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From: Tom Terbush <>
Subject: Re: [D-Col] "Full grave" markers ??
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 05:47:48 -0500
References: <39FC47C1.B35EB891@k2services.com> <000201c04656$f1a618a0$e8a20b9a@laurie>

There are considerable number of "full grave" stones in Virginia dating from
the colonial time. I don't know the reason, wealth, social stature, etc.,
some graves have them and some do not.
Tom Terbush

Laurie Lightfoot wrote:

> Dear Barbara,
>
> I can't answer the question you pose. However, during our brief two
> year stay in NJ (Hunterdon Co & unfortunately, before I knew more than
> the suggestion that my ancestors had first been in the area!) my
> husband & I spent a couple of sunny Sunday afternoons touring the
> countryside and stopping at cemeteries we found along the way. At
> several cemeteries were found markers that appeared to cover the full
> length & width of the grave rather than just mark the head of the
> gravesite. One or two were on the graves of locally significant
> people i.e. a minister or a war hero. Others were not readily
> identifiable as of such significance. Some of these markers were
> truely awesome in the information inscribed ie immigration date &
> where from!
>
> My husband & I have lived in several states east of the Mississipi &
> one state west and are currently in Canada. I've not seen these kind
> of markers anywhere except in NJ.
>
> I've not seen a reply to your post on the list... has anyone sent you
> something on this privately. It is a curiousity to me.
>
> Laurie
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Barbara Terhune <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 10:52 AM
> Subject: [D-Col] Question from a dummy to the Dutch-Colonies
>
> > DUMB THEORY FROM THE BAT CAVE...
> >
> > We recently attended the Terhune Rendezvous 2000 in Piscataway, NJ.
> A group of
> > about 90 Terhunes descended upon the Flatlands DRC cemetery, the
> Hackensack
> > cemetery and Paramus.
> > What a thrill! Just didn't have nearly enough time.
> >
> > ANYWAY, while examining the many old tombstones, my attention was
> caught by the
> > MANY stones
> > that lay flat to the ground almost entirely covered by sod. They
> did not appear
> > to have fallen, their positioning was too precise and level.
> Doubtless there
> > are many more that have been totally obscured by grass.
> >
> > QUESTION: Might these stones, among the oldest (I might add), have
> been placed
> > over the graves of those early settlers who were buried 'under' the
> original
> > church???
> > It seems a logical notion to me - they could not very well place
> upright stones
> > over these graves, but may well have wanted to identify them.
> >
> > I would be very grateful for the insight of those more familiar with
> the history
> > of the early Dutch - cause this old bat *still* has a LOT to
> learn...
> >
> > If this question strikes you as *absolutely* ridiculous, perhaps I
> flew *into*
> > the belfry once too often...
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Barb Terhune (the original old bat)
> >
> > P.S. Please note my new e-mail address - the old ISP just didn't cut
> it anymore.
> > 8^)
> >
> >
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