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Subject:	Re: An interesting legend...
From:	Craig Kilby <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:07:14 -0400
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Be my guest!

On Sep 30, 2011, at 2:48 PM, Anne Pemberton wrote:

> Craig,
> 
> May I have your permission to share this on facebook?
> 
> 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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