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Locality: Realty Map: USGS Map: Grid Locus: UTM Easting: UTM Northing: |
Roanoke County 99.00-01-32.02 Garden City J-7 597250 4117310 |
Temporal Period: Cultural Affiliation: Landform: Elevation: Aspect: |
20 th century Euro-American Ridge bench 1180 feet Flat |
Site Dimensions: 60 by 60 feet
Survey Description: Site consists of a small family cemetery with four graves. Two graves are marked with an inscribed, granite double headstone and two graves are marked with metal markers and cement blocks. One of the graves is also covered with a strip of green indoor/outdoor carpet. All of the graves contain plastic flowers and each is oriented due east. Site area is covered with a young, sparse growth of deciduous trees and historic plantings include periwinkle. Site was field inspected, photographed, and grave marker inscriptions were transcribed and compared to previous documentation. Site size was derived from local realty maps.
Survey Date: 9/99
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: _x_Yes ___No
References: None
Additional Comments: Assigned temporal period was based on the 1949 through 1989 range of death dates
inscribed on observed headstones. The cemetery is not marked on the USGS Garden City map sheet, but it is
marked on local realty maps and labeled as the “Atkins Cemetery.”
Marker Inscriptions:
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Neveda Atkins Mann 1918 1989 (metal marker with cement block) Atkins Joseph Father Nov 20, 1871 Feb. 20, 1950 Lucy Settle Mother Oct. 17, 1875 Aug. 30,1949 |
Duke Harris Atkins 1920 1988 (metal marker with cement block and carpet cover) |