ROANOKE COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Brown Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, The Brown graveyard:
                  1937 Apr. 17
                  Research made by William C. Sponaugle

Cemetery Location:  4 miles north of Roanoke, Virginia, on the west side of the 
                    Lee Highway on a hill, and near the intersection of the 
                    Salem and Hollins Road, south.
                    Roanoke Co., Virginia


DATE:

1843, date of oldest grave.

OWNERS:

The farm on which this graveyard is located is owned by H. H. Akers at the 
present time. (1937)

DESCRIPTION:

It was a private graveyard, and a small part is within a small iron fence where 
the Browns are buried.  The rest of the graves are in the open field, and will 
number about thirty or more.  There are only stone markers and no marks or 
inscriptions to make any kind of identification.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

This family of Browns at one time were very wealthy and were large land owners.  
They were among the early settlers in this part of the county, possibly as early 
as 1790.

The following inscriptions were found on a small monument within the iron 
enclosure.

Joseph C. Brown died 1855, age 5 weeks
Adaletta L. Brown died 1861, age 21-3
George T. Brown died 1843, age 2 years
Benjamine F. Brown died 1854, age 5 months



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informants:  Mr. Earnest Weaver, Salem, Virginia
             Mr. John Anderson, Salem, Virginia

Tombstone Inscriptions

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