In a message dated 7/8/2004 12:23:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > Speaking of Quaker cemeteries, was there a trend not to mark graves with > headstones during the 1790s? Dr. Elisha Dick, who attended George > Washington's > last illness, was buried in the Quaker cemetery in Alexandria when he died. > There seem to be no stones there. Would anyone know of any records that > could be > used to locate the grave? > John Shroeder > John, Joyce and Deboray, Regarding Quakers and use of headstones, to quote from a post by Thomas Hamm of Earlham College (Quaker) to the Quaker-Roots list many years ago (and message oft-repeated): "...To answer your question on tombstones, until around 1850, the Discipline of the various American yearly meetings of Friends, whether Hicksite or Orthodox, was clear--Friends were not supposed to have tombstones. In practice, the enforcement varied drastically.....Pre-1850 markers in Quaker burying grounds around Philadelphia are rare, whether Hicksite or Orthodox...On the other hand, some meetings were apparently more liberal. I have found markers in North Carolina Quaker graveyards that obviously date to the eighteenth century...." (http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/QUAKER-ROOTS/1998-06/0899129822) In other words, it was very likely that there never was a headstone for Dr. Elijah Dick. However, and Joyce correct me if I am wrong, but there is a brick/stone monument to Elijah Dick on the front grounds just to the east of the entrance to the Queen Street Library, and one can always hike a mile or so to the Masonic Temple and take a look at George Washington's wooden teeth and other artifcats. Finally, the list to which I believe Deborah Byrd was referring is the rootsweb Quaker-Roots list. One can view the archives by date by entering the name "Quaker-Roots" at archiver.rootsweb.com. Or can search the archives by entering the list name at searches2.rootsweb.com. To subscribe send an email to [log in to unmask] Subject: Mailing List. Message (only one word): subscribe. Best Regards, Janet Hunter (in California) To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html