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Little girl buried in rum keg marker
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- Creator
- Melissa Thibault
- Date created
- May 27, 2006
- Location
- Beaufort, North Carolina
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- This photograph copyright ©2006. Terms of use
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A wooden grave marker in the Beaufort Burying Ground reads “Little Girl Buried in Rum Keg” flanks a low vaulted tomb covered in shells, toys and other small objects. Next to the grave is a smaller marker with the number 24 on it, referencing the entry for this grave in a self-guided tour pamphlet.
This grave marker indicates the grave of a girl who died at sea on a return trip from England. Her father, who had promised his wife he would return the child home, purchased a keg of rum from the ship’s captain and brought home the body in that keg rather than burying her at sea. Visitors captivated by the story leave trinkets on this grave.
