Elizabeth Eppes

Elizabeth Wayles was the daughter of John and Tabitha Cocke Wayles. She married Francis Eppes VI about 1769, in Charles City County, Virginia, and they lived at her father's home, The Forest, in Charles City County until 1780 when they moved to Eppington Plantation where she died.

Their shared gravestone has the earliest dates in the cemetery, even though the stone was not placed until 1844. It is one of the three flat markers called ledger stones on the front row.

Inscription:

FRANCIS EPPES of Eppington Died at the Sweet Springs July 4, 1808 Aged 61 and Was Buried There

ELIZABETH EPPES Widow of FRANCIS EPPES Died June 10, 1810 Aged 61

Over Her Remains This Monument Has Been Erected By Their Surviving Daughters

To Whom The Memory of Both Have But Resigned

A World of Woe For One Where Pains And Griefs

Shall Wound No More