does the backward letters mean anything?

[miller89]

 

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[miller89]

Yeah, u got more than i did.. I was sure it was marker but because the letter 'N's are turned arouns wasnt sure if that meant something special or just they way people wrote at that time..

 

[jeff of pa]

Bummer ! Never made her 18th Birthday

many people in the early 18 Hundreds never had Schooling & it was probably her Father who carved it.

Cool Find though !
Protect it well

 

[miller89]

Awesome (: thanks for the tips!

 

[CSA2K]

Its a grave site.. treat it as such

 

[miller89]

Not sure what you mean by that comment, but for your peace of mind nothing was done to it nor was it touched in any way.. Just took a pic, that's all!..

 

[wheatfinder13]

Dunno

 

[Tnmountains]

I agree that spelling was either very eloquent or very poor. Thank you for sharing this reminder. I am sure she would have smiled on this. I have seen many children graves of that period with just a single small stone where they dies during child birth.

 

[Thommy]

It means they were IGNORANT (not putting them down, just stating a fact). Backwards Ns are the most common errors you see from the 1700-1800's in America, like in scrimshaw, encised initials in musket stocks, etc. Very common. Cool find!