Cook Cemetery

 

Locality: Roanoke County                  Temporal Period:                  4th quarter 19th c., 1st quarter 20th c.

Realty Map:          40.14-2-3                                Cultural Affiliation:              Euro-American

USGS Map:           Stewartsville                         Landform:                              Ridge top

Grid Locus:            A-7                                         Elevation:                              1020 feet

UTM Easting:       659830                                    Aspect:                                  East

UTM Northing:    4130880

 

Site Dimensions:      50 by 54.17 by 50.47 by 61.05 feet

 

Survey Description: Site consists of a family cemetery with at least 21 interments.  Observed graves include: 15 marked with inscribed marble markers, 5 marked with uninscribed fieldstone markers, and one unmarked depression in the ground surface.  Observed graves oriented to the southeast.  Site is covered with a dense growth of vegetation, most of the grave markers have fallen, and only part of the surrounding iron fence remains in place.  Heavy vegetation on ground surface hindered identification of graves; it is possible that other graves are present at the cemetery.  Site was field inspected, photographed, and headstone inscriptions were transcribed and compared to previous site documentation.  Site size was derived from the realty map.

 

Surveyed By:        T. Klatka & D. Richardson

Survey Date:         10/97

 

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 on observed headstones.  These dates ranged from 1884 through 1921.  However, the presence of uninscribed fieldstone markers may indicate an earlier or later use of the site.  Site is marked on realty maps but is not marked on the USGS Stewartsville map sheet.

 

This cemetery was surveyed by the RVHS and biographical information was transcribed and documented from 12 grave markers which predated 1921 (1986: 96).  Not all of the headstones documented by the RVHS were observed during the 1997 survey.

 

Marker Inscriptions:

 

In Memory of                                                        Infant of                                                 George W. Cook

Cora g. Mason                                                      ML & EL                                                Born

wife of                                                                    Cook                                                       Mar. 28, 1827

John W. Mason                                                   Born & died                                          Died

Born                                                                       Aug. 15, 1917                                        Oct. 22, 1909

Sept. 16, 1861

Died

Oct. 18, 1895                                                          Palmer Griffin                                        Annie Huffman

aged                                                                       Cook                                                       Wife of

34 yrs. 1 mo. 1 day                                               Born                                                       S.A. Lawrence

Dearest Loved one we must lay thee                Jan. 22, 1872                                          June 29, 1883

In the peace til graves embrace.                        Died                                                        June 2, 1921

But thy memory will be cherished                     Feb. 15, 1902

Till we see thy heavenly face.

Cook Cemetery (continued)

 

Jennie A. Cook                                                     Robert l. Cook                                       Oscar

Born                                                                       Born                                                       Son of

June 28, 1857                                                         July 30, 1864                                          Thomas & Ida Cook

Died                                                                        Died                                                        Born Aug. 9, 1884

Nov. 1, 1895                                                          May 28, 1893                                         Died July 30, 1888

Aged 28 yrs, 9 mos,

Thomas Cook                                                       28 days

(illegible)                                                                He died in faith and full

Of the holy ghost

 

Jennie A. Cook                                                     Mary Lizzie                                            Infants of

died Oct. 12, 1888?                                               Daughter of                                           T.J. & J.A. Cook

Aged 7 yrs. & 2 Mos.                                          E.J. & Jennie A. Cook                          Asleep in Jesus

Died Oct. 12, 1889

Aged 7 yrs & 2 mos.

 

Headstones recorded by RVHS, but not observed during the current survey:

 

Ida L.                                      John Mason                                          Sallie Mason

Wife of                                   Born Jan. 23. 1852                                Born ??

Thos. L. Cook                       Died May 13, 1901                               Died Jan. 2, 1921

Born

April 18, 1865

Died

Aug. 26, 1884

 

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