At Barnegat is an ancient ridge, or narrow raised path, leading from
the river some miles, through low grounds; it is an ancient burial
ground, on an island, in a swamp.
Bones of the human frame, bone needles, and other ancient remains, are
ploughed up at an ancient station, fort or line, in Shelby.
A human head, petrified, was ploughed up by Carrington, sen., in a
field in Alabama, Genesee county, and is now in the possession of Mr.
Grant, at Barnegat.
Petrified tortoises are said to be ploughed up in many places.