Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1896 — The Tomb of Pocahontas. [ARTICLE]

The Tomb of Pocahontas.

An interesting discussion has lately been in progress in the London newspapers with regard to the whereabouts of the tomb of Pocahontas. From this it would appear that the American princess was not buried, as has generally been supposed, in the parish church at Gravesend, as that edifice was only erected in 1730. The ancient parish church was half a mile from the river, and after having been destroyed by fire in 1727 was never rebuilt. Doubts prevail as to whether the remains of Pocahontas lie somewhere among the ruins of this ehurch or whether they were transferred to the ancient Church of St. Mary, where an elaborate search is now about to be instituted.