----- Original Message ----- From: Fredric Z. Saunders <fzsaund@ix.netcom.com> To: <MOJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 9:22 AM Subject: [MOJEFFER] RE: Herrington Cemetery > >(A stone that is slanted & worn. The name Elizabeth is there, but the rest > >is ?) > >Bartholomew Herrington_ 4 / 10 / 1740 - 9 / 28 / 1821. 82 years. A plaque >is > >located on the front of the grave stating that he was a Revolutionary War > >soldier. DAR. > >Elizabeth Herrington_ Died 3 / 16 / 1817. 90 years. > > Do you happen to remember the condition, type, or have an estimate as to the age of these stones? In other words, are they original (placed 1821) or are they later replacements? > > For Bartholomew, a reading which someone sent me about 25 years ago stated it said he died 28 September 1821 in the 82nd year of his age [no listing of a birth, and 82nd year of his age and age 82 are different]. They were of the opinion that neither Bartholomew or Elizabeth were original stones, but later replacements. I have had officers of the Herrington Cemetery Association tell me they are original stones. As someone perhaps impartial, what is your opinion of their age? > > Bartholomew's widow Elizabeth was clearly living past 1817, as in 1837 she testified for the Revoliotionary War pension application of William DRENNON that her husband Bartholomew had died about 16 years ago, that she had been acquainted with William DRENNON upwords of 30 years, and heard her husband and William DRENNON talk of being in the service in the U. S. army. She is probably the aged female living with her son Joshua HERRINGON in 1840. These two facts would suggest that she perhaps died in 1847, and that if the markers are not original (1817 and 1821) that someone misread a faded 1847 as 1817 when having a new marker made. > > Rick Saunders > Well, that gives me something to go & re-check. The stones are original, but they are encased with a new form of concrete to protect them from wear. The outer concrete is the inscription I took the information from. The inner, original stone was legible, but I just assumed the information on the new inscription was correct. The stones that are encased are three: Bartholomew, Elizabeth, & Sarah. The slanted, worn stone that said Elizabeth, was a different person. Bartholomew was 81 actually when he died, & the numbers substantiate that (1740 - 1821). He was into his 82nd year, which was the way the inscription read, I just did not present it as such. That would mean that Elizabeth was not 90 but 89, for she was into her 90th year. Thanks for pointing this out. These stones have been taken care of extremely well & are the correct size, material & construction for the period. Desoto Joe/The Record Man