Site Dimensions: 20 by 30 feet

Survey Description: Site consists of a small family cemetery with at least seven interments. Seven of the graves were marked with grave markers. One ground surface depression probably marks an unmarked, eighth grave. Orientation of graves ranged from 122 through 125 degrees. Historic plantings include two large boxwoods, yuccas, and a lush groundcover of periwinkle. An ornate iron fence encloses the cemetery. A gate is located on the northwest side of the fence, and recent timber falls have damaged sections of the fence. Site is not maintained, filled with fallen timber, and the lush groundcover hindered recognition of graves. Most of the headstones have been dislodged and are broken and partially buried. Location of graves marked by intact footstones and bases for headstones. Surface evidence suggests two places for graves are unused, but this is not certain. Site was field inspected, photographed, and headstone inscriptions were transcribed and compared to previous site documentation. Site size measured 28.5 by 30 feet, but local real estate maps list site size as 20 by 30 feet.

Survey Date: 4/98

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 death dates observed on headstones and reports of death dates published in the RVHS report. These dates range from 1862 through 1904. The presence of a probable unmarked grave may reflect an earlier or later use of the site. Site is marked on local real estate maps but is not marked on the current edition of the U.S.G.S. Garden City map sheet. A lush growth of periwinkle continues outside of the southwest fence; however, evidence for additional graves was not observed

The Bandy-Crockett Cemetery was first documented by the RVHS (1986: 5). Discussion of the cemetery in their report was informed by an oral account of information recorded in a family bible. Apparently, the cemetery was not field inspected. Biographical information was provided seven members of the Bandy-Crockett family and two members of the Owens family; however, a further notation states the uncertainty of where the Owens family members were buried. The following information was transcribed from inscriptions on headstones that were observed during the current survey. Portions of the inscriptions on the observed headstones were illegible due to erosion, fragmentation of the stones, or partial burial of the stones. Fortunately, this information was recorded in the RVHS report and is reprinted here in bold, italic font.

Bandy-Crockett Cemetery (continued)

Marker Inscriptions:

J. C. Bandy Born May 10, 1826 Died Feb. 3, 1904 (footstone: JCB) Joseph W. Bandy Born Oct. 22, 1824 Died Oct. 26, 1893 (fallen stone; footstone: JWB) James T. Bandy Born Mar. 3, 1851 Died Jan. 14, 1867 (headstone dislodged & broken; footstone: JTB)

Sarah F. Wife of J. C. Bandy Born Sept. 6, 1825 Died Nov. 11, 1902 (fallen stone, footstone: SFB) Richard Bandy Born Feb. 25, 1780 Died Apr. 4, 1862 (dislodged & broken headstone; footstone: RB)

Margaret Bandy Born Sept. 20, 1790 Died July 24, 1886 (broken, fallen headstone; footstone: MB) Calvin J. Bandy Dec. 11, 1845 June 6, 1866 (headstone dislodged, broken, part buried, part illegible; footstone: CJB)