ROANOKE COUNTY, VA - CEMETERIES – Richardson Cemetery

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Source: Library of Virginia Digital Collection


LVA Titled Files: Survey Report, Harshbarger and Richardson graveyard:
                  1937 Apr. 14
                  Research made by William C. Sponaugle

Cemetery Location:  4 miles north of Roanoke, Virginia, east side of old 
                    Harshbarger Road near Carvin’s Creek, on hill.
                    Roanoke Co., Virginia


DATE:

1817, date of oldest grave.

OWNERS:

It is on the property of H. P. Hinman at the present time (1937), earlier it 
belonged to the noted Richardson family.

DESCRIPTION:

The Richardson family is buried within a stone enclosure, forty by forty feet, 
five feet high, two feet thick, with an iron gate, handmade, five iron rods 
fastened in a square iron frame, three and a half by three and a half feet.  
There  is no enclosure around the other graves which will number possibly fifty 
or more.  The markers are stone, with no inscriptions or marks of 
identification.  Many of them are scattered about over the ground and broken.  
It is a private graveyard and a perpetual reserve.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

The Richardson family was noted for its wealth and vast holdings of land, by 
grants and otherwise.  The same may be said for the Harshbargers and Bonsacks, 
who were among early settlers in this part of the county.  They were German 
descent, and took little interest in the Wars.

The following inscriptions were found:

Julia
Wife of James G. Richardson
Died January 31, 1887


Virgie
Daughter of James G. and Julia Richardson
Born August 7, 1869
Died April 18, 1883


To the memory of
Samuel
Son of John and Susanna Bonsack
Born August 11, 1817
Died December 1st, 1817
Age 3 months, 9 days
Suffer the little Children and forbid them not for
of such is the kingdom of heaven.


In Memory of
John Brubaker
Born the 2nd of October 1833
Died the 16th of February 1835
Age 1 year, 4 months and 13 days


In memory of
Samuel Brubaker
Who was born on the 15th day of September, 1826
and departed this life the 3rd day of December 1826



SOURCES OF INFORMATION:

Informant:  Mrs. Samuel Stone, a descendant of the Harshbargers and Bonsack 
            families.

Tombstone Inscriptions

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