Hollingsworth possessed large land holdings in Edgefield County, S.C., but moved to the red clay hills of North-Central Florida in order to plant long staple cotton for which there was a flourishing market. He called his plantation of over 1,000 acres "Mt. Vernon".
The original marker, placed by his son, John H. Hollingsworth, in 1841 was defaced by vandals soon after it was erected. The present marker, erected in 1845, was made in Charleston, S.C., of Italian marble. The four-foot iron fence surrounding the plot has in each panel the replica of a palm tree. On the face of the lofty monument is the name in two-and-one-half inch black letters. On the back is etched a laurel wreath enclosing the inscription below.
The original marker, placed by his son, John H. Hollingsworth, in 1841 was defaced by vandals soon after it was erected. The present marker, erected in 1845, was made in Charleston, S.C., of Italian marble. The four-foot iron fence surrounding the plot has in each panel the replica of a palm tree. On the face of the lofty monument is the name in two-and-one-half inch black letters. On the back is etched a laurel wreath enclosing the inscription below.
Hollingsworth possessed large land holdings in Edgefield County, S.C., but moved to the red clay hills of North-Central Florida in order to plant long staple cotton for which there was a flourishing market. He called his plantation of over 1,000 acres "Mt. Vernon".
The original marker, placed by his son, John H. Hollingsworth, in 1841 was defaced by vandals soon after it was erected. The present marker, erected in 1845, was made in Charleston, S.C., of Italian marble. The four-foot iron fence surrounding the plot has in each panel the replica of a palm tree. On the face of the lofty monument is the name in two-and-one-half inch black letters. On the back is etched a laurel wreath enclosing the inscription below.
The original marker, placed by his son, John H. Hollingsworth, in 1841 was defaced by vandals soon after it was erected. The present marker, erected in 1845, was made in Charleston, S.C., of Italian marble. The four-foot iron fence surrounding the plot has in each panel the replica of a palm tree. On the face of the lofty monument is the name in two-and-one-half inch black letters. On the back is etched a laurel wreath enclosing the inscription below.
Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF
JOHN HOLLINGSWORTH
Born Winchester Co., Virginia 1773
Died Jefferson County, Florida, Aug.12, 1841
"PEACH TO HIS ASHES"
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