Wade-Lloyd Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  1^st half 20^th c.

Realty Map:          84.04-1-11                              Cultural Affiliation:              Euro-American

USGS Map:           Bent Mountain                     Landform:                              Ridge bench

Grid Locus:            D-5                                          Elevation:                              1660 feet

UTM Easting:       580110                                    Aspect:                                  North

UTM Northing:    4118220

 

Site Dimensions:  60 by 60 feet

 

Survey Description:  Site consists of a small family cemetery with at least 32 graves.  Observed graves included 18 with uninscribed fieldstone markers, 12 unmarked graves visible as ground surface depressions, and two marked with marble headstones.  All of the observed graves ranged in orientation from 80 to 85 degrees east of north.  Other graves may be present.  Site is located in a deciduous forest and historic plantings include periwinkle.  Site was field inspected and surface characteristics were noted.  Site size was estimated by pacing the horizontal extent of the observed graves.

 

Survey Date:         7/98

 

Field Notes:           _x_Yes   ___No

Photographs:        ___Yes  _x_No

 

References:           None

 

Additional Comments:  Assigned temporal period was based on the 1915 and 1933 death dates observed on the two inscribed headstones.  However, the presence of uninscribed fieldstone markers and unmarked graves likely reflects earlier and later uses of the site.  The Lloyd grave is enclosed by a single-stand wire attached to four corner posts of iron.  Roy Ferguson provided site location.  He believed Earnest Walker established the cemetery on his property in the 19^th century.  Documentary research may provide social and temporal information pertaining to this site.  The cemetery is not marked on the USGS Bent Mountain map sheet or on local realty maps.

 

Marker Inscriptions:

 

Bessie May                                                           Eli B. Lloyd

Wade                                                                     Jan. 16, 1879

Born                                                                       July 17, 1933

May 23, 1901                                                         In God’s care

Died May 28, 1915                                               (footstone: EBL)

(footstone: BMW)

 

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