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Person Details
 
Last NameALLEN
First NameJOSEPH VIALL
Maiden 
RelationS/O SAMUEL & RUTH
Cemetery NumberBA003
Cemetery NamePRINCE'S HILL BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1762c
Death Day1
Death MonthOCT
Death Year1780
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
SectionB
Lot 
Map00008
Stone Materialslate
Conditiongood
Shapefancy top
Carvingskull with wings
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2015
CarverDANIEL FARRINGTON
Notes/Misc Details
Notes"lost in ye hurricane that prevailed in ye West Indies" verse: "Think not to find me by this stone,/ Hard fate decreed I should have none." [TWB mentions his service as fer in the Rev. War.] SAR:[fifer on Capt. Thomas Allen's Co. 1775-1777, 1779, 1780]
Transcribed ByBENN949;SS;TBT;VFL