Locality:
Realty Map: 94.02-2-3 Cultural
Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map:
Grid Locus: C-6 Elevation: 1660 feet
UTM Easting: 579220 Aspect: South
UTM Northing: 4117030
Site Dimensions: 50
by 75 feet
Survey Description:
Site consists of a family cemetery with at least 37 graves. Observed graves were aligned in six rows and
included 32 marked with uninscribed fieldstone markers, one marked with a
broken metal marker, and four unmarked graves identified on the basis of ground
surface depressions. The observed graves
ranged in orientation from 96 to 105 degrees east of north. Other graves may be present. Site is surrounded by a mixed deciduous-pine
forest. Historic plantings observed on
the site included oak and poplar trees, periwinkle, and yucca. Site was field inspected and the single grave
marker inscription was transcribed. Site
size was estimated by pacing the horizontal extent of the observed graves.
Survey Date: 8/98
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: ___Yes _x_No
References:
1986
Works Progress Administration of
Document #157.
Additional Comments:
Assigned temporal period was based on the 1948 death dates inscribed on
the observed metal marker and on information documented by previous surveys of
the cemetery. However, the presence of
uninscribed fieldstone markers and unmarked graves may reflect an earlier or
later use of the site. Census and property deed research may provide social and
temporal information regarding this site.
The cemetery is not marked on the
The RVHS surveyed this cemetery and recorded it as the “
This cemetery is most likely the “
Marker Inscription observed
during the 1998 survey:
Lacy L. Simpson / 1881 1948
(broken metal marker)