Locality:
Realty Map: 79.01-3-10 Cultural
Affiliation: Indeterminate
USGS Map: Garden
City Landform: Ridge top
Grid Locus: I-1 Elevation: 1040 feet
UTM Easting: 596120 Aspect: Flat
UTM Northing: 4122030
Site Dimensions: 28
by 50 feet
Survey Description:
Site consists of a small cemetery with at least 17 graves. Identified graves included 13 with uninscribed
fieldstone markers and four unmarked graves identified on the basis of ground
surface depressions. Other graves may be
present. All of the observed graves were
oriented to the east and southeast. A
wood post and wire mesh fence once surrounded site; however, only two
deteriorated posts remain. Site is
located is a stand of trees surrounded by mowed grass. Historic plantings include one cedar tree,
one massive oak tree, and periwinkle ground cover. Site was field inspected, and site size was
estimated by pacing the horizontal extent of the observed graves.
Survey Date: 4/98
Field Notes: _x_Yes ___No
Photographs: ___Yes _x__No
References:
1986
Additional Comments:
Collection of oral histories and documentary research may provide social
and temporal information regarding this cemetery. Landowner reported the cemetery was not
maintained when her father purchased the property earlier this century. As a young girl, she saw one descendant visit
the cemetery, but she is not aware of the person’s name. The cemetery is not marked on the USGS Garden
City map sheet, or on local realty maps.
The cemetery was initially surveyed by the RVHS and the labeled the “