Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Inscription
Beneath this stone
molders
the body of Captain William Burrows,
Late Commander
of the
United States Brig Enterprise,
who was mortally wounded
On the 5th of Sept. 1813,
In an action which contributed
to increase the fame of
American valor, by capturing
His Britannic Majesty's
Brig Boxer,
after a severe contest of
forty-five minutes,
Aet. 48.
A passing stranger* has erected this monument of respect to the manes of a patriot, who in the hour of peril obeyed the loud summons of an injured country; and who gallantly met, fought and conquered the foeman.
Family Members
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