Locality:
Realty Map: 99.01-1-4 Cultural
Affiliation: Euro-American
USGS Map: Garden
City Landform: Knoll
Grid Locus: H-6 Elevation: 1160 feet
UTM Easting: 595720 Aspect: Flat
UTM Northing: 4117540
Site Dimensions: 250 by 85 by 285 by 140 feet
Survey Description:
Site consists of a community cemetery serving a number of families. Cemetery contains at least 52 interments
enclosed by a chain link fence. Most of
the observed graves were marked with marble or granite headstones; however
uninscribed fieldstone markers and cement markers were used to mark some
graves. One unmarked grave was visible
was depression in the ground surface.
Other unmarked graves may exist.
All of the observed graves were oriented to the east, except the
unmarked grave which was oriented northeast-southwest. Three uninscribed fieldstone markers were observed
lying on the ground surface at the bases of two trees. These markers were either original stones
replaced by more modern stones, or they were dislodged and displaced from the
location of their associated graves.
Site is mowed, well maintained, and contains a number of oak trees as
well as yucca and periwinkle. 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 the
surrounding fence lines.
Surveyed By: T.
Klatka & D. Richardson
Survey Date: 9/97
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 observed headstone inscriptions with death dates
that ranged from 1868 through 1996.
However, the presence of uninscribed fieldstone markers and one unmarked
grave may indicate an earlier use of the site.
Site is marked on the USGS Garden City map sheet and on local realty
maps.
The RVHS surveyed this cemetery and documented biographical
information from 18 headstones in the cemetery which predated 1921 (1986: 198-199).
The report also mentioned “two unmarked graves with Turner
surnames”. These two graves were not
observed during the current survey. One
grave with an uninscribed fieldstone marker was observed and it may represent a
graves described by the RVHS as an unmarked grave for the infant of John R. And
Maria Hartman Shifflett.
The following information was collected during the 1997
survey. In the recent past, the graves
for William Barker, Lewis F. Mays, and Nannie A. Barker Mays were exhumed and
reburied in this cemetery The original
grave yard for these three graves was located on Mayland Road and referred to as the “Mays Cemetery I” in
the RVHS report (1986: 158).
Turner-Richardson
Cemetery (continued)
Marker Inscriptions:
Nancy Turner Leo
Turner William
C. Barker
mother of Father
of Born
Alfred Turner Alfred
Turner Died
Jan. 9, 1798 Nov.
6, 1800 I
have fought a good fight
Apr. 3, 1872 Nov.
6, 1872 I
have finished my course
I have kept the
faith 2 TIM IV 7
Clifton R. Payne America
S. Richardson WHH
June 17, 1925 Mar.
12, 1847
Feb. 21, 1928 Apr.
5, 1927
2 Yrs., 8 Mons., 4 days (Uninscribed
fieldstone & (Uninscribed
fieldstone &
A little bud of love cement
brick with incised cement
brick with incised
to bloom with god above letters
ASR are at head letters
WHHR are at head of grave)
of
grave)
Mays In
Loving Memory
Lewis F. Mays James
Coleman
Born June 13, 1843 Turner
Died Feb. 25, 1925
Veteran 5th Va cavalry Co. D 1861-1865
C.S.A. Son
of
His Wife Lester
C. & Doris Craig
Nannie A. Barker Turner
Born Jan. 17, 1843 Brother
of
Died Jan. 24, 1901 Cynthia
Jean
Minny In
Loving Memory Burnett
Babys Turner William
A. Florence M.
Born 1931 Ada
Hawkins Russell Alford Dec. 13, 1875
Died 1931 Aug.
8, 1914 Sept. 18, 1911 Aug. 31, 1950
____________
Laura Mays Tayloe Thomason
turner Calvin
J. Pauline B. Orren O. Bessie Mays
June 13, 1876 June
9, 1906 Feb. 6, 1910 Nov. 16, 1877
Jan. 17, 1958 May
18, 1968 Aug. 24, 1992 Aug. 24, 1969
TURNER Infant
Daughter of Arlen
Turner
(large headstone) LA
& Alma Turner Son
of
Footstone inscribed: Jul.
2, 1929 Luther
A. Turner
W.T. Turner And
Died May 24, 1946 Alma
W. Turner
age 87 years
Preston D. Payne Turner Turner
US Army Estelle
B. William L. Nina M. Billy E.
1929 1989 Nov. 28,
1902 Jan. 3, 1903 Nov. 6, 1938
__________ May 29, 1987 ___________
Turner-Richardson
Cemetery (continued)
Sallie Lou Weaver James
Roscoe Payne Julius
Wife of Feb.
22, 1886
James Roscoe Payne Aug.
16, 1973
Nov. 21, 1891 Uninscribed
fieldstone &
Aug. 3, 1949 Cement
brick with incised letters
JER are at head of grave
Bessie L. Richardson Mason Robert
L. Turner
July 15, 1886 Earl
Thomas Mason
Nov. 18, 1901 25
Aug. 1900 - 28 Aug. 1982
uninscribed fieldstone & Son
of (BOB)
cement brick with incised Nathaniel
Mason & Adelia
letters BLR are at head Nora
Ethel Turner
of grave 24
Mar. 1905 -
Daughter of
William Thomas Turner &
Annie Laura Mays
John R. Shifflett Terry
C. Turner Ralph
L. Turner
Sept. 29, 1870 Mar.
24, 1911
July 30, 1933 June
14, 1942
Gone but not Forgotten
Infant son of James
J. & James J.
Burnett Martha
J. Burnett
Martha Burnett Born
May 3, 1851 wife of James
J. Burnett
????? Born
Died
R.L. Shifflett Bertha
Webb Delia
Webb
Born Oct. 4, 1895 Born
Aug. 16, 1883
Died June 16, 1896 Died
Apr. 2, 1885 Died
Eliza Webb In
memory of our father Charlie
T.
Born Alfred
Turner Son
of W.T. & M.L. Turner
July 17, 1898 Born
May 4, 1825 Born
Died Died
Apr. 22, 1876 Died
Sept. 18, 1898 Our
darling one hath gone before
To
greet us on the blissful shore.
Cornelia M. Turner Emma
E. Turner James
Lee Turner
Born Apr. 21, 1885 Born
Oct. 23, 1870 Born
Died Feb. 22, 1910 Died
June 10, 1898 Died
Let not your heart be troubled Rest, Mother, rest in quiet sleep A precious one from us has gone
Ye believe in God, believe While
friends in sorrow A
voice we loved is still
also in me. o’er
thee weep A
place is vacant in our home
Which
never can be filled.
Turner-Richardson
Cemetery (continued)
Mattie L. In
memory of our mother In
memory of Sarah E. Angel
Wife of Nancy
T. Turner Wife
of
W.T. Turner Died
Dec’r 15th 1868 James
L. Turner
Born Born
???? Born
Feb. 20, 1862 Died
Died
As a wife devoted,
As a mother affectionate
As a friend ever kind
And true