Site Dimensions: 9 by 15 feet

Survey Description: Site consists of a small cemetery with two graves. Graves are marked by a large granite monument and two small memorial stones that mark the ends of the graves. Graves are covered with white pea gravel. Historic plantings include daffodils and a rose bush at the foot of the graves. A concrete bench is also located at the foot of the graves. Graves are oriented at 103 degrees. The grave site was measured as 9 by 15 feet; however, the cleared area surrounding the grave site measured 28 by 50 feet. Site was field inspected, photographed, and headstone inscriptions were transcribed.

Survey Date: 5/98

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Reference(s): None

Additional Comments: Site is located within a National Park Service property and is situated in a wooded buffer that separates the Blue Ridge Parkway from an adjacent residential development to the east. The cemetery is located about 65 feet east of an embankment that flanks the parkway and about 85 feet west of Chestnut Mountain Drive (Route 1033). It is also about ¼ mile south of the Stewartsville Road (Route 24).

Marker Inscriptions:

A large monument at the head of the graves is inscribed “Baker,” and the following inscriptions appear on small tablets located to the foot of each grave:

Abram K 1873-1934

Allie E. 1875-1933