Georgetown County · Marker 22-24
Theodosia Burr Alston
Inside Brookgreen Gardens on Allston Circle Dr.
Front inscription
Daughter of Aaron Burr and one of the most learned women of her era; wife of Governor Joseph Alston, who is buried west of here, with Aaron Burr Alston, their ten-year-old son; sailed from Georgetown on Dec. 30, 1812 on the schooner "Patriot" to join her father in New York and disappeared off the N.C. coast during a terrific storm.