Sheppard Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  2^nd half 19^th c.

Realty Map:          107.00-02-57.01                     Cultural Affiliation:              Indeterminate

USGS Map:           Garden City                           Landform:                              -

Grid Locus:            G-10                                        Elevation:                              -

UTM Easting:       -                                               Aspect:                                  -

UTM Northing:    -

 

Site Dimensions:  50 by 60 feet

 

Survey Description:  Site consists of a cemetery with an unknown number of graves.  This cemetery was not field inspected during the cemetery survey.   Further information regarding the number of interments, date of use, and formal attributes await field inspection.  Site size was derived from local realty maps.

 

Survey Date:         Not surveyed

 

Field Notes:           ___Yes  _x_No

Photographs:        ___Yes  _x_No

 

References:   None

 

 

Additional Comments:  The cemetery is not marked on the USGS Garden City map sheet but it is marked on local realty maps and identified as “Sheppard Cemetery.”  Three informants reported the cemetery contains numerous uninscribed fieldstone markers, but access to the cemetery for survey could be obtained.

 

 

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