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29 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION <br /> two carved lines rise from the top of the central semicircle and curve outward until exiting at the <br /> top of the curved stone. The gravestone of Hannah Burnsides (Photo 1.0), who died on July 12, <br /> 1834, is artistically related to the Woodward markers and may have been carved by the same <br /> artisan.3 Its lettering is in all caps, set with scored lines, and the top of the stone, which is <br /> rounded and set in from either side, is filled with concentric scribed lines. The circular designs <br /> on these gravestones appear to be simple apotropaic marks, symbols popular on buildings and <br /> gravestones, particularly in England from the sixteenth century into the nineteenth century, to <br /> ward off evil. These are among the most delightful gravestones in the cemetery, representing a <br /> form of folk art in stone. <br /> Two gravestones from the 1820s both use scoring lines as guides but illustrate differences in the <br /> shape of the stones, the formats of presentation, and in the abilities of the stone carvers. The <br /> marker for M. T., believed to represent Mary"Polly" Jackson Thompson (Photo 11), is <br /> rectangular in shape and inscribed with initials and a date: M. T. Oc[t] 21 1821, divided into <br /> three lines with a neat line border surrounding the whole.' The letters and numbers are precisely <br /> executed, suggesting that the carver had some training. Susannah Cates's gravestone (Photo 12), <br /> on the other hand, has an imperfectly rounded top. Like the Thompson marker, the information <br /> given is presented on three lines, but it includes much more data than on the other marker. Here, <br /> the full name is given, the full date of death (March 2, 1828), and Susannah's age (3 1) at the time <br /> of death. However, not only was the stone carver considerably less skilled in executing <br /> individual letters and numbers—many of them being written backwards—but the words tend to <br /> run together, all indicators that this was an untrained artisan. <br /> s Cemetery Census: Old Eno Quaker Burying Ground. <br /> a Cemetery Census: Old Eno Quaker Burying Ground. <br /> 7 <br />