A standing fieldstone marker was identified on one grave, but two stones lying near two of the other graves may represent dislodged fieldstone markers.  The cemetery is not marked on the USGS Bent Mountain map sheet, but it is marked on local realty maps.  Cemetery may be associated with the nearby Pleasant Valley Baptist Church.  Cemetery is located directly in front of, and to the south of, building 4865 of the Glen Ivy condominiums

 

Marker Inscriptions:

 

CLAUDE                                                                               MOTHER

LOGAN JR.                                                                           (cast cement marker)

VIRGINIA

PVT

1922 SVC COMD UNIT

WORLD WAR II

APRIL 21  1921

APRIL 29  1952

 


 

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