Morgan Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  20th century

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):         Roanoke Valley Historical Society

                                1986        Roanoke County Graveyards Through 1920.  Privately printed, RVHS, Roanoke.

 

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 Catawba Cemetery.  Site is identified as the “Morgan Cem.” on the Catawba map sheet.  Site is adjacent to the Catawba Cemetery and their boundaries are approximately six feet apart.

 

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 Oct. 30, 1832                                                F. Albert Morgan                                                 Wife of

Died Jan. 12, 1911                                 Dec. 20, 1878                                                         John W. Morgan

MORGAN                                                             May 22, 1917                                                         Born May 8, 1849

He Giveth His Beloved Sleep.                                                                                                            Died Apr. 25, 1944

MORGAN

 

Annie Morgan                                                      Esther Morgan                                                     George Stewart

Apr. 12, 1883                                                         May 20, 1891                                                         Morgan

Nov. 17, 1958                                                        Aug. 16, 1974                                                        Feb. 1886, July, 1957


Morgan Cemetery (continued)

 

Maxie Bailey Morgan                                          John Wallace                                        Ribble

Aug. 15, 1909                                                        Ribble                                     John Dexter           Willie Dee

Aug. 11, 1982                                                        July 13, 1899                          Feb. 6, 1869           Sept. 8, 1876

Apr. 22, 1909                         Feb. 13, 1956         Apr. 14, 1971

 

Infant of                                                                 Jerry Virgil                                                             Mary A. Bailey

Mary & Jerry Morgan                                         Morgan                                                                  Wife of

July 20, 1921                                                          Born                                                                       Jerry Morgan

Nov. 21, 1910                                                        Dec. 26, 1882

Died                                                                        Dec. 29, 1955

July 24, 1912

 

Jerry Morgan

Dec. 21, 1880

Dec. 27, 1974


 

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