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Here in the old Bowen house, lived the Johnson family and here Robert Johnson was born nearly eighty-two years ago.
This day the group, of whom all but one, in one way or another, have either direct or collateral relationships to those buried. Four of the group are members of The Children of Shenandoah who are accumulating information on cemeteries within the park lands with permission from family representatives or members.
Our objectives were to document the size, number of burials, photograph and do a little cleaning up. Incidentally, Rob Sherwood was kind enough to video our activities. Another objective was to find the slave graveyard.
We uncovered some halfburied fieldstone markers and discovered inscriptions on them. We hacked down some of the dense spicewood bushes and marked the corners of the graveyard. Measuring approximately fifty feet by one hundred fifty feet it had been surrounded by a woven wire fence, remains of which, along with a few time worn fence post were yet visible. Number of burials was not determined due to the underbrush. Cleaning here is necessary for an accurate count. There were ten inscribed stones.
After taking a lunch break, we proceed to find the slave graveyard. According to other sited sources this was in a northwesterly direction about 500 yards. We scoured around for awhile and eventually found it.
Periwinkle, always a good sign, did not fail us this time.
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