Bowman-Schilling Cemetery

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  20^th c.

Realty Map:          93.00-1-24                              Cultural Affiliation:              Euro-American

USGS Map:           Elliston                                   Landform:                              Ridge bench

Grid Locus:            K-8                                          Elevation:                              2940 feet

UTM Easting:       576700                                   Aspect:                                  Southwest

UTM Northing:    4115830

Site Dimensions:  50 by 50 feet

Survey Description:  Site consists of a small family cemetery with four graves enclosed by a metal fence.  All of the observed graves were marked with inscribed headstones.  It is not known if other graves are present in the cemetery.  Historic plantings include one white cedar tree, hemlock, and hydrangea.  Site was field inspected and grave marker inscriptions were transcribed.  Site size was estimated by pacing the horizontal extent of the surrounding fence lines.

Survey Date:         10/98

Field Notes:           _x_Yes   ___No

Photographs:        ___Yes  _x_No

References:           None

Additional Comments:        Assigned temporal period was based on the 1925 through 1952 range of death dates inscribed on observed headstones.  The cemetery is not marked on the USGS Elliston map sheet or on local realty maps.

Marker Inscriptions:

Benjamin Bowman                               Julia Henry                                                            Oscar H. Schilling

Feb. 6     1845                                        Wife of                                                                   Oct. 25, 1875

Nov. 13  1925                                        Benjamin Bowman                                               Feb. 28, 1939

                                                                May 22, 1858

                                                                Nov. 3, 1928

Schilling                                 Virginia Schilling

(it is not known if this                         1881        1952

large monument marks                        (metal marker)

any graves or if it represents

a family monument.)