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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/09/15/21/1hL89n.St.138.jpeg|413Andrew Bigham's headstone, who died in June of 1788 at the age of 63. The stone was cut by James Sloan, who adapted it from the Pennsylvania state coat of arms. The design contains sheaves of wheat (abundance), a ship (commerce), and a plow (agriculture), framed on each side by farm horses in working gear. Below the shield, the words "Virtue, Liberty, and Independance". Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. For more than 30 years, UNC Chapel Hill English professor Dan Patterson used spring break and vacation time to search old cemeteries in Mecklenburg and neighboring counties. He was looking for gravestones by specific Scotch Irish stonecutters before and after the Revolution. His new book "The True Image" is the result of that search - identifying a thousand unique gravestones made by three generations of the Charlotte-based Bigham family. They created the earliest surviving art of British settlers in the region. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/09/15/21/uwy0j.St.138.jpeg|413Headstones of various stonecutting traditions in the historic cemetery at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. For more than 30 years, UNC Chapel Hill English professor Dan Patterson used spring break and vacation time to search old cemeteries in Mecklenburg and neighboring counties. He was looking for gravestones by specific Scotch Irish stonecutters before and after the Revolution. His new book "The True Image" is the result of that search - identifying a thousand unique gravestones made by three generations of the Charlotte-based Bigham family. They created the earliest surviving art of British settlers in the region. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/09/15/21/1bT18A.St.138.jpeg|413Headstones of various stonecutting traditions in the historic cemetery at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. For more than 30 years, UNC Chapel Hill English professor Dan Patterson used spring break and vacation time to search old cemeteries in Mecklenburg and neighboring counties. He was looking for gravestones by specific Scotch Irish stonecutters before and after the Revolution. His new book "The True Image" is the result of that search - identifying a thousand unique gravestones made by three generations of the Charlotte-based Bigham family. They created the earliest surviving art of British settlers in the region. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/09/15/21/9FBJD.St.138.jpeg|413Headstones of various stonecutting traditions in the historic cemetery at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. For more than 30 years, UNC Chapel Hill English professor Dan Patterson used spring break and vacation time to search old cemeteries in Mecklenburg and neighboring counties. He was looking for gravestones by specific Scotch Irish stonecutters before and after the Revolution. His new book "The True Image" is the result of that search - identifying a thousand unique gravestones made by three generations of the Charlotte-based Bigham family. They created the earliest surviving art of British settlers in the region. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/09/15/21/14cvOZ.St.138.jpeg|412Headstones of various stonecutting traditions in the historic cemetery at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church. For more than 30 years, UNC Chapel Hill English professor Dan Patterson used spring break and vacation time to search old cemeteries in Mecklenburg and neighboring counties. He was looking for gravestones by specific Scotch Irish stonecutters before and after the Revolution. His new book "The True Image" is the result of that search - identifying a thousand unique gravestones made by three generations of the Charlotte-based Bigham family. They created the earliest surviving art of British settlers in the region. JEFF WILLHELM - jwillhelm@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/09/15/21/1jijyZ.St.138.jpeg|272UNC Chapel Hill folklorist Dan Patterson chats with well wishers a his 80th birthday celebration. Daniel W. Patterson is Kenan Professor Emeritus of English and Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is author or editor of nine books. UNC Photo
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/10/09/15/21/1aVi6v.St.138.jpeg|500Daniel W. Patterson, author of The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry. Photo courtesy of Beverly B. Patterson.
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