Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-05
New Umbrellas.

found the usual number of nails. pieces
- ,,;r,o-stom and some fragments of
pottery.
July 9Th We continued the work IN tne
cbancel We found some nails, one Dig
KEY, small pieces of coffin WOOD. one
niece of coffin handle. pieces OF or1ch'
tiles. and oyster shells, that have oeeh
found in all the graves, pieces Oh Pipe
stem. and two bowls of small clay pipe.
All of these were found five feet oelo"
the offset to foundation. or floor 10 cnah-
eel. The foundation of church wall IN
center of east wall is six and one max
feet We found that the wall Vareo III
denth. that in the southeast corner being
n little more than three feet. The sReie-
tons in this grave were. one six and one
half feet decp. and one foot from east
wall; on top of this another one. two
and one half feet from the east Wall. AT
,he head of this one was found the fcet
Of another skeleton extending INTO the
BODY of the church. The third skeleton
was one foot nearer the surface than the
second
J,llv 10Th. We continued our work and
discovered eighth grave In the chancei'
found the usual pieces of bones. nalis'
pipe-stems, and one small pipe ooWi.
Five feet below the offset, or lever TO ms
chancel, under the brick division no"
separating chancel from body OF church.
found large iron coffin plate. IN corfo oeo
and cr,lmbled state; beneath this plate
were found bones One foot above this
coffin plato, and eighteen inches north OF
it. was a skeleton extending into the
body of the church, seven feet from the
north wall Of the foundation
July 18th We continued our work and
reached the ninth grave and found two
skeletons: one was three feet oeio" leVel
of chanoel: the second one was flve feet
and four inches below IT, We found q
number of nails, pieces of pipe-stem, one
whole pipe bowl with short length OF
stem. several broken pipe bowls. and one
spur, with roweI in it-this. OF course,
much rusted.
ONE STILL LEFT.
This grave is the last one that we
opened. There is one more in the chan
eel next to the north wall. which was
opened and investigated and reported last
year when the work was done there
side by side.
July 18th. We made a last visit to
Jamestown and saw the earth carefully
replaced in the chancel, and thoroughly
rammed. packed and left to settle. the
tiles replaced in safe position, to be per-
manently relaid when the weather in the
fall will permit OF work being resumed.
In summing up results we would say.
that while to the careless or casual OBJ
server it might appear as little in com
parison to the time, labor, and efforts ex-
pended. vet we have gained several i'm
portant facts. In removing the tiles for
the purpose of investigation we found
them resting in a bed of mortar. This
lat IN, nj cssJh-
teen inches of such trash as collects over
the ruins Of any burnt buiding-broken
bricks, and tiles. pieces of plaster dis
colored by fire and smoke, bits of glass,
small fragments of charred wood, dirt,
etc. We then reached another layer of
mortar in which were still few tiles.
the same width as the tiles above, but
one half inch thinner. This mortar was
still in position. and in many places large
stretches of it still showed the imprint of
the tiles. This flooring of tiles extended
the width OF one tile. or nine inches. into
the body of the church, under and be-
yond the present brick division now sep
arating the chancel from the body of the
church. showing that the first chancel
was that much longer. in that direction.
than the dimensions OF the present or
1888 chancel.
We found that the skeletons in the
graves under the chance! do not lie direct
~ east and west. but lie a little from the
northwest TO southeast. following the line
of the little inner wall. rather than the
wall of the 1888 church which the ensi.s
neer last year pronounced to be most
accurately placed according to the points
OF the compass.
A. A. GAIT,
MARY WINDER GARRETT.
Subcommittee.
COST LESS THIS YEAR.