"Here lieth the Body of William Blackburn, son of Col. Richard Blackburn. He was born in Glouchester county, in Virginia, the 20th day of October, 1731 and departed this life April the 5th, 1752, in the 21st year of his age. The sad catastrophe of his death was attended by many others, who were whirled out of a pleasure boat, in Potomack River, near the mouth of Quantico, and perished in the merciless waves. His eminent qualities and gentle deportment, gained him the universal esteem of all ranks of people, who honestly mourned the loss of so worthy a person, to whose memory this monument is erected, by his friend John Baylis."
source: Epitaphs and elegies New York published Samuel Wood and sons, Balitmore 1816.
source: Epitaphs and elegies New York published Samuel Wood and sons, Balitmore 1816.
"Here lieth the Body of William Blackburn, son of Col. Richard Blackburn. He was born in Glouchester county, in Virginia, the 20th day of October, 1731 and departed this life April the 5th, 1752, in the 21st year of his age. The sad catastrophe of his death was attended by many others, who were whirled out of a pleasure boat, in Potomack River, near the mouth of Quantico, and perished in the merciless waves. His eminent qualities and gentle deportment, gained him the universal esteem of all ranks of people, who honestly mourned the loss of so worthy a person, to whose memory this monument is erected, by his friend John Baylis."
source: Epitaphs and elegies New York published Samuel Wood and sons, Balitmore 1816.
source: Epitaphs and elegies New York published Samuel Wood and sons, Balitmore 1816.
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