Locality:
Realty Map: 50.01-1-16.02 Cultural Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map:
Grid Locus: L-8 Elevation: 980 feet
UTM Easting: 599560 Aspect: East
UTM Northing: 4129250
Site Dimensions: 127.7 by 267.5 by 130 by 195 feet
Survey Description:
Site consists of a small family cemetery containing at least 14
interments. Nine graves were marked with
marble or granite headstones, three graves were marked with uninscribed
fieldstone markers, and two uninscribed obelisks marked at least two additional
graves. Unmarked graves may be present. All of the observed graves were oriented to
the southeast. The cemetery is
maintained, covered with mowed grass, and did not appear to contain any
historic plantings. Site size was
derived from county realty maps. The
cemetery encompasses an area the includes gentle to moderately sloping
terrain. All of the observed graves were
confined to a 50 by 65 feet area characterized by minimal slope. Other areas of the cemetery were inspected
but no other definite graves were observed.
Site was field inspected and headstone inscriptions were transcribed and
compared to previous site documentation.
Surveyed By: T.
Klatka & D. Richardson
Survey Date: 8/97
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: ___Yes _x_No:
Reference(s):
1986
Additional Comments: Temporal period was based on death
dates inscribed on observed headstones.
These dates ranged from 1900 through 1990. However, the presence of uninscribed fieldstone
markers may reflect an earlier use of the site.
The western and southern boundaries of the cemetery border residential
development. Nearby property owners have
encroached on the cemetery, and have deposited yard waste in the cemetery area. Site is not marked on the USGS Roanoke map
sheet, but it is marked on local realty maps and labeled “
The RVHS surveyed this cemetery and documented biographical
information transcribed from two headstones which predated 1921 (1986: 185). Family member Margaret Jewel Tynan
reported that the cemetery was established John B. and Elizabeth F. McClung and
also reported two deed references (DB 26, page 3 and DB 41, page 468).
Marker Inscriptions:
J. B. McClung Elizabeth
F. William
St. Clair
Born
Died
(footstone: JBM) Died
(footstone: EFM) at foot of
grave)
Oct. 11, 1910 Dec.
13, 1876
July 12, 1982 Feb.
23, 1958
(metal marker
at foot of grave)
John Sawyer
Moses Schoonover Margarette Jewell
Tynan
1883 – 1955 Edgar
Lee Mary S. St. Clair
(metal marker) 1906
– 1968 ___________
(Informant’s
headstone)
A large base for a double headstone is also present in the
cemetery. Margaret Jewel Tynan reported
that the headstone had been placed in the cemetery but was removed when A.T.
St. Clair decided to be buried in Michigan.
She also reported that Nugent St. Clair, Mary Sue St. Clair
Shoonover, and William Frederick St. Clair were the children of Thomas St.
Clair and Emma Thrasher St. Clair. Mary
Sue St. Clair was wed to Edgar Lee Schoonover.
The wife of Nugent St. Clair was buried in Bedford County.