A work of our Master of the Bold Modern Capitals, decorated with a weeping willow and the epitaph “Weep not for me.”
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William Devore Tombstone, Peters Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
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Sarah Ann Devore Tombstone, Peters Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Sarah Ann Devore died at the age of only 40. Her tombstone is decorated with a cheery little coffin bearing the words, “From whence there is no return.”
This is a new artisan for our collection, whom we shall name the Master of the Bold Modern Capitals for his distinctive adoption of fat lettering imitated from the “modern” types of the early nineteenth century, especially obvious in the very bold letters of the word “DIED.”
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Boyer Obelisk, Peters Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
James Boyer died in 1889; there seems to be plenty of room for other inscriptions here, but none added yet.
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Maits Monument, Peters Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
This monument was probably put up when Sarah Ann Maits died in 1904. John Maits, born in 1830, has no death date filled in; if he is not still alive, he may have married again (at an advanced age, since he was 73 when Sarah Ann died) and been buried elsewhere.
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David Philips Tombstone, Peters Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Captain Philips, who fought in the Revolution, lived to see the fiftieth anniversary of American independence. He is identified as Revd. Philips on his tombstone, and he is buried in the Philips family plot, which is still separated from the hoi polloi by a metal rail. From this one stone we identify a new Master in our collection of folk artists who produced tombstones here two centuries ago: the Master of the Curly Numerals, identifiable by the curled decorations on his numbers. Note also the fine curly script of “The Revd.”
