I found the headstone at Find-A-Grave.  How secure is it on what looks like soft unstable land?  I have see so many stones that size and smaller sink to one side or another and then topple over. 

The person who built our house in 1812 owned 9-slaves.  He did not leave a will but the property was probated by the court and the slaves listed only by first name in the inventory dated in 1823  (he died in 1820).  I am afraid my quest to locate these individuals would be fruitless but would like to find at least the family to one of them. 


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Eric, to brighten your day,  see the Headstone(Find a Grave website or Google) which I designed,commissioned and financed for William Henderson Peck 1859-1950 in Bosque Bella Cemetary,Fernandina Beach,Florida. He was owned by Wm H Peck and the widow Henderson in Blacksburg,Va. Despite years of research I was unable to determine how he got to Howard University in Washington,DC or what happened to his mother who he listed as Hattie Henderson. Wm H Peck,owner was a notable in Blacksburg before 1863 when he sold everything and moved to Logan Co West Va. Well, Wm H Peck, enslaved became a notable in Florida. I am his descendant and when I found his grave without a Marker/Headstone not too long ago, I corrected the problem. A life well-lived deserved no less. 

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