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Cemetery:           Old Burying Ground, Beaufort, NC
Name:               Girl In Barrel Of Rum
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(24)  Girl in Barrel of Rum - Here is the grave of a girl buried in a 
barrel of rum. In the 1700s an English family, including an infant 
daughter, came to Beaufort. The girl grew up with a desire to see her 
homeland, and finally persuaded her mother to allow her to make the 
voyage. Her father promised his wife he would return the girl safely. 
The girl enjoyed her visit to London, but died on the voyage home. She 
would have been buried at sea, but her father could not bear to break 
his promise. He purchased a barrel of rum from the captain, placed her 
body in it, and brought it to Beaufort for burial.

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