Locality:
Realty Map: 77.14-7-2/3 Cultural
Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map:
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
Died Died
Oct. 18, 1892 April
14, 1895 Sarah
Aged
82
yrs & 4 days
(large
double marker)