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Submitted: 6/2/23 • Approved: 6/4/23 • Last Updated: 6/7/23 • R573175-G0-S3
THE LEGEND OF POLLY PENN.
ACCORDING TO LEGEND, POLY WAS A SLAVE GIRL OF THE HARVEY HAWKINS
FAMILY. POLY IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST BURIAL IN WHAT HAS BECOME
HAWKINS CEMETERY.
POLY DIED IN THE EARLY 1800's
Contributed on 6/2/23 by sixpakjak
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