Sir George Yeardley. Local Importance. Colonial Governor of Jamestown. Confirmed Oldest. A 2021 study confirmed this to be the oldest surviving tombstone in the US. Related. Plymouth Vs.

Archeologists believe they have finally uncovered the origins of what is believed to be the oldest gravestone in the US, which belonged to English knight, Sir George Yeardley, who died nearly 400 ...

An Englishman named Sir George Yeardley was likely the first person in the USA to be memorialized with a tombstone, say the authors of a new study. In addition to identifying the long-dead owner ...

LIFESTYLE Mysterious gravestone in Virginia reveals 400-year-old secrets: archaeologists The Jamestown, Virginia, grave likely belonged to Sir George Yeardley, an English knight ...

JAMESTOWN — The skeleton was beautifully laid out in a formal English-style burial, hands at the sides, palms down, the body probably pinned up in a shroud.

The authors wrote that two knights—Sir Thomas West and Sir George Yeardley—died within the 20-year time that would have allowed for a burial at the Jamestown church.

JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA—WHRO.org reports that an attempt to identify remains unearthed inside the chancel of a […] ...

The tombstone is believed to belong to Sir George Yeardley, a colonial governor of the earliest English settlement and one of America’s first slaveholders, who was knighted in 1618.

(CNN) — The oldest known surviving tombstone in the United States is an elaborate display of wealth — an intricately carved slab of black limestone initially laid in the floor of the second ...

There’s more evidence connecting it to Sir George Yeardley, a colonial governor, and one of the earliest slave owners in American history.

By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — The oldest known surviving tombstone in the United States is an elaborate display of wealth — an intricately carved slab of black limestone initially laid in the ...