Smallwood Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  2nd half 19th c., 20th c.

Realty Map:          96.03-2-19.2                           Cultural Affiliation:              Euro-American

USGS Map:           Bent Mountain                     Landform:                              Ridge bench

Grid Locus:            H-8                                          Elevation:                              1440 feet

UTM Easting:       584570                                    Aspect:                                  Flat

UTM Northing:    4115580

 

Site Dimensions: 60.08 by 91.59 by 60.74 by 93.72 feet

 

Survey Description:  Site consists of a small family cemetery with at least seven interments.  A variety of grave markers were observed at the site.  Two graves were marked with inscribed cement headstones and one of these also had a fieldstone set at the foot of the grave.  A third grave was marked with an uninscribed marble block at the head of the grave and an uninscribed cut rock at the foot of the grave.  Two other graves were marked with uninscribed fieldstone markers, and at least two unmarked graves were visible as ground surface depressions.  Charles Abe, a nearby property owner, reported that another small grave marked with a white wire fence was the grave of a dog.  Site was covered with a recent growth of saplings and scrub brush.  Historic plantings included one boxwood.  This site is one of three cemeteries located side-by-side.  The Abe Cemetery and the John & Lucy Ferguson Cemetery are located to the immediate southeast.  Site size was derived local realty maps.  Site was field inspected, photographed, and headstone inscriptions were transcribed.  Site size was derived from a property survey map.

 

Survey Date:         4/98

 

Field Notes:           _x_Yes   ___No

Photographs:        _x_Yes   ___No

 

Reference(s):         None

 

Additional Comments:  Assigned temporal period was based on death dates inscribed on observed headstones and information provided by Charles Abe who owns nearby property.  However, the presence of uninscribed markers and unmarked graves may represent an earlier or later use of the site.  Site is not marked on the USGS Bent Mountain map sheet.  It is located on local realty maps and label “Smallwood Cemetery.”

 

Marker Inscription:

 

CJS                                                                                         Tennie W.

9-29-62                                                                                   4-8-65

(inscribed cement; Mr. Abe reported                               10-18-22

that the death year was 1862.)                                           (inscribed cement

                                                                                                death date 1922)

 

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