Hancock County - Obituary of Henry Graybill July 1822

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Obituary of Henry Graybill, Revolutionary Soldier, Hancock County from 
The Georgia Patriot,Newspaper, Milledgeville 1822 (reprinted in The 
Wilkinson County Post Wed. March 27, 2002) Henry Graybill is buried in 
the Choice-Graybill Cemetery in Hancock County. His Rev. War marker 
was placed in the Gordon City Cemetery, Wilkinson County, Ga near 
his great-grandson Lawrence Graybill Butts March 2002.


Another Revolutionary hero gone

  Died, at his residence in Hancock county, on the 7th of July of 
the palsy, with which he had been afflicted for many years, Henry 
Graybill, Esquire, in the 82nd year of his age. He was born
in Lancaster, Penn., but removed to South Carolina before the 
Revolutionary War, and afterwards settled in Georgia, where he 
lived forty-two years. Mr. Graybill was a conspicuous and active man
during contest which obtained our independence, and filled with credit 
to himself and country the important offices of Surveyor, Clerk of the 
Court, and was four times elected to the Legislature of this state, 
one of the electors of President and Vice-President. He had been a member 
of the Baptist Church for fifty years, and of the Masonic fraternity 
since the first establishment of regular lodges through the state. 
He substained through a long life the most unblemished character, 
but he has been gathered to his fathers, leaving a rich legacy of all 
that is commendable in this life to a numerous train of kindred.
   
   Fame will publish, and genius chronicle the illustrious achievements 
of our heroes; the measured period of revolving centuries will not 
limit their renown; the splendor of their names shall endure, "till 
the last cycle of concluding time shall close the memory of human 
greatness".