s is a square enclosure for the vestrymen, whose
names are written on the north side of the building. The reader, if
acquainted with Virginia pedigrees, will recognize in them some of
the oldest and most honorable names of the State--Thomas Fitzhugh,
John Lee, Peter Hedgman, Moot Doniphan, John Mercer, Henry Tyler,
William Mountjoy, John Fitzhugh, John Peyton. On the north hall are
four large tablets containing Scriptural quotations. Directly
beneath is a broad flagstone, on which is engraved with letters of
gold, 'In memory of the House of Moncure.' This smacks of royalty.
Parallel to it lies a tombstone with the following inscription:

* * * * *

Sacred to the memory of William Robison, the fourth son of H. and
E. Moncure, of Windsor Forest, born the 27th of January, 1806, and
died 13th of April, 1828, of a pulmonary disease, brought on by
exposure to the cold climate of Philadelphia, where he had gone to
prepare himself for the practice of medicine. Possessed of a mind
strong and vigorous, and of a firmness of spirit a stranger to
fear, he died manifesting that nobleness of soul which
characterized him while living, the brightest promise of his
parents, and the fondest hopes of their afflicted family.

* * * * *

'Led, doubtless, by the expectation of discovering buried
valuables, some one has removed the stone from its original
position, and excavated the earth beneath. Close by the entrance on
the north side are three enclosed graves, where sleep those of
another generation. The brown, moss-covered tombstones appear in
strong contrast to a plain pine board at the head of a fresh-made
grave alongside, and bearing the following inscription: 'Henry
Basler, Company H, One Hundred and Eighteenth Pennsylvania
Volunteers.'

Loyal during the civil war of England, virtually an independent State
under Cromwell, it is the remarkable destiny of Virginia, so called in
honor of Queen Elizabeth's unmarried state, to have given birth to the
spotless chief who conducted to a triumphant issue the American
Revolution--to the orator who, more than any individual, by speech alone
kindled the patriotic flame thereof--to the jurist whose clear and
candid mind and sagacious integrity gave dignity and permanence to
constitutional l