Locality:
Realty Map: 96.01-3-37/39 Cultural Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map:
Grid Locus: H-6 Elevation: 1320 feet
UTM Easting: 584070 Aspect: Flat
UTM Northing: 4117280
Site Dimensions: 155 by 175 feet
Survey Description: :
Site consists of a large cemetery that appears to consist of three sections. A galvanized pole and chain-link fence
surrounds one section. This section is about
40 by 175 feet and it contains 23 graves marked with inscribed marble and
granite markers, 15 graves marked with uninscribed fieldstone markers, 2 graves
marked with inscribed fieldstone markers, 3 unmarked depressions, and 2 marked
with metal markers. The second section
measures about 35 by 115 feet and is surrounded by a deteriorated fence
constructed of wood posts and wire mesh fencing. This section contains 6 graves marked with
inscribed marble markers, 14 graves marked with uninscribed fieldstone markers,
5 graves marked with inscribed fieldstone markers, and one unmarked
graves. The third section measures about
75 by 125 feet and is not enclosed. This
section contains one grave with an inscribed marble marker, one grave with only
a marble base for a headstone, 42 graves marked with uninscribed fieldstone
markers, and 10 unmarked graves. First
section is covered with mowed grass and contains yucca, cedars, oaks, roses,
and some periwinkle. Second section
contains periwinkle and yucca. Third section
is in a wooded area with no apparent historic plantings. 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 observed graves or the surrounding fence
lines.
Survey Date: 5/98
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: _x_Yes ___No
References: Roanoke
Valley Historical Society
1986 Roanoke County Graveyards Through
1920. Privately printed, RVHS, Roanoke.
Works Progress Administration of
Virginia, Historical Inventory, Roanoke County, Virginia,
Document #158.
Additional Comments:
Assigned temporal period was based on range of dates inscribed on
observed headstones as well as documents of previous site surveys. These dates range from 1814 through
1995. The presence of uninscribed
fieldstone markers and unmarked graves may indicate an earlier use of the site. Site is not marked on the USGS Bent Mountain
map sheet and is not marked on local realty maps.
The Poage Cemetery was initially surveyed by the Works
Progress Administration of Virginia and recorded in Document #158 of the
Historical Inventory of Roanoke County, Virginia. The WPA file provided biographical information
for seven interments. The site was
later surveyed by the Roanoke Valley Historical Society. The RVHS report (pages 194-195) provided
biographical information derived from inscriptions on 20 headstones and
supplemented with information from the WPA survey document.
Poage Cemetery
(continued)
Marker Inscriptions:
Information documented by the WPA & RVHS surveys, but
not observed during the 1998 survey:
Margaret Poage Jane
Grisso J.
Baker
Aug. 29, 1782 Died
July 26, 1851
June 30, 1869 Age
32 yrs., 9 mo., 2 da.
Wm. Yogg J.
G. John
S. Bechner
Died
18?? (illegible)
Elijah Poage Mary
M. Poage John Poage Margaret
Poage
Born Born Born Born
in York Co.,
June 14, 1823 July
1, 1827 June
24, 1769 Aug.
29, 1782,
Died Died
Died Died
Feb. 14, 1900 Jan.
4, 1906 Jan.
24, 1840
(double
headstone) Aged
70 yrs. & 7 mos. Aged
U.S. 86
yrs. 10 mos.
Frontier
Soldier under 2
dys.
Capt.
Andrew Lewis in the
Year
1790. Headquarters
Been
Station, Tennessee.
Henry E. Stover Luvenia
Stover Susan
Born Apr. 1, 1861 Born Wife
of
Died Jan. 2, 1948 Feb.
18, 1869 Jacob
Sloan
(brass plaque mounted Died
Born
in cement) Dec.
11, 1916
Died
A
faithful mother
And
friend to all.
Ethel Lumsden James
William Elijah
A.
Poage Poage Infant
son of
Feb. 22, 1902 Feb.
13, 1894 D.A.
& H.E. Poage
Dec. 23, 1988 Aug.
26, 1942 Born
Remembered for her He
left a heritage
Love and generosity of
gentleness, Died
To all. Kindness,
and honesty
Laura Gay Poage Sarah
P. Meador David
H. Meador
1876 - 1950 1882
– 1953 1868
– 1950
Poage
Cemetery (continued)
David T. Poage Lily
Pearl Poage Maggie
A.
1880 – 1941 1879
– 1944 Daughter
of
(metal marker) (metal
marker) D.A.
& H.E. Poage
Born
M. P.
(inscribed fieldstone) Died
Harry Lee Poage Mollie
K. Poage Harvey
Claytor
Sept. 24, 1890 Sept.
4, 1858 Poage
March 9, 1964 June
2, 1947
C.C. Poage Lucy
Jane Dyer Nancy
Ruth
Roanoke Co. Wife
of Poage
Res. Harvey
C. Poage
C.S.A. June
5, 1880
(RVHS lists dates
Jan. 25, 1931)
Carl Lewis Mary
Poage AW
Gregson Gregson (inscribed
fieldstone)
May 21, 1911
Sept. 12, 1987
C. W. Poage Jerh.
Poage S.A.
Poage
Died Mar. 5 1814 Died
Jul 28 1864 Died
Age 2 Mo 5 Dz Age
8 Y 9 M
24 D Age
11 YS 8 M 12 D
(Inscribed fieldstone with (inscribed
fieldstone with (inscribed
fieldstone with
star in circle motif / date may star in circle motif) star in circle
motif)
be 1864 but WPA & RVHS
list date as 1814)
Nannie B. Poage Ellen
Poage George Poage
Born Born Born
January 31, 1858 June
29, 1821
Died Died Died
May 31, 1885. July
8, 1909
Aged
88
yrs & 9 dys.
Margaret Stutler Joseph
Poage D.A.
Poage
Poage Died
June 28th Born
Born 1875
Jan. 27, 1848 Age
60 Y 11 M 1 D Died
Died Apr. 30, 1913 (inscribed
fieldstone)
Aged
65 yrs. 3 mos. 3 days
Poage
Cemetery (continued)
Harriet E. E
M
Wife of Nov
11
D.A. Poage 1848
Born (inscribed
fieldstone)
Died
John S.
Born
Died