Old Presbyterian Mtg House Cemetery - Old Town by Ewingjr98
The Old Presbyterian Meeting House Cemetery is hidden behind the Old Presbyterian Meeting House and it has a variety of burial sites of famous local residents and comrades of George Washington. It has been said that ?It is probable that very few of the persons buried here were unknown to Washington, and certainly many were his personal friends.?The most notable grave is the Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier. This is a small elevated slab with an engraved memorial to a Revolutionary War soldier who was discovered buried near this site. The remains are of a man in the Continental Army whose coffin was uncovered during excavations for the foundations of nearby St. Mary?s Catholic Church in 1826. The remains were reburied here with a monument and plaque in 1929.
This historic cemetery also contains the grave of Dr James Craik, friend of George Washington and onetime Chief Physician and Surgeon of the Continental Army. John Carlyle is also buried here.