Blankenship Graves

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  Indeterminate

Realty Map:          96.02-1-23/24?                       Cultural Affiliation:              Euro-American

USGS Map:           Bent Mountain                     Landform:                              Ridge top

Grid Locus:            J-7                                           Elevation:                              1400 feet

UTM Easting:       585070                                    Aspect:                                  East

UTM Northing:    4116520 

Site Dimensions:  8 by 8 feet

Survey Description:  Site consists of a small family cemetery with two graves marked with uninscribed fieldstone markers.  The unmaintained and unenclosed cemetery is located adjacent to a gravel driveway.  Historic plantings include some remnant growth of periwinkle.  Site was field inspected and 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:        Collection of oral histories and documentary research may provide social and temporal information regarding this cemetery.  The property owner provided site location and indicated that two members of the Blankenship family were buried in the graves.  The cemetery is not marked on either the USGS Bent Mountain map sheet, or on local realty maps.