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Person Details
Last Name
HELME
First Name
POWELL
Maiden
Relation
Cemetery Number
SK026
Cemetery Name
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH YARD
Birth Day
0
Birth Month
Birth Year
1743c
Death Day
27
Death Month
APR
Death Year
1780
War
REVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section
Lot
Map
00003
Stone Material
slate
Condition
fair
Shape
fancy top
Carving
winged cherub/other
Legibility
fair
Number of Graves on Stone
1
Stone Height (inches)
42
Stone Width (inches)
27
Exists?
Last Seen Date
1991
Carver
JOHN STEVENS III
Notes/Misc Details
Notes
pic - "merchant" Jefrey Watson diary: "Powel Helm died and was buried 29 Apr 1780; Dr. Torry preached his funeral sermon." [SAR: 1777 "Able to serve"]
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