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 Dr. William Cocke

Beneath this marble was found a grave marked

W. C. 1 7 2 0 This grave corresponds in location and date with the inscription on the mural tablet in memory of ,  of the Council and Secretary of State for this Colony in the Reign of Queen Anne and of King George. South of this grave, another was found which, being below and partly under it, was doubtless in the Church of 1683. This Marble was placed here at the time of the Restoration of the Church in 1905. Governor Francis Fauquier

Near this marble lies

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Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony, over which he presided near ten years, much to his own honor, and the ease and satisfaction of the inhabitants. He was a gentleman of the most amiable disposition, generous, just and mild, and possessed, in an eminent degree, of all the social virtues.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and died in his 65th year," the 3rd day of March, 1768