Locality:
Realty Map: 107-5-26 Cultural Affiliation: African-American
USGS Map: Garden
City Landform: Ridge top
Grid Locus: D-9 Elevation: 1160 feet
UTM Easting: 591630 Aspect: Flat
UTM Northing: 4114290
Site Dimensions: 40 by 60 feet
Survey Description:
Site consists of a small family cemetery with at least nine
interments. One grave was marked with an
inscribed granite marker and the other eight graves were marked with metal
markers and/or fieldstones. Of note,
four graves with metal markers that dated to the 1960s and 1970s were also
marked with uninscribed fieldstone markers.
Site is not enclosed and has no plantings. All of the observed graves were oriented to
the southeast (95 degrees). Site was
field inspected, photographed, and headstone inscriptions were
transcribed. Site size was estimated by
pacing the horizontal extent of observed graves.
Survey Date: 2/98
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: _x_Yes ___No
Reference(s): None
Additional Comments:
Temporal period of site was based on death dates observed on headstones
and grave markers. The death dates
ranged from 1958 through 1989. However,
the presence of a single grave marked only with an uninscribed fieldstone
marker may reflect an earlier use of the site.
The site is not marked on the USGS Garden City map sheet or on local
realty maps.
Marker Inscriptions:
Mrs. Sallie E. Taylor Mrs.
Minnie C. Powell
1922-1975 1881-1971 1903-1975
(metal marker & (metal
marker & (metal
marker &
uninscribed fieldstone) uninscribed
fieldstone) uninscribed
fieldstone)
Mary Roy Mr.
Robert Noel
1886-1958 1895
–1964 wife
of Rev. Jessie Smith
(metal marker) (metal
marker &
uninscribed
fieldstone)
Loved
by all
(granite
marker)
Mr. Charles
Smith (uninscribed
fieldstone) (illegible
metal marker)
1935-1989
(metal marker)