10/20/2023
While out surveying, finding historical monuments is a part of the job and that continuous search is the best part of it. Whenever I am working near a cemetery, I always take interest in the oldest looking headstones. While working just North of Columbia, MS yesterday, I noticed this headstone and am fascinated by the life this person lived. I can only imagine the stories that can be told by someone like this.
Britton Grice- born Feb. 23, 1796, died July 21, 1890. Lived 94 years, 4 months without modern medicines.
Born while George Washington was president, served with the South Carolina militia in the war of 1812 and returned back home to Columbia, MS where he spent the rest of his days.
