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Person Details
 
Last NameTHORNTON
First NameBORDEN
Maiden 
Relation[H/O PHEBE CARPENTER CHAFFEE]; H/O HOPE [GREENE]
Cemetery NumberPV012
Cemetery NameRICHARD THORNTON LOT
Birth Day14
Birth MonthMAR
Birth Year1762
Death Day15
Death MonthFEB
Death Year1838
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00002
Stone Materialmarble
Conditionpoor
Shapesquare top
Carvingno carving
Legibilitypoor
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)36
Stone Width (inches)20
Exists?
Last Seen Date1994
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notes[DAR: trumpeter RI] see children in CR034 [SAR: 1777 in Light Hoese Co., Capt. General's Cacaliers; 1778-1781 served 2-8 months each year as a Trumpeter]
Transcribed ByJES