" DIED On the morning of the 22 ult., at his residence on Miccosukie Lake, after a short but severe illness, MILES BLAKE, Esq., formerly of Wilmington, N.C.
Mr. Blake had spent the principal part of his life as an enterprising and successful merchant but had latterly adopted the more peaceful occupation of a planter. He was, with his father-in-law (Col. Parish), one of the earliest pioneers in the wilderness of Middle Florida, after the change of flags. In every department of life, both religious and social, his private character bore the well-marked impress of the strictest uprightness and the most unbending integrity. His virtues, as a man and a Christian, will be long remembered by those who knew him most intimately; while, to his surviving and sorrowing family, his loss will be irreparable."
[The Floridian, February 15, 1840]
DOCUMENTED MARRIAGES:
- Miles Blake of Fayetteville to Mary Parish, Nov. 26, Bladen county. Dec. 6, 1822
Mr. Blake had spent the principal part of his life as an enterprising and successful merchant but had latterly adopted the more peaceful occupation of a planter. He was, with his father-in-law (Col. Parish), one of the earliest pioneers in the wilderness of Middle Florida, after the change of flags. In every department of life, both religious and social, his private character bore the well-marked impress of the strictest uprightness and the most unbending integrity. His virtues, as a man and a Christian, will be long remembered by those who knew him most intimately; while, to his surviving and sorrowing family, his loss will be irreparable."
[The Floridian, February 15, 1840]
DOCUMENTED MARRIAGES:
- Miles Blake of Fayetteville to Mary Parish, Nov. 26, Bladen county. Dec. 6, 1822
" DIED On the morning of the 22 ult., at his residence on Miccosukie Lake, after a short but severe illness, MILES BLAKE, Esq., formerly of Wilmington, N.C.
Mr. Blake had spent the principal part of his life as an enterprising and successful merchant but had latterly adopted the more peaceful occupation of a planter. He was, with his father-in-law (Col. Parish), one of the earliest pioneers in the wilderness of Middle Florida, after the change of flags. In every department of life, both religious and social, his private character bore the well-marked impress of the strictest uprightness and the most unbending integrity. His virtues, as a man and a Christian, will be long remembered by those who knew him most intimately; while, to his surviving and sorrowing family, his loss will be irreparable."
[The Floridian, February 15, 1840]
DOCUMENTED MARRIAGES:
- Miles Blake of Fayetteville to Mary Parish, Nov. 26, Bladen county. Dec. 6, 1822
Mr. Blake had spent the principal part of his life as an enterprising and successful merchant but had latterly adopted the more peaceful occupation of a planter. He was, with his father-in-law (Col. Parish), one of the earliest pioneers in the wilderness of Middle Florida, after the change of flags. In every department of life, both religious and social, his private character bore the well-marked impress of the strictest uprightness and the most unbending integrity. His virtues, as a man and a Christian, will be long remembered by those who knew him most intimately; while, to his surviving and sorrowing family, his loss will be irreparable."
[The Floridian, February 15, 1840]
DOCUMENTED MARRIAGES:
- Miles Blake of Fayetteville to Mary Parish, Nov. 26, Bladen county. Dec. 6, 1822
Inscription
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
MILES BLAKE
NATIVE OF ORANGE COUNTY, N.C.
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JANUARY 22, 1840
AGED 54 YEARS & 27 DAYS
Rest ye precious relics, within this hospitable gloom
Rest in gentle slumber till the last trumpet shall give
The welcome signal and sound throughout these silent mansions,
Arise, Shine! for your light is come
The glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
Gravesite Details
Born Bladen Co. NC
Family Members
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