Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway . nnhil), John Emmet, andJohn Smallwell were of its first vestry, and Rev. George Tubman its first rector. Thischurch antedates all other Episcopal churches of the Potomac region of leading spirit in the organization of this church was Col. John Addison a memberof the Governors council and an uncle of the celebrated Joseph Addison. The burial place of the old kirk is densely peopled with the dead of departed congre-gations
Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway . nnhil), John Emmet, andJohn Smallwell were of its first vestry, and Rev. George Tubman its first rector. Thischurch antedates all other Episcopal churches of the Potomac region of leading spirit in the organization of this church was Col. John Addison a memberof the Governors council and an uncle of the celebrated Joseph Addison. The burial place of the old kirk is densely peopled with the dead of departed congre-gations. Over most of the graves is a wilderness of tangled vines. Many of the stonesare levelled and sunken nearly out of sight, with inscriptions worn and hard to deciph-er. Hundreds of graves have no stones at all, presumably of the earliest burials. Abroad marble slab lies over the remains of Enoch Lyells, killed in a duel, August 7,1805, with the following inscription ; Go, our deal- son, obey the call of Heaven ; Yet, oh, what pen can paint the parents woe ? Thy sins were few—we trust they are forgiven. God only can punish ihe hand that <^ave the OLD HOUSE AT BROAD CREEK, years old. The quarrel of the duelist h td its ongin in offensive reimrks made at a ball in thevillage of Piscataway, and the duel took place at Johnsons ^prirg, on the Virginiasliore. The young man who was killed and who liad made the remarks was averse tothe encounter, but was goaded on to his death by his father and mother. His antag-onist was named Bowie, who afterwards fled to the new settlement of the him belongs the unenviable reputation of originating the bowie knife. The hip-roofed house over two hundred years old still remains on the shore of BroadCreek vviiere the wounded man was carried by his friends to die. It stands lonely andghost like, scarred and blackened by the mutations of time, a grim memorial not only OF VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND. 35 of the duel, but of the mor
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