Snyder-Briggs Cemetery

Snyder-Briggs Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  20th century

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                               Dec. 4, 1941                           Died Jan. 21, 1927

                                                                                Asleep in Jesus                    Gone but not forgotten


 

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