Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Tombstone Tuesday - William Hamilton


Here lies the body of
William Hamilton
Departed this life 
Oct. 27, 1800
Aged 50 yrs.

Buried Livingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery, near Fredonia, Caldwell County, Kentucky. Tombstone photographed 15 March 2013.  This cemetery is on private property near the site of the church and across the Marion Road from the former location of the old town of Centreville, once the seat of justice of Livingston County, Kentucky.

Published 17 June 2014, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/

1 comment:

Ben Around said...

An old one! We can only imagine what this man saw and knew about in his time. Born a British subject, he died an American citizen, in the very young state of Kentucky, undoubtedly seeking out a better life.