Craig,

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Anne

On 9/29/2011 7:27 PM, Craig Kilby wrote:
> I have to chuckle at some of the epitaphs and legends that come with some of the burials I find while working on the upcoming book of  War of 1812 Veterans' Burials in Virginia.
>
> This one is priceless:
>
> "Legend tells us that he was so mean to his wife that she buried him face down and covered his grave with a with a three foot wall of stone and placed one huge stone on top of that to ensure he would never return to this earth."
>
> This was for John Gilliam, died 1828 in Buckingham County.  We don't know the name of the widow.
>
> Craig Kilby
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