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Clark Cemetery, 65-2 Summary Report, page 18
It is interesting that James Clark's will named his sister Elizabeth Pritchet (Prichard?) and his wife Lucy as heirs, with friend John Timmons as executor, and it was witnessed by John H. Hundley (and others). Apparently, James Clark had no children to name as heirs.
The rock wall stipulated in Lucy's codicil was never emplaced, possibly due to the onset of the Civil War. However, it may have been erected and then later removed by someone -- or even by the Army, after taking the land for the arsenal in the 1940s. What was especially puzzling was the will stipulation of leaving the land and slaves to the children of John Hundley by his wife Melinda. Lucy was very careful to mention that it would go to (only) children by Melinda, so that indicates that there had to be a relation of some type between Lucy and Melinda -- and not to John Hundley himself. The key to
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