JACOCKS BURYING GROUND
A monument near the center of the graveyard bears this inscription: North of this grave lies deposited the remains of Thomas Stevenson, Esq., son of Thomas, born April 1st, 1762, and died December 17th, 1801. Sarah Reed, his first wife. And died 27th January, 1796. Elizabeth Ryan, his second and last wife, born October 11th, 1767, and died 22nd of April 1815. William Stevenson, son of Thomas and Sarah, born November 16th, 1786, and drowned in Albemarle Sound, 2nd of February 1806, with Durant Reed, his cousin, son of the late George D. Reed, and both buried in the same grave. And Mary Stevenson, daughter of Thomas and Sarah, born 25th December, 1788, and died March 1809. In this family burying ground also lies interred the remains of Captain William Stevenson, the great ancestor of this family, John, his son, and Thomas, the son of John and grandfather of Margaret, together with their wives and several children. This monument was erected to the memory of the family by the husband of the affectionate Margaret.
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Compiled By Alice Griffin
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