Beaufort, North Carolina

(1863-1865) The child died of yellow fever and was buried in a glass-top casket. Legend has it that vandals dug up the grave and when they cleared the glass of dirt and debris the body was still seen to be preserved. However, when they opened the casket the body disintergrated. Note the ancient wisteria vines overhead.

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(1736-1822) Samuel Leffers was an early schoolmaster. He and his wife, Sarah, owned the Leffers Cottage, now on the Beaufort Historic Site. They also lived in Hammock House, Beaufort's oldest house. Samuel wrote his own epitaph: "Praises on tombstones are but idly spent, A man's good name is his best monument."

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(1812-1877) African American leaders in the education of emancipated slaves and their children at the Washburn Seminary. The school was one of many established in the South by the Congregational Churches of the North following the Civil War.

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(1782-1850) Reverend Arendell is one of 6 Ann St. Methodist ministers buried in the Old Burying Ground. At the time of his death he lived in Morehead City. As there was no cemetery in Morehead City at that time, he was brought to Beaufort for burial.

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(1767-1843) Josiah Bell and his wife, Mary Fisher, lived on Turner Street in a house now on the Beaufort Historic Site. Like his grandfather, Joseph Bell, he was a civic and church leader.

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(1750-1800) His ancestors are believed to have come to America on the Mayflower. He was honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1987.

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The earliest graves were marked with shell, brick, or wooden slabs as stone markers would have to be imported. The vaulted graves, an attempt to protect them from high water and animals, are characteric of this early Colonial period.

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