South Carolina is not a state without native stone. It is known for its
beautiful blue granite. The Kershaw variety was proudly supplied by
South Carolina and predominately used in the construction of the new
National World War II monument in Washington DC.
Monya
Fayette Co. AL list manager
ASTON surname list manager
MUSGROVE surname list manager
THOMPSON surname list manager
Researching: ANDERSON, ANDERSEN (Norway), ASTON, BISHOP, DODSON,
FYLLINGSNES (Norway), GRANT, HARRIS, HOWELL, JORDAN, LESLIE, McDONALD,
MILLIGAN, MORTON, MUSGROVE, OWEN, SOUTH, THOMPSON and WEBSTER
On Jul 13, 2004, at 9:30 AM, Paul Drake wrote:
> I seem to have missed the early discussions re headstones, and so can
> but add that there was no native stone throughout most of Tidewater VA
> and the Carolinas, hence they had no stone available for markers of
> any sort. The result was that only those wealthy enough to import
> stone from the Northern Colonies or bring it east from the
> Appalachians had any raw material from which to carve any grave
> markers whatever.
>
> Thus it is that, while I can direct others to numerous headstones of
> my maternal New England ancestors, not a single such marker exists for
> my usually near-poor VA/NC folks until well into the 19th century.
> Paul
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 7:54 AM
> Subject: Re: headstones
>
>
> ....He left a wife with 5 boys so I just
> assumed they couldn't afford a marker and had a wooden headstone
> erected that
> has long ago disappeared. Any credence to this theory on the use of
> wooden
> markers in hard times and inaccessible places?
> Madaline
> .... Of more recent vintage, there has been an effort in some
> cemeteries to mark all the graves with wooden crosses with a small
> brass plaque
> identifying the grave.
>
> We have also discovered a couple made of stamped metal, as is
> illustrated in
> the photo found here:
> http://www.ls.net/~newriver/graysoncem/perkinswileycem.htm
>
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