Shartzer-Thompson Cemetery

Shartzer-Thompson Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  4th quarter 19th c., 1st quarter 20th c.

Realty Map:          77.14-7-2/3                             Cultural Affiliation:              Euro-American

USGS Map:           Bent Mountain                     Landform:                              Ridge bench

Grid Locus:            L-3                                          Elevation:                              1200 feet

UTM Easting:       588710                                    Aspect:                                  Southeast

UTM Northing:    4120800

 

Site Dimensions: 25 by 25 feet

 

Survey Description:  Site consists of a small family cemetery with at least four interments marked by three inscribed headstones.  Observed graves were oriented to the northeast.  It is uncertain if other graves are present.  Site is not enclosed, and no historic plantings were observed.  Since the site has been incorporated into a well-landscaped residential yard, there no landscape features or other surface evidence to suggest the cemetery size or its original nature   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.

 

Survey Date:         4/98

 

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 1892 through 1910.  Site is not marked on the USGS Bent Mountain map sheet or on local real estate maps.  It appears to be located adjacent to the boundary between parcels 2 and 3 in block 7 of map 77.14.  Site is located on a parcel that adjoins 3742 View Avenue.

 

Marker Inscriptions:

 

James Shartzer                                      Nancy Shartzer                                     Thompson

Born                                                       Born                                                       Charles H.

Mar. 26, 1815                                         April 10, 1813                                        Mar. 5, 1835

Died                                                        Died                                                        June 10, 1921

Oct. 18, 1892                                          April 14, 1895                                        Sarah

                                                                Aged                                                      Oct. 1, 1844

                                                                82 yrs & 4 days                                    Jan. 9, 1910

                                                                                                                                (large double marker)


 

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