Unidentified African-American girl, drowned in 1916 flood.
While the Devault Farm burial ground is notably the final resting place of the legendary Frankie Silver, who died on the gallows in 1833 for the murder of her mountaineer husband, there has been at least one other burial here. According to local sources, the remains of an unidentified African-American child, a girl who drowned in a 1916 flood, are buried beneath the weathered soapstone marker near Frankie's grave.
While the Devault Farm burial ground is notably the final resting place of the legendary Frankie Silver, who died on the gallows in 1833 for the murder of her mountaineer husband, there has been at least one other burial here. According to local sources, the remains of an unidentified African-American child, a girl who drowned in a 1916 flood, are buried beneath the weathered soapstone marker near Frankie's grave.
Unidentified African-American girl, drowned in 1916 flood.
While the Devault Farm burial ground is notably the final resting place of the legendary Frankie Silver, who died on the gallows in 1833 for the murder of her mountaineer husband, there has been at least one other burial here. According to local sources, the remains of an unidentified African-American child, a girl who drowned in a 1916 flood, are buried beneath the weathered soapstone marker near Frankie's grave.
While the Devault Farm burial ground is notably the final resting place of the legendary Frankie Silver, who died on the gallows in 1833 for the murder of her mountaineer husband, there has been at least one other burial here. According to local sources, the remains of an unidentified African-American child, a girl who drowned in a 1916 flood, are buried beneath the weathered soapstone marker near Frankie's grave.
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