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![1647_gallery.jpg](https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/610/CMS/convert/www.rowanchamber.com/files/1647_gallery.jpg "<b>Pirates Grave</b><br/>Thyatira Presbyterian Church, four pirate graves in the old cemetery
These four stones, three of which bear skulls and crossbones, and the fourth bearing only crossbones, are a source of great interest to the children in the church.
"According to legend, the pirates were executed, and court allowed their burial only if their stones carried the pirate symbol, and bore no names."
http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/rowan/cemeteries/thyat2.txt
Due to the distance from the coast, some have speculated that these men may have been highwaymen instead. Some have said that the men were former pirates who moved to the area, and that they were found out, and hung for their past crimes. Also, some say that the elders of the church were the ones forbidding the names on the stones. It would be interesting to find the court records for this case, if this is the truth. Yet others have said that the images actually indicate deaths from an epidemic disease. Without the dates for the deaths, it is difficult to verify the information.")
![1045_gallery.jpg](https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/610/CMS/convert/www.rowanchamber.com/files/1045_gallery.jpg "<b>Thaytira Church</b><br/>Thyatira Presbyterian Church, four pirate graves in the old cemetery
There are four stones, three of which bear skulls and crossbones, and the fourth bearing only crossbones, are a source of great interest to the children in the church.
"According to legend, the pirates were executed, and court allowed their burial only if their stones carried the pirate symbol, and bore no names."
http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/rowan/cemeteries/thyat2.txt
Due to the distance from the coast, some have speculated that these men may have been highwaymen instead. Some have said that the men were former pirates who moved to the area, and that they were found out, and hung for their past crimes. Also, some say that the elders of the church were the ones forbidding the names on the stones. It would be interesting to find the court records for this case, if this is the truth. Yet others have said that the images actually indicate deaths from an epidemic disease. Without the dates for the deaths, it is difficult to verify the information.")
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We have two photo galleries with Rowan County Images and Chamber events...please visit them both!