This tomb of Mary Bill was located one-half mile south at the original site of St. Luke’s church and was moved to this site in 1988 for preservation and in honor of the Bull family who gave the land for the original church in 1786.
INSCRIPTION FROM THE BULL TOMB, ON THE PLANTATION OF THE LATE F. H. VERDIER, NEAR BLUFFTON, S. C. The following inscription was furnished by F. Horton Colcock, Esq; and is of interest because it supplies the maiden name of the wife of Wm. Robert Bull (born 1762) which is not given in the Bull genealogy in this Magazine, (vol. I, page 89.) 175 176 so. CA. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE. In Memory of Mary Bull, wife of Wm. Robt. Bull | Daughter to James & Margaret Cameron, | Of the Island of Antigua in the West Indies | Who departed this life after a painful illness | On the 3rd of Nov. 1793 age 28 years. | [sixteen lines of eulogy] Here also Lieth the body of | Robt. Wm. Bull, | Second son of Wm. Robt. & Mary Bull, | who departed this Life on the 1st of Nov. 1793 | Aged 1 day | Sleep lovely Babe & take thy given rest, | God called thee early home, He thought it best.
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Pages 175-176 (on .pdf pages 199-200)
INSCRIPTION FROM THE BULL TOMB, ON THE PLANTATION OF THE LATE F. H. VERDIER, NEAR BLUFFTON, S. C. The following inscription was furnished by F. Horton Colcock, Esq; and is of interest because it supplies the maiden name of the wife of Wm. Robert Bull (born 1762) which is not given in the Bull genealogy in this Magazine, (vol. I, page 89.) 175 176 so. CA. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE. In Memory of Mary Bull, wife of Wm. Robt. Bull | Daughter to James & Margaret Cameron, | Of the Island of Antigua in the West Indies | Who departed this life after a painful illness | On the 3rd of Nov. 1793 age 28 years. | [sixteen lines of eulogy] Here also Lieth the body of | Robt. Wm. Bull, | Second son of Wm. Robt. & Mary Bull, | who departed this Life on the 1st of Nov. 1793 | Aged 1 day | Sleep lovely Babe & take thy given rest, | God called thee early home, He thought it best.
https://ia801800.us.archive.org/14/items/southcarolinahis17sout/southcarolinahis17sout.pdf
Pages 175-176 (on .pdf pages 199-200)
This tomb of Mary Bill was located one-half mile south at the original site of St. Luke’s church and was moved to this site in 1988 for preservation and in honor of the Bull family who gave the land for the original church in 1786.
INSCRIPTION FROM THE BULL TOMB, ON THE PLANTATION OF THE LATE F. H. VERDIER, NEAR BLUFFTON, S. C. The following inscription was furnished by F. Horton Colcock, Esq; and is of interest because it supplies the maiden name of the wife of Wm. Robert Bull (born 1762) which is not given in the Bull genealogy in this Magazine, (vol. I, page 89.) 175 176 so. CA. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE. In Memory of Mary Bull, wife of Wm. Robt. Bull | Daughter to James & Margaret Cameron, | Of the Island of Antigua in the West Indies | Who departed this life after a painful illness | On the 3rd of Nov. 1793 age 28 years. | [sixteen lines of eulogy] Here also Lieth the body of | Robt. Wm. Bull, | Second son of Wm. Robt. & Mary Bull, | who departed this Life on the 1st of Nov. 1793 | Aged 1 day | Sleep lovely Babe & take thy given rest, | God called thee early home, He thought it best.
https://ia801800.us.archive.org/14/items/southcarolinahis17sout/southcarolinahis17sout.pdf
Pages 175-176 (on .pdf pages 199-200)
INSCRIPTION FROM THE BULL TOMB, ON THE PLANTATION OF THE LATE F. H. VERDIER, NEAR BLUFFTON, S. C. The following inscription was furnished by F. Horton Colcock, Esq; and is of interest because it supplies the maiden name of the wife of Wm. Robert Bull (born 1762) which is not given in the Bull genealogy in this Magazine, (vol. I, page 89.) 175 176 so. CA. HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE. In Memory of Mary Bull, wife of Wm. Robt. Bull | Daughter to James & Margaret Cameron, | Of the Island of Antigua in the West Indies | Who departed this life after a painful illness | On the 3rd of Nov. 1793 age 28 years. | [sixteen lines of eulogy] Here also Lieth the body of | Robt. Wm. Bull, | Second son of Wm. Robt. & Mary Bull, | who departed this Life on the 1st of Nov. 1793 | Aged 1 day | Sleep lovely Babe & take thy given rest, | God called thee early home, He thought it best.
https://ia801800.us.archive.org/14/items/southcarolinahis17sout/southcarolinahis17sout.pdf
Pages 175-176 (on .pdf pages 199-200)
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In Memory of Mary Bull, wife of Wm. Robt. Bull | Daughter to James & Margaret Cameron, | Of the Island of Antigua in the West Indies | Who departed this life after a painful illness | On the 3rd of Nov. 1793 age 28 years. | [sixteen lines of eulogy] Here also Lieth the body of | Robt. Wm. Bull, | Second son of Wm. Robt. & Mary Bull, | who departed this Life on the 1st of Nov. 1793 | Aged 1 day | Sleep lovely Babe & take thy given rest, | God called thee early home, He thought it best.
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