Locality:
Realty Map: 114.00-2-20 Cultural
Affiliation: African American
USGS Map: Garden
City Landform: Ridge bench
Grid Locus: D-11 Elevation: 1300 feet
UTM Easting: 591570 Aspect: West
UTM Northing: 4112260
Site Dimensions: 35 by 40 feet
Survey Description: Site consists of a small family cemetery
with five interments. Four of the graves
were marked with inscribed granite markers and the fifth grave was marked with
uninscribed fieldstone markers. The
graves were oriented to the southeast.
Sites has been enclosed by a wood post and wire mesh fence, and is
surrounded by a mixed deciduous and pine forest. Plantings included four boxwoods. Site was field inspected, photographed, and
headstone inscriptions were transcribed.
Site size was estimated by pacing the horizontal extent of the
surrounding fence lines.
Survey Date: 2/98
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: _x_Yes ___No
Reference(s): None
Additional Comments: Temporal period was based on the 1927
through 1962 range of death dates inscribed on the observed grave markers. However, the presence of a single grave
marked with uninscribed fieldstone markers may reflect an earlier or later use
of the site. Site is not marked on the
USGS Garden City map sheet or on local realty maps.
Marker Inscriptions:
Briggs Eliza Snyder William Snyder
Serena S. Walter
A. Briggs Apr. 4, 1860 Born 1853
1883-1957 1887-1962
Asleep
in Jesus Gone but not
forgotten