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Person Details
 
Last NameWITTER
First NameJOSIAH
Maiden 
RelationH/O TACY; H/O ABIGAIL; H/O DORCAS; [S/O JOSEPH & SARAH (STEWARD)]
Cemetery NumberHP027
Cemetery NameWITTER LOT
Birth Day25
Birth MonthJAN
Birth Year1739
Death Day20
Death MonthJUL
Death Year1828
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00001
Stone Materialmarble
Conditionfair
Shapemonument
Carvingno carving
Legibilityfair
Number of Graves on Stone7
Stone Height (inches)84
Stone Width (inches)19
Exists?
Last Seen Date1994
CarverC. H. ALDRICH, KNST
Notes/Misc Details
NotesMarried 1st Tacy (d/o Zaccheus Reyolds)2 February, 1764; married 2nd Abigail Lawton; married 3rd Dorcas Lawton; LT-Kings County Regt. (1770, Hopk. 2nd Co); 1st LT-Capt. Nathan Peter's Co., Col. Timothy Danielson's Regt. (CT,1775)
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