Camden Quaker: Smith, Neil & Isabella (1822)
Camden, SC. Quaker Burying ground. What makes this gravestone interesting for me is that it has several pockmarks from the pistol balls that were fired at it in 1829. Henry Nixon and Thomas Hopkins fought a duel in this cemetery in 1829. Henry Nixon used this gravestone for target practice prior to the duel. Henry Nixon was killed in the duel and was buried in an unmarked grave about 200 yards away from this cemetery.
Camden Quaker: Smith, Neil & Isabella (1822)
Camden, SC. Quaker Burying ground. What makes this gravestone interesting for me is that it has several pockmarks from the pistol balls that were fired at it in 1829. Henry Nixon and Thomas Hopkins fought a duel in this cemetery in 1829. Henry Nixon used this gravestone for target practice prior to the duel. Henry Nixon was killed in the duel and was buried in an unmarked grave about 200 yards away from this cemetery.