gunsil
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You make a nice point, Gunsil. Except for one thing..... the actual church where these gravestones are located state these were indeed identified Pirates and they were executed for their crimes for being Pirates.
If that is so let's see some documentation from the church!! I doubt they have any and I doubt they know what they're talking about if they say they were pirate graves without documentation. Just because they are a church doesn't mean they aren't just repeating a legend without proof. Does the church still have all the records of burials?? Let's see the proof!! Pastors and priests are not often scholars, and most are certainly not experts on pirates. There were very few actual sea pirates executed here in the U.S. The golden age of piracy was over before the American Revolution, and most pirates that were captured by the English were returned to England for punishment. Most executed pirates were interred in unmarked graves since nobody wanted to have then remembered. As you have seen from other posters there are many graves that are similar to those you posted and they have no relationship to pirates. It is more likely that someone in your area thought the headstones looked like the movie version of a pirate flag and assumed they were related. One person tells a child that those were pirate graves, and years later the rumor turns to legend. I think perhaps nothing will change your opinion, no amount of fact will sway your ideology. Like I said earlier conjecture is useless, facts are facts, and truth is truth. Some folks would rather believe in a legend than listen to facts and that is their prerogative, but it doesn't change the facts or truth.