Coffin plate · primary-source record
Sheridan
abt 1761 – 7 Jul 1816
55 years · transcribed from the original coffin plate
Editorially verified
At-a-glance facts
Record type
Coffin plate
Date of death
7 Jul 1816
Date of birth
abt 1761
Age at death
55 years
Plate found in
Southern Patriot News Paper
The coffin plate
Inscription transcription
Sheridan
Died July 7th 1816
Aged 55 years
About this record
This is a newspaper article, not a photograph of the coffin plate itself. It reports that Mr. Sheridan died July 7, 1816, aged 55 years — but the man who engraved the plate for his coffin, knowing that 50 was "fifty," concluded that 505 would express "fifty-five," and that is what was really engraved.
Record submitted by
Thomas Roberts — to the Ancestors at Rest archive
Source & citation
- Source type
- Original photograph
- Provenance
- Submitted by Thomas Roberts to the Ancestors at Rest archive
- Transcribed by
- Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
- Last verified
- 2026-05-12
- Permalink
- /records/coffin-plates/sheridan-1816/
- Image vs transcription
- Both — the coffin plate's inscription is discussed within the newspaper article photographed here; no separate photograph of the plate itself
Citation: "Inscription on Sheridan's Coffin," Southern Patriot newspaper account — describing the brass coffin plate of Mr. Sheridan (abt 1761 – 7 Jul 1816), preserved in the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/sheridan-1816/ : accessed [your access date]).
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