ALLEGHANY COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Unknown Cemetery
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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Unknown cemetery:
                  1937 July 14
                  Research made by L. Blanche Bess

Cemetery Location:  On the old Fincastle-Sweet Springs Turnpike, near where
                    Route #18 crosses this old road and not far from the Davy G. 
                    Givens cemetery.
                    Alleghany County



Owners:

Potts Valley Mining and Manufacturing Company, Charleston, West Virginia
G. T. Thayer, Trustee (1937)

Description:

There are a number of graves or mounds, some are unusually large; we believe 
that some are large enough to have been used for burying a man and horse.

For this reason, we think that it may be an Indian burial ground.

We have, up to this time, been unable to find a record of a cemetery at this 
place, and have not met anyone who could tell us when it was established, for 
whom.

Most of the mounds are well-rounded up and very high, considering the length of 
time since they were made.  They are remarkably well defined.

Most of them are large mounds, while here and there we find a small one.

We have interviewed a number of people, but have learned little about this 
place.

Historical Significance:

Several people know, and have known for a number of years, of its existence, but 
they know nothing of its history.  It is well known fact that the Indians roamed 
over this section for a number of arrowheads have been picked up nearby, and 
several tomahawks and battle axes have been found not far away.

The graves are on a hillside, which is now covered with a thick growth of field 
pine.

From the lower side, one may look up and readily distinguish the rows of mounds 
from bottom to top of hill.

We located twenty-eight graves and there are probably more.  The oldest 
residents of this section do not know anything about the origin of this 
cemetery.

Several Boy Scouts are interested in this and plan to investigate further and 
hope to learn something more about this interesting place.  The location is 
good; it is so quiet and restful there in the shadow of the trees where the only 
sounds are the sighing of the pines and the singing of the birds.

It has been said that the first roads built, followed rather closely the Indian 
trails, and as this cemetery is near the first road built in this section, it 
may have followed a trail established by the Indians.

Informants:  Mr. Ira Jamison, Potts Creek, Virginia
             Mr. James P. Sizer


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