Site Dimensions: 85 by 105 feet

Survey Description: Site consists of a family and community cemetery with two internal divisions and 41 graves. The eastern part of the cemetery includes 26 graves with inscribed markers enclosed within a wood post and rail fence that measures about 50 by 85 feet. The unenclosed, western part of the cemetery contains at least 15 graves in an area that measures about 55 by 85 feet. Graves observed in this section include eight with inscribed markers, five with uninscribed fieldstone markers, and two ground surface depressions without markers. All of the observed graves were oriented to the east and southeast. The entire cemetery is covered with mowed grass; one boxwood is located in the eastern part and one cedar tree is located in the western part. Site was field inspected, photographed, and grave marker inscriptions were transcribed and compared to previous documentation. Site size was estimated by pacing the horizontal extent of the observed graves.

Survey Date: 10/98

Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: _x_Yes ___No

References: Roanoke Valley Historical Society
1986 Roanoke County Graveyards Through 1920. Privately printed, RVHS, Roanoke.

Works Progress Administration of Virginia, Historical Inventory, Roanoke County, Virginia, Document #104.

Additional Comments: Assigned temporal period was based on the 1864 through 1992 range of death dates inscribed on observed headstones. However, the presence of uninscribed fieldstone markers and unmarked graves may reflect an earlier use of the site. The cemetery is located at the intersection of Route 11/460 (West Main Street) and Route 940 (Fallbrooke Drive). The cemetery is marked on the USGS Glenvar map sheet and labeled as the “Givens Cem.” It is not marked on local realty maps.

This cemetery was initially surveyed in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration of Virginia and recorded as the “Chapman Bane Cemetery” in Document #104 of the Historical Inventory of Roanoke County, Virginia. The cemetery was described as “…private, fenced and well kept.” Biographical information was documented for Chapman Bane’s grave (Chapman Bane / Died July 25, 1864 / Age 51 years).

The cemetery was also surveyed by the RVHS and documented as the “Bane-Givens Cemetery” (1986: 7). The cemetery was described as “…well kept with several large boxwoods” and three internal divisions. The western section was described as a community plot. The middle section was used by the Bane and Givens families and the eastern section was used by the Moses family. (The middle and eastern sections are now enclosed by the post and rail fence.) The RVHS also reported, “to the west of the entire cemetery, blacks and some slaves were buried, but there is nothing now to indicate any graves.” During the 1998 survey, a field inspection in this western area failed to identify any additional graves.

Bane-Givens Cemetery (continued)

Marker Inscriptions:

I. Eastern section enclosed by post and rail fence.

Norma Joan Givens 1935 – 1943 Daughter of Frank & Thelma Louisa Bane Died 1934 Ellen Z. Givens July 14, 1879 Infant son of Wm & Cynthia Bane John W. Givens 1876 – 1921 Infant Son of Woodson & Ella Givens Nashwell R. Tyler Oct. 11, 1910 – July 14, 1983 Absent from the body, present With the Lord. 2 Cor. 5:8 Romans 8:35-39 John 3:16 Charles W. Moses Sept. 21, 1846 Dec. 21, 1932

Frank J. Givens 1906 – 1937 Thelma Robertson Givens 1912-1979 Thelma–buried Sanford, Fla. Chapman Bane 1813 – 1864 Mary Thern Bane Died 1882 Givens Robert E. Jr. June 02, 1921 Mar. 11, 1980 Melva Walton Aug. 19, 1913 Mar. 25, 1992 Married Mar. 13, 1942 Kent Givens 1886 – 1958 Mary Chapman Givens 1877 – 1903 Mary Bane Givens 1850 – 1932 Husband Nashwell Buried Buena Vista, Va. Wm. Riewestahl Died 1941 Texas S. Moses July 25, 1856 Dec. 18, 1940 (associated obelisk inscribed "C.S.A. Moses").

Givens Oscar Lafayette 1870 – 1934 Sarah Frances 1868 – 1928 (footstones: OLG / SFG) Robert R. Givens Aug. 16, 1879 Aug. 19, 1958 Emmett J. Givens 1868 – 1960 Woodson C. Givens 1844 – 1890 Ella Bane Givens 1848 – 1933 Annie Givens Sadler 1872 – 1940 Rebecca J. Moses Jan. 31, 1870 Feb. 13, 1952 (footstone: RJM)

Bane-Givens Cemetery (continued)

II. Unenclosed western section.

Peters James B. Oct. 28, 1856 Jan. 18, 1938 Miram Duncan June 7, 1857 Apr. 26, 1936 James Howard McDaniel Virginia MOMM3 USNR World War II Korea March 12, 1915 February 07, 1961

Spangler Herbert Edward May 20, 1882 March 08, 1973 Mattie E. Sept. 7, 1890 June 11, 1981 Jewel M. Roop Apr. 1, 1855 July 25, 1942 Weep not, he is at rest.

Richard B. Body June 6, 1889 Oct. 29, 1940 J.F. Martin Nov. 23, 1868 Aug. 21, 1941 Gone but not forgotten