Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-15
ANCIENT EPITAPHS.
TRANSCRIPTS FROM SOME
VIRGINIA TOMBSTONES.
Licut.-COl. ThOs. Claiborne ana
VIM. Burnet BrOwDe--SOme
of Their Connections.
rFor the Dispatch.

In recent article in the DISPATCH
headed "Old Epitaphs Inquired For
the writer, "W. q. g." asks for copies
of epitaphs prior to 1870. We give you
copies Of a few inscriptions on old
tombs.
About fourteen miles below King Will
liam Courthouse and about five miles
above West Point is the large estate
called Romancoke.' formerly the
abode Of Colonel William Claiborne,
secretary Of the colony for thirty years
and member of the Council and House
OF Burgcsses as early As 1924. Inns
estate was subsequently owned 10y ".
W. p. Gusts and now owned 10y Robert
+. Lee, Jr.
On this plantation, near the ROAD and
not far from the gate of "Chelsea tine
former residence Of BERNARD Moore
who married a daughter OF Governor
Spotswoodi is the tomb of Lieutenant
Colonel Thomas Claiborne, said to nave
been killed by u wound III the loot from
an Indian arrow.
U.-e lyeth inferred go body 81
o. Colonel Thomas ClayooHne'
He departed the life On yc dtJ Oh Ottooe''
NnnO DOmint 1888
Etaiis suas 80, mo- au1 Il d'
inscriptions on tombs at sweet
Hall, In King william county, rev
miles from the Pamunkey river, formerly
one Of the residences Of the Claiborne
family. and owned some years before
the late war 10y Mr. Stirling Llpscomo'
Here layos Inferred ,hc body Of
Cap Thomas tlqiu1rne,
a son of C0u. Thomas Ga borne 90
ana grandson tu William iaiuorpe, L7'l' 0e're-
tary OF virginia. 80,
| lie departed this lifo August the 10 day fV-'
Here also lies tho body q
Mrs. Ann Claiborne,
tho wife o' Can. Thomas Claiborne
daughter ~ Mr.. Henry Fox,
borne ye - day Of June, lhSi
She departed this life We day Of May, l704
Aged ~ years 10 months and Il days.
Here lies inferred the bodyo OF
Mr. THONGS Claiborne, Ir.,
who WIS Clark Of Stafford county
son Of capt. ll1mes Claiborne grinison 20
! Coin. Thomas Claiborne, and grcat-craud-
SON to William Claiborne, Esir, who
was secretary of virginia.
| He was borne 80 Gh Of January, 'u4' ara de-
rffH.I LIIn llfN Ff' NEfl 'l if'H''ili.if t'''
Aged 81 years 10 months and ~ 0ays.
Higher NJ on the Pamunkey river and
| about eight or nine miles from hlng
William Courthouse, is " Elaing Green,
the residence OF Hon. William burnet
Browne, grandson Of Hon. William Bur
net Browne, Governor Of New York and
New England and great-grandson OF
Bishop Gilbert Burnet. author Of " His
tory of the Reformation and Of his
own Times. &c.
At this seat. the former residence OF
Herbert Claiborne, who married adaugh-
ter OF William Burnet Browne, and now
owned by the Gregory family, Is line
marble tomb with the following inscrlp-
ton:
Here lies the body Of
| william Buruet Browne. Esq,
who was born a, salem, IN New England Octo-
ber the +, 1898,
| and departed this lue the q day OF My J 80
nc hi scat IN King William county, Nirgibla'
| He married Judnta. the dauchicr OF Charles
Carter. u Glove, YIginin; left three deugh-
tsrs surviving him. IN infant son ana
daughter ne hero Inferred with MIN;
Also Is his sister, Mary Browne. OF Salem
Some Of these inscriptions were copleC
many years before the war 10y the Hon
Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne. of Frank
lin county, for many years q member o
Congress from that district, and from
his great learning sometimes called th'
Walking Library, and the tombs ma.
he defaced or may have persisted.
JANUARY 10, 1893. II. A. "
The mother Of Mrs Ann Fox Claiborne wa
Ann. daughter % the second Jonn West Wh
was son OF Governor John West, the tWeltt
! Grid ~ Thomas, second Lord I' Ia Warr'
Sec Genesis OF tue United states, pas5 lOi'
| Alexander Brown.