Are any of the tombstones at the little cemetery near the
George Rogers Clark Memorial in Vincennes originals?
-Chris
At 10:34 PM 5/24/00 -0400, you wrote:
I posted this message last night to the INDIANA group on Rootsweb.
Much to my
surprise, I have not received a single response or reply. Any of you know of
any surviving tombstones older than 1805 in Indiana?
I know there are GRAVES older than 1805 here; the question is about STONES
older than 1805.
Lois
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lois Mauk" <LoisMauk(a)home.com>
To: "INDIANA on Rootsweb" <INDIANA-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 10:27 PM
Subject: Oldest Headstone in Indiana?
> Just curious about what might be the oldest headstone in Indiana.
>
> We've got a stone with a death date of 1805 (birth date of 1760) in a
cemetery
> associated with a church which was chartered in 1798. We believe there were
> burials here before 1805, but they aren't documented, of course.
>
> Obviously there were deaths in Indiana before 1805. I'm talking about
> surviving tombstones, not "burial sites".
>
> What's the oldest death date on a tombstone you've found? Any older than
> 1805?
>
> Lois
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