Daughter of Hardaway Davis and Elizabeth Davis.
Jane Hardaway Davis married John Alston on 14 Dec 1799, in Mecklenberg County, Virginia.
Excerpted from a newspaper article* provided by cousin-contributor Betty Anne Roberts is the following:
The coffins had been interred in the usual manner and the vaults, with considerable information carved on the lids, placed over the graves. One was made of marble and was beautifully decorated with artistic carvings. According to Mrs McMurray "this was the marker of John Alston. The marker for his wife, who died much later, was also a vault but much plainer."
...Toiling up the steep slope to the top of the Knob one asks why such an uncompromising site would be selected as a burial ground, and the only answer given was that it seemed nearer Heaven. On reaching the level meadow and beholding the tall grass bending over the markers, hearing the wind sighing through the trees, and feeling the sun and sky so close to your face it appeared to be as good a reason as any.
*"What and Where is Sumner's Knob," by John Weakley Covington, published Thursday, 13 Mar 1969, in The Review-Appeal, Franklin, Tennessee.
Jane Hardaway Davis married John Alston on 14 Dec 1799, in Mecklenberg County, Virginia.
Excerpted from a newspaper article* provided by cousin-contributor Betty Anne Roberts is the following:
The coffins had been interred in the usual manner and the vaults, with considerable information carved on the lids, placed over the graves. One was made of marble and was beautifully decorated with artistic carvings. According to Mrs McMurray "this was the marker of John Alston. The marker for his wife, who died much later, was also a vault but much plainer."
...Toiling up the steep slope to the top of the Knob one asks why such an uncompromising site would be selected as a burial ground, and the only answer given was that it seemed nearer Heaven. On reaching the level meadow and beholding the tall grass bending over the markers, hearing the wind sighing through the trees, and feeling the sun and sky so close to your face it appeared to be as good a reason as any.
*"What and Where is Sumner's Knob," by John Weakley Covington, published Thursday, 13 Mar 1969, in The Review-Appeal, Franklin, Tennessee.
Daughter of Hardaway Davis and Elizabeth Davis.
Jane Hardaway Davis married John Alston on 14 Dec 1799, in Mecklenberg County, Virginia.
Excerpted from a newspaper article* provided by cousin-contributor Betty Anne Roberts is the following:
The coffins had been interred in the usual manner and the vaults, with considerable information carved on the lids, placed over the graves. One was made of marble and was beautifully decorated with artistic carvings. According to Mrs McMurray "this was the marker of John Alston. The marker for his wife, who died much later, was also a vault but much plainer."
...Toiling up the steep slope to the top of the Knob one asks why such an uncompromising site would be selected as a burial ground, and the only answer given was that it seemed nearer Heaven. On reaching the level meadow and beholding the tall grass bending over the markers, hearing the wind sighing through the trees, and feeling the sun and sky so close to your face it appeared to be as good a reason as any.
*"What and Where is Sumner's Knob," by John Weakley Covington, published Thursday, 13 Mar 1969, in The Review-Appeal, Franklin, Tennessee.
Jane Hardaway Davis married John Alston on 14 Dec 1799, in Mecklenberg County, Virginia.
Excerpted from a newspaper article* provided by cousin-contributor Betty Anne Roberts is the following:
The coffins had been interred in the usual manner and the vaults, with considerable information carved on the lids, placed over the graves. One was made of marble and was beautifully decorated with artistic carvings. According to Mrs McMurray "this was the marker of John Alston. The marker for his wife, who died much later, was also a vault but much plainer."
...Toiling up the steep slope to the top of the Knob one asks why such an uncompromising site would be selected as a burial ground, and the only answer given was that it seemed nearer Heaven. On reaching the level meadow and beholding the tall grass bending over the markers, hearing the wind sighing through the trees, and feeling the sun and sky so close to your face it appeared to be as good a reason as any.
*"What and Where is Sumner's Knob," by John Weakley Covington, published Thursday, 13 Mar 1969, in The Review-Appeal, Franklin, Tennessee.
Inscription
John Alston Apr 3, 1781 - Jan 23, 1837 & wife, Jane Hardeway Davis Alston _____ - Oct 22, 1866
Gravesite Details
Stone destroyed. Transcription by Mrs Herman Major & Mrs. Joe Bowman, March 1978; Dorothy E. Smotherman, 1968.
