Locality:
Realty Map: 8.00-1-8 Cultural
Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map: Catawba Landform: Ridge bench
Grid Locus: D-13 Elevation:
1740 feet
UTM Easting: 580680 Aspect: Southeast
UTM Northing: 4138530
Site Dimensions: 26 by 51 feet
Survey Description:
Site consist of a small family cemetery enclosed by an aluminum slat
fence. Fourteen graves were identified
and each was marked with modern marble headstones. All of the headstones and graves were
oriented to the northeast. Site was well
maintained and covered with mowed grass.
No historic plantings were observable.
On the east boundary of site a set of stone steps provide access from
Route 779. Site was field inspected,
photographed, and headstone inscriptions were transcribed and compared to
previous site documentation. Site size
was estimated by pacing the horizontal extent of the surrounding fence.
Survey Date: 7/97
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: _x_Yes ___No
Reference(s):
1986
Additional Comments:
Assigned temporal period was based on death dates inscribed on observed
headstones. These dates ranged from 1909
through 1982. Site is marked on the
U.S.G.S. Catawba map and on the realty maps as an extension of the
The RVHS surveyed this cemetery and documented a single
grave that predated 1921 (1986:
161). The following information
was transcribed from all of the headstones observed in the cemetery during the
1997 survey.
Marker Inscriptions:
John W. Morgan Morgan Sarah
A. Wysong
Born
Died
MORGAN
He Giveth His Beloved Sleep. Died
MORGAN
Annie Morgan Esther
Morgan George
Stewart
Maxie Bailey Morgan John
Wallace Ribble
Infant of Jerry
Virgil Mary
A. Bailey
Mary & Jerry Morgan Morgan Wife
of
Died
Jerry Morgan