Her birth and death dates courtesy of contributor W. Pollard, who found the information in the Virginia Archives.
Her birth and death dates courtesy of contributor W. Pollard, who found the information in the Virginia Archives.
Inscription
She is buried with her husband in the North Transept-which is the part of the church nearest the cemetery. Bruton Church is in the shape of a cross. The inscription for Edmund and his two wives and infant child reads: "Here lies the remains of Edmund Pendleton of Caroline. Born September 9th 1721. Died October 23rd 1803. Author of the Resolution adopted unanimously by the Virginia Convention of May 15th 1776, instructing the Virginia delegates in the Continental Congress to introduce a bill to declare the colonies free and independent states. He was for twenty-five years, a member of the House of Burgessess; delegate to the Continental Congress; member of all Virginia Conventions of the eighteenth century; President of the Conventions of 1775 and 1776; Chairman of the Committee of Safety; one of the Committee of Five, which revised the laws of Virginia, among them the bill for establishing religious freedom; Speaker of the House of Delegates; first President of the Court of Appeals of Virginia and for many years Vestryman of Drysdale Parish. His remains were removed from his plantation at Edmundsbury and reinterred under this stone in July 1907 by his great-great niece, Charlotte Pendleton. Here also are interred the remains of his two wives and infant child." [See Edmund Pendleton's memorial for a photo of the inscription, although the bottom part that mentions his wives & infant child is not visible in the photo]
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