Stillborn
Thomas S. Klata of the Roanoke Regional Office of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources stated in his 2000 report entitled " Cultural Expressions of Nature in Sacred Contexts: Documentation of Family and Community Cemeteries in Roanoke County, Virginia" that in Southwest Virginia, a simple fieldstone rock represented the first type of grave marker. The use of a fieldstone conveys a sense of tradition, modesty, and simplicity. He cites the grave of Infant Boy Linton as representative of a modest tradition that transcended the social divisions of ethnicity, race, religious affiliations, or social standing and is a good example that the use of inscribed or un-inscribed fieldstone markers remained persistent in Roanoke County through the late 20th century.
Thomas S. Klata of the Roanoke Regional Office of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources stated in his 2000 report entitled " Cultural Expressions of Nature in Sacred Contexts: Documentation of Family and Community Cemeteries in Roanoke County, Virginia" that in Southwest Virginia, a simple fieldstone rock represented the first type of grave marker. The use of a fieldstone conveys a sense of tradition, modesty, and simplicity. He cites the grave of Infant Boy Linton as representative of a modest tradition that transcended the social divisions of ethnicity, race, religious affiliations, or social standing and is a good example that the use of inscribed or un-inscribed fieldstone markers remained persistent in Roanoke County through the late 20th century.
Stillborn
Thomas S. Klata of the Roanoke Regional Office of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources stated in his 2000 report entitled " Cultural Expressions of Nature in Sacred Contexts: Documentation of Family and Community Cemeteries in Roanoke County, Virginia" that in Southwest Virginia, a simple fieldstone rock represented the first type of grave marker. The use of a fieldstone conveys a sense of tradition, modesty, and simplicity. He cites the grave of Infant Boy Linton as representative of a modest tradition that transcended the social divisions of ethnicity, race, religious affiliations, or social standing and is a good example that the use of inscribed or un-inscribed fieldstone markers remained persistent in Roanoke County through the late 20th century.
Thomas S. Klata of the Roanoke Regional Office of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources stated in his 2000 report entitled " Cultural Expressions of Nature in Sacred Contexts: Documentation of Family and Community Cemeteries in Roanoke County, Virginia" that in Southwest Virginia, a simple fieldstone rock represented the first type of grave marker. The use of a fieldstone conveys a sense of tradition, modesty, and simplicity. He cites the grave of Infant Boy Linton as representative of a modest tradition that transcended the social divisions of ethnicity, race, religious affiliations, or social standing and is a good example that the use of inscribed or un-inscribed fieldstone markers remained persistent in Roanoke County through the late 20th century.
Inscription
Metal marker & fieldstone at head
Concrete brick & pipe at foot of grave
Family Members
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