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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: 2008
Caption:
Captain John Stoney, as mentioned in Marker | Additional Description: " In Memoriam
Captain John Stoney 1749- 1821, native of
Ireland, soldier in the Revolution, planter
on this island, a founder of the Episcopal
Church on Hilton Head, the ancestor of
the Stoneys of South Carolina.Also of his
grandson, John Safford Stoney, eldest
son of John and Elizabeth Gaillard
Stoney, who who died in 1832 in his twenty
fifth year. Their earthly remainswith
those of James Stoney, son of Captaon
John Stoney, who is commemorated by
this tomb, rest where they were interred
in unmarked graves at the northwestern
extremity of this island. The tomb was
removed to this place for safekeeping
May 14,1959."
Submitted: April 3, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p20554
File Size: 0.213 Megabytes
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