Record #:

22766

Author(s):

Patterson, Daniel W.

Abstract:

Scotch-Irish immigrants brought unique traditions to the Piedmont of North Carolina. Former folklore and American literature professor, Daniel Patterson, examines gravestones from the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries as a lens for identifying these customs, while providing a brief history of gravestone carving in the Piedmont.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 54 Issue 1, Fall 2014, p14-15, il

Subject(s):

Sepulchral monuments--North Carolina, Western