Alternate birth date 1725, died at age 71 (alternate 61) per 1874 tombstone transcription by Mrs Charles Carter, descendant of Councillor William Randolph. Tomstone placed by Ryland Randolph for his parents , Richard and Ann.. See genealogy of the Page family in Virginia. R C M Page. Another source (Pickett Society) places this marker on Turkey Island, with the following:
"Here atop the highest crest on the old Turkey Island plantation stands a solitary sentinel to an almost forgotten past. The 13-foot obelisk of imported sandstone is seen now only by an occasional hunter hiking through the dense woods surrounding it. Erected in 1771 by a grateful son in memory of his parents, Richard and Jane Randolph, it also bears an inscription commemorating the "Calamitous Flood of 1771." The "grateful son" was Ryland Randolph, who died in 1785. It is called "the Randolph Monument"or "the Flood Monument".
The Randolphs were both nearby Curles and Turkey Island (now Presque Isle)∼Born/Died at "Curles"
Married to Anne Meade (1732-1814).
"Here atop the highest crest on the old Turkey Island plantation stands a solitary sentinel to an almost forgotten past. The 13-foot obelisk of imported sandstone is seen now only by an occasional hunter hiking through the dense woods surrounding it. Erected in 1771 by a grateful son in memory of his parents, Richard and Jane Randolph, it also bears an inscription commemorating the "Calamitous Flood of 1771." The "grateful son" was Ryland Randolph, who died in 1785. It is called "the Randolph Monument"or "the Flood Monument".
The Randolphs were both nearby Curles and Turkey Island (now Presque Isle)∼Born/Died at "Curles"
Married to Anne Meade (1732-1814).
Alternate birth date 1725, died at age 71 (alternate 61) per 1874 tombstone transcription by Mrs Charles Carter, descendant of Councillor William Randolph. Tomstone placed by Ryland Randolph for his parents , Richard and Ann.. See genealogy of the Page family in Virginia. R C M Page. Another source (Pickett Society) places this marker on Turkey Island, with the following:
"Here atop the highest crest on the old Turkey Island plantation stands a solitary sentinel to an almost forgotten past. The 13-foot obelisk of imported sandstone is seen now only by an occasional hunter hiking through the dense woods surrounding it. Erected in 1771 by a grateful son in memory of his parents, Richard and Jane Randolph, it also bears an inscription commemorating the "Calamitous Flood of 1771." The "grateful son" was Ryland Randolph, who died in 1785. It is called "the Randolph Monument"or "the Flood Monument".
The Randolphs were both nearby Curles and Turkey Island (now Presque Isle)∼Born/Died at "Curles"
Married to Anne Meade (1732-1814).
"Here atop the highest crest on the old Turkey Island plantation stands a solitary sentinel to an almost forgotten past. The 13-foot obelisk of imported sandstone is seen now only by an occasional hunter hiking through the dense woods surrounding it. Erected in 1771 by a grateful son in memory of his parents, Richard and Jane Randolph, it also bears an inscription commemorating the "Calamitous Flood of 1771." The "grateful son" was Ryland Randolph, who died in 1785. It is called "the Randolph Monument"or "the Flood Monument".
The Randolphs were both nearby Curles and Turkey Island (now Presque Isle)∼Born/Died at "Curles"
Married to Anne Meade (1732-1814).
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