Mr. Samuel Crawford

Died Jan 1, 1696

Buried at Old Burying Ground

Transcription

in memory of Mr. SAMUEL Crawford who was born inthe parish of Menamor County of Londonderry and Kingdom of IRELAND ANNO 1696 he died in the 74th year of his age

Surveyed On
October 17, 2015
Stone Type
slate
Tympanum
face with ornamentation
Border
This stone has a clear two line, medium width outer border aorund its circumference. The tympanum and tablet sections both utilize multiple borders. On the left and right of the tablet section, just inside of the outer border are columns made up of a headpiece as a smaller version of the foundation piece of the tympanum's borders, followed by multipart collar and then bring line pieces down the length of the column.
Remark
It is then offset with a deep, slightly thinner border followed by three lines forming two even thinner borders. The final border is a thick, two line, illustrated border with half circles along it's outside line. All these borders are terminated at a depiction of a multilevel stone foundation. The centerpiece of the tympanum is a winged face. The face appears to be an early middle period rendition. Still using a basic shape (oval) for the face and round eyes (in a six-sided eye lids), some realism is interjected with cheeks and a chin. His hair is depicted as a wig. The wings are of three types; smaller simple figures at the lead edge leading to longer and longer single quill feather depictions.
Physical Status
straight missing_parts
Intelligibility
readable
Biological Contaminants
minor incursion
Buried among fellow family members

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