Locality:
Realty Map: 96.03-2-23 Cultural
Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map:
Grid Locus: I-8 Elevation: 1600 feet
UTM Easting: 585010 Aspect: Flat
UTM Northing: 4115510
Site Dimensions: 42.5
by 77 feet
Survey Description:
Site consists of a small family cemetery with 30 graves. Observed graves included 11 marked with marble
or granite markers, 15 marked with uninscribed fieldstone markers, two marked
with uninscribed cement markers, and one marked with an uninscribed fieldstone
marker and a metal marker. Additionally,
the cemetery contains at least one unmarked grave visible as a ground surface
depression. Other graves may be
present. The observed graves ranged in
orientation from 90 degrees due east through 109 degrees southeast. Three sides of the cemetery were surrounded
by a wood post and wire mesh fence, and ten of the graves inside the cemetery
were enclosed by a chain link fence that measured 24.5 by 37.4 by 28 by 35.7
feet. Historic plantings included yucca,
periwinkle, and maple trees. 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: 2/98
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: _x_Yes ___No
References:
1986
Additional Comments: Assigned
temporal period was based on the 1898 through 1970 range of death dates
inscribed on observed headstones.
However, the presence of uninscribed fieldstone markers and unmarked
graves may reflect an earlier or later use of the site. Additionally, one local family history
suggests the cemetery was in use by 1877.
The cemetery is marked on the
The RVHS surveyed this cemetery and documented biographical
information derived from inscriptions on four headstones that predated 1921
(1986: 159 - 160). The RVHS also reported additional information
from the Meador and Metz families that identifies interment marked by
uninscribed markers. Additionally,
Charles Abe reported that his ancestor
Hattie Alice Light (deceased August 17, 1877, at the age of one year,
four months, and 20 days) was also buried in the cemetery.
Marker Inscriptions:
Metz Mary Metz Annie W. Richardson
George Lewis Rosa
Lee 1845 –
1932
Feb. 27, 1884 Oct.
19, 1879 Age 87
yrs. Nov. 9.
1926
Mar. 4, 1962
Martha J. Fralin Daniel
T. Fralin Annie M.
Fralin
May 12, 1866 July
21, 1858
Dec. 26, 1939 June
2, 1906
Wiseman In
my father’s house
George W. Liddie
F. are
many mansions
Died Aug. 13, 1922 Born
Apr. 2, 1869 Samuel
H.
Age 72 years. Died
Dec. 13, 1936 Metz,
Father, let thy grave be given died
That we may meet in heaven
A tender Mother and a faithful friend. Aged
65
years.
The
seraphs round
Katie Lee The
shining throne,
Daughter of Have
borne thee to
S.M. & S.T. Fralin Thy
rest,
Born To
dwell among the
Nov. 28, 1906 Saints
on high
Died Companions
of the
Aug. 31, 1912 Blest.
Mrs. Bertha W. Meado Mrs.
Bertha W. Meador
1913 – 1970 1913
– 1970
(metal marker beside (metal
marker beside
uninscribed cement uninscribed
fieldstone marker)
memorial marker)
The RVHS reported fieldstones marked the graves of the
following:
John
Thompson Van
Thompson
Fanny
Thompson Van
Thompson’s wife
Daughter of John & Fanny
Thompson Van
Thompson’s sister
Booth family members Stump
child
Mrs. Richardson five
Wiseman grandchildren
Light family members