This grave is marked with a concrete cistern approximately two feet in diameter at the mouth. It's concrete has become very fragile, and the evidence of its long burial and the weathering on what has been exposed to the elements lends belief that it has rested here for a long while. Although not definitive, the placement of this cistern in relation and with the pattern of the other graves, some unmarked, makes it highly probable that it serves as a marker to an unknown grave. A current search for interment records is underway, but they may have been lost in a wildfire that raged across the property, razing the property owner's home in the final week of December 2005. It is currently believed that most of the graves in East View are from the depression era and are the remains of African Americans from that time. However, this grave rests between two stones belonging to military veterans, the youngest stone being erected in 1940. This information will be updated as new information emerges.
For more information, visit the East View Cemetery Lost & Found Project Facebook Page at:
https://www.facebook.com/eastviewproject/
For more information, visit the East View Cemetery Lost & Found Project Facebook Page at:
https://www.facebook.com/eastviewproject/
This grave is marked with a concrete cistern approximately two feet in diameter at the mouth. It's concrete has become very fragile, and the evidence of its long burial and the weathering on what has been exposed to the elements lends belief that it has rested here for a long while. Although not definitive, the placement of this cistern in relation and with the pattern of the other graves, some unmarked, makes it highly probable that it serves as a marker to an unknown grave. A current search for interment records is underway, but they may have been lost in a wildfire that raged across the property, razing the property owner's home in the final week of December 2005. It is currently believed that most of the graves in East View are from the depression era and are the remains of African Americans from that time. However, this grave rests between two stones belonging to military veterans, the youngest stone being erected in 1940. This information will be updated as new information emerges.
For more information, visit the East View Cemetery Lost & Found Project Facebook Page at:
https://www.facebook.com/eastviewproject/
For more information, visit the East View Cemetery Lost & Found Project Facebook Page at:
https://www.facebook.com/eastviewproject/
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