Where is Col. Hugh Stephenson's burial place and gravestone?

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Where is Col. Hugh Stephenson's burial place and gravestone?

Thank you for the info on Bullskin Presbyterian Churchyard. Looking on Google Maps on both the satellite and topo views, I can find the headspring of Bullskin Run (Creek), in a plowed field, but there is no church nearby. Records indicate that the church began to deteriorate in the early 1800s and the congregation went elsewhere. I can't find a churchyard or gravestones anywhere thereabouts. I tried to put in a photo request, but there is one outstanding from 2015 that hasn't been fulfilled. Besides Col. Hugh S., also buried there are my 7x great grandparents Richard and Honora Stephenson and one other. It seems odd that a distinguished officer like Col. Hugh would have his grave go missing. He was one of only two men who gathered together a regiment to fight the British in the colony. I also checked at Arlington to see if his grave was moved there, but no. I put in messages to the nearest Presbyterian Church as well.

commented Nov 29, 2017 by Lee Recca G2G6 Mach 1 (15.0k points)

A second pilgrimage in search of my ancestors’ graves.

I first visited the head springs of the Bullskin Run in West Virginia in April. Now, it was October, and I was headed back to Summit Point, just south of Charles Town, in the heart of George Washington’s Bullskin Lands. This time, a volunteer EMT with the Summit Point Motorsports Racetrack had agreed to escort me to the place where my seven-times-great grandparents and their son, Revolutionary Colonel Hugh Stephenson, were buried, according to the Find-A-Grave website.

The gravestones were right where we had looked before, near a small doghouse. There was a large flat gravestone for a man named Throckmorten and a smaller, upright one, for a Thomson (without the P). There were also three small unmarked stones. I am convinced that my ancestors are not buried there and am setting my sights to the west, where Col. Stephenson was posthumously granted 3,000 acres in Kentucky, near the Ohio River.

commented Oct 15, 2018 by Lee Recca G2G6 Mach 1 (15.0k points)

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Bullskin Presbyterian Churchyard is in Summit Point, Jefferson County, West Virginia. I presume it is adjacent to the church. As it has only 4 gravesites, it is not surprising that it has been hard to identify. Here is the website that located it for me, and it gives the following data (including data for the 4 interments):

Memorials: All - 4 records List
In: Bullskin Presbyterian Chu... (2531985) - Summit Point, Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA

Crawford, Col Valentine

125722855 - b. 1724 d. 1777

Stephenson, Honora Grymes

143604686 - b. unknown d. 1777

Stephenson, Col Hugh 143728591 - b. unknown d. 1776

Stephenson, Richard 143604668 - b. unknown d. 1765

Bullskin Presbyterian Churchyard (#2531985)
Memorial Info -

• All Memorials	-	4
• Photographed	-	0
• Not photo'ed	-	4
• Pix Requests	-	4
• 90 day adds	-	0
• 30 day adds	-	0
• 7 day adds	-	0
• 1 day adds	-	0
• Famous	-	0

Cemetery Info -
• Alias Name(s) -
• Photo - Y / N
• GPS: None

answered Nov 28, 2017 by Jim Parish G2G6 Pilot (173k points)
selected Nov 28, 2017 by Lee Recca

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