Cemetery
Relocation, Identification, and Documentation
CRA offers a variety of services regarding historic and modern cemeteries, including relocation of graves, identification of unmarked graves, cemetery boundary delineation, and cemetery documentation. Although it is only in the worst case scenario that it would be necessary for graves or an entire cemetery to be relocated, CRA can provide this service in a respectful and efficient manner. CRA can also provide clients with an accurate count of the number of interments present, their locations, and the overall boundaries of a cemetery. CRA can also record all aspects of a cemetery, including detailed documentation of gravemarker inscriptions, types of monuments, and gravemarker materials.
Cemetery Services
- cemetery boundary delineation
- cemetery documentation
- grave relocation
- unmarked grave identification
Cemetery Project Examples
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Evans Cemetery
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Client: Potesta & Associates, Inc.
Project Description: This project consisted of the relocation of 106 historic and modern graves that dated circa 1875 through 1988 from the Evans Cemetery (46Md62) in McDowell County, West Virginia. Fifteen graves were subjected to full archaeological excavation and analysis. Working closely with a funeral director, the remaining historic-period graves (i.e., pre-1956) were disinterred by funeral home personnel, and the recovered materials were analyzed in the field by CRA’s bioarchaeologist. All graves were reinterred at modern cemeteries, most of which were in the newly established Relocation Evans Cemetery in Bradshaw, West Virginia.
Ward Hall Cemetery
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Client: Ball Homes, LLC.
Project Description: This project consisted of the relocation of nine historic period graves at the Ward Hall Cemetery (15Sc292) in Scott County, Kentucky. The cemetery was composed of African-American slaves who were owned by Junius R. Ward circa 1830 through 1865. One additional interment was made circa 1890–1900. The population consisted of three adults and six infants and children. All individuals for which skeletal remains were recovered exhibited evidence of pathology, including degenerative skeletal changes, such as osteoarthritis, and porotic hyperostosis, abnormal bone loss and formation, and a probable gunshot wound. Dental pathologies included caries, periodontal disease, and abscesses.