Page 17

The Old Burying Ground

Just within the border line of Cradock is an old burying ground. It is just beyond the playground of the Cradock School and its approach is from, what would be, Aylwin Road, now just "wheel tracks."

Apparently it was the "God's Acre" of the plantation of the Barclay family. No traces of the old plantation remain. There are aout twelve graves, most of them marked by fine white marble head and foot stones, giving the names, birth and death dates and, as was customary in those days, an "epitaph."

Sacred
To the Memory of
Andrew Barclay, M.D.
Born in Portsmouth
May the 4th, A.D., 1807
Died
Decr. the 30th, A.D. 1830
-o-
Beneath this stone lies the remains of a dutiful son, an asiduous student and a man of a feeling heart.
-o-
Farewell, Farewell, our dearest child,
Of manners bland and temper mild.
Too gentle, thee, to live on earth,
God called thee home to heaven's mirth.
There with the Angels to join and sing,
Praises to your Almighty King.
The headstones record the resting places of:
Robert Barclay
Born 1775
Died 1847

Esra A. Barclay
Born 1803
Died 1834

Susan B. Barclay
Born 1816
Died 1833