Hi Henry... is there a will?  Perhaps, this may give a clue?  It is worth a 
try.
Dolores Cobb Phifer
gr..., great-granddaughter of Ambrose and Mary (nee WHITE) COBBS
   of Kent England and Henrico VA (also Jamestown and Williamsburg)
   (Ambrose COBBS is the son of Angelica (nee HUNT) COBBS, sister of the
   Rev Robert HUNT, first Rector of Jamestown, VA)

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From: "Henry Wiencek" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 6:18 PM
Subject: [VA-HIST] Mystery inscription


The Monticello joiner John Hemmings carved a headstone for his wife with
this inscription:

THE SED
IS PLACED AT THE HEAD
OF MY DEAR AFFECTIONATE
WIFE PRISCILLA HEMMINGS
DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON FRI
DAY THE 7TH OF MAY 1830 AG 54