Rison-Willet-Sloan Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  20^th century

Realty Map:          94.00-1-80                              Cultural Affiliation:              Euro-American

USGS Map:           Bent Mountain                     Landform:                              Ridge top

Grid Locus:            D-8                                          Elevation:                              1600 feet

UTM Easting:       580220                                    Aspect:                                  Northeast

UTM Northing:    4115420

 

Site Dimensions:   50 by 56 feet

 

Survey Description:  Site consists of a small family cemetery with at least 13 graves. Observed graves included five with inscribed markers and eight with uninscribed fieldstone markers.  The graves were enclosed by a chain link fence and ranged in orientation from 80 to 92 degrees east of north. The cemetery was covered with mowed grass and historic plantings included yucca and cedar trees.  Site was field inspected, photographed, and grave marker inscriptions were transcribed.  Site size was estimated by pacing the horizontal extent of the surrounding fence lines.

 

Survey Date:         7/98

 

Field Notes:           _x_Yes   ___No

Photographs:        _x_Yes   ___No

 

References:           None

 

Additional Comments:  Assigned temporal period was based on the 1910 through 1995 range of death dates inscribed on observed headstones.  However, the presence of uninscribed fieldstone markers may reflect an earlier use of the site.  Site location was provided by Roy Ferguson.  Property owners reported the cemetery contains graves for the children of R.D. Rison, members of the Horsley and Willet families, and, possible, members of the Kirkwood family.  The cemetery is not marked on the USGS Bent Mountain map sheet or on local realty maps.

 

Marker Inscriptions:

 

Gideon T. “Gid”                                    Laura Rader Andrew                           Infant

Puckett                                                   October 29, 1892                                   Son of

1917 – 1995                                            January 29, 1981                                   H.E. & N.J.

                                                                                                                                Beatty

                                                                                                                                Born & Died

                                                                                                                                Oct. 25, 1920

                                                                                                                                Budded on Earth

                                                                                                                                To bloom in Heaven

 

Nancy J.                                                                 Sloan

Robertson                                             Harvey “Ed”         Vola A.

Dec. 1, 1847                                           June 27, 1914         Nov. 13, 1911

Feb. 11, 1910                                         _____                    July 17, 1994

(cement marker)                                    In loving memory

 

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