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Person Details
 
Last NameLOW
First NameJOHN, COL
Maiden 
RelationH/O SARAH [WICKES]
Cemetery NumberWK156
Cemetery NameCOL JOHN LOW LOT
Birth Day19
Birth MonthJUN
Birth Year1731
Death Day22
Death MonthAPR
Death Year1817
WarREVOLUTION
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00035
Stone Materialmarble
Conditionpoor
Shapefancy top
Carvingurn/willow
Legibilitypoor
Number of Graves on Stone1
Stone Height (inches)28
Stone Width (inches)18
Exists?
Last Seen Date2024
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
Notestop half of stone cemented to ground, obscuring rest of inscription. Also a granite marker 17x16 [m. by John Gorton 26 Oct 1755] [SAR: 1775-1777 Lieut. Col. 1st Reg't Kent Co. Militia] [Removed to WK028 where the stone was photographed]
Transcribed ByBENN488;JES