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POWHATTAN ? ROBERTSON
This cemetery was deeded to the City in 3 sectionss the. North was given by J. B.	Toulme, the	middle	was. a swap between St. Luke's
Episcopal church and the city,	and the South was given by Mrs. Dan
(Joan Newman) Seal whose crypt is over there.
In the swap	b?etween St.	Luke's	Episcopal church and the city,	the
graveyard received	the remains	of the	old St, Charles Street? graveyard.
Sine this country was originally owned by Indians, there were Indians buried there. Most of the graves that were transferred are in the middle section. They are easily recognizable by the roll on the edge of the slab, the name of the engraver on the edge and the company who made the slab is on the back. How this slab came to be this far over is a mystery. Probably because Indians-were not considered first class, especially half-breeds (and this is the FAR comer of the graveyard.
(This gives you a chance to see ourselves as racist).
All ceneteries with Indians buried in them are on the National Register. We have this grave and.pne other Indian family buried here.
My name is Powhattan Robertson. If you can read my stone it says"died in Shieldsboro, Oct. 1820 in the bloom of youth?.
It's evident I am a young Indian maiden. I could have lived in the Choctaw village of "Chicapoula"(meaning bad grass - rock-a-chaws) which was located where Carroll Ave now is.1
If my last name is pronounced Row-ber-suh, my father could have
been one of the 15 soldiers .left by d'lberville in 1699 as that post
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was located between .Carroll'and deMontluzin street on the beach,. .
If my last name is pronounced Robert-son, my father could have settled during the English period (1763) of our f flag history.
. Especially since General Thomas Shields - that's English enuf for you -was given a Spanish grant to BSL'in 1789 (he didn't occupy it until 1800) In 1817 we became the 20th State in the U. S. and Mr. Shields became inspector of light houses for the U.S.; 3	\
In 1819 a storm and tidal wave swept the village of Chicapoula out of existence and drowned most of the inhabitants.^ I may have died as a result of this storm. Who knows? But even you will grieve with me because life was taken from me at such an early age.
1. Sea Coast Illustrated Mag Section; 9-5-1903	3. SCE, 3-6-1975
2.BSL "It's History In A Hurry by Ray Thompson	4. 100 Years - Centennj