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Person Details
 
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Last NameBROWN
First NameJOHN, ESQ
Maiden 
RelationH/O LOIS TAYLOR
Cemetery NumberLC012
Cemetery NameOLD COMMONS BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1761c
Death Day18
Death MonthNOV
Death Year1840
AGE nth Year 80
AGE Years -
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map0198
Stone Materialmarble
Conditiongood
Shapemonument
Carvingmisc. other
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone8
Stone Height (inches)67
Stone Width (inches)24
Exists?
Last Seen Date2010
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"Prisoner long detained below, Prisoner now with freedom blest, Welcomefrom a world of woe, welcome to a world of rest" [SAR: 1776 in Capt George Simmon's Co.; Col. Wm Richmond's Reg't; 1780 in Capt. John Davis's Co.; pensioner]
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