There are still other known burials on the Island, for many people adhered to the early practice of burying their dead near their own houses. Some burials have also been uncovered in ditches, including several Indian remains. The Travis graveyard of at least sixty-two burials lies one and one-half miles from the church on the returning Island Loop Road and derives its name from an early family on the peninsula. The only four markers in this plot range from 1700 to 1761.

The eighteenth-century graves and markers of the Rev'd Commissary James Blair (@1743) and others as well as the several stones and numerous graves from the preceding century lie immediately southeast of the present church within the existing brick wall. Dr. Blair was the Bishop of London's Commissary for fifty-four years; he was also at one time or another president of the College of William and Mary, rector of the James City and Bruton Parish Churches, president of the Council, and governor of the Colony. His grave and those of his wife's family have formed the basis of a delightful discourse inimitably delivered for countless visitors for many years by the Negro sexton, Sam Robinson. The gnarled sycamore that has become the Mother-in-law tree of his narration is, however, not destined to live many more years if one may judge from its present mutilated condition, although split tombs it certainly has.

Transcribed to FIND A GRAVE by Patrina Hill Gotcher Perkins.

There are still other known burials on the Island, for many people adhered to the early practice of burying their dead near their own houses. Some burials have also been uncovered in ditches, including several Indian remains. The Travis graveyard of at least sixty-two burials lies one and one-half miles from the church on the returning Island Loop Road and derives its name from an early family on the peninsula. The only four markers in this plot range from 1700 to 1761.

The eighteenth-century graves and markers of the Rev'd Commissary James Blair (@1743) and others as well as the several stones and numerous graves from the preceding century lie immediately southeast of the present church within the existing brick wall. Dr. Blair was the Bishop of London's Commissary for fifty-four years; he was also at one time or another president of the College of William and Mary, rector of the James City and Bruton Parish Churches, president of the Council, and governor of the Colony. His grave and those of his wife's family have formed the basis of a delightful discourse inimitably delivered for countless visitors for many years by the Negro sexton, Sam Robinson. The gnarled sycamore that has become the Mother-in-law tree of his narration is, however, not destined to live many more years if one may judge from its present mutilated condition, although split tombs it certainly has.

Transcribed to FIND A GRAVE by Patrina Hill Gotcher Perkins.