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"IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN JOHN TUCKER (ONLY SON OF FRANCIS TUCKER, LATE OF THIS ISLAND) WHO DIED ON THE 23RD OF MAY 1831 OFF SIERRA LEONE, IN AFRICA, AGED ABOUT TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS. THIS AMIABLE YOUNG MAN WAS MUCH ESTEEMED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM AND HAS LEFT A MOTHER AND THREE SISTERS TO LAMENT HIS LOSS. HIS AFFECTIONATE UNCLE, SOLOMON JOELL TUCKER HAS PLACED THIS STONE TO HIS MEMORY".