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Person Details
 
Last NameVIALL
First NameSAMUEL
Maiden 
RelationH/O RUTH [ALLEN]; [S/O NATHANIEL & ALLETHEA]
Cemetery NumberBA006
Cemetery NameALLIN BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1730c
Death Day22
Death MonthAPR
Death Year1777
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map 
Stone Materialslate
Conditiongood
Shapefancy top
Carvingurn/willow
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date 
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"lost his life by an explosion of gunpowder aboard a galley [Spitfire] in the Revolutionary War" [First Lieut on Row Gally Spitfire in March 1776]
Transcribed ByJNA;TWB;EDA