Eastern Cape, MQANDULI district, Wilo, Morley Wesleyan Mission cemetery

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Cemetery information:- Morley Wesleyan Mission was established by Rev. William Shepstone in May 1829 as the 4th in the chain of missions stretching out from Wesleyville on a tributary of the Tyolomnqa River, to the amaTshomane at the kraal of Depa at Nomadolo, just east of the Mthatha River. The new mission was destroyed in a raid by Nqeto of the amaQwabe from Natal/Zululand on the amaTshomane in October 1829, following his raid on Faku’s amaPondo. A year later Shepstone re-established the mission at Wilo with the amaTshomane who had moved just west of the Mthatha River. In 1863 Morley Mission moved again to a site closer to Mqanduli town. (Mike Kenyon) In the old letter as pictured, there is reference to approximately 20 graves, although the author only managed to make out six of them. (Listed below) Album incomplete, other graves were not legible or found. eGGSA captions by: James Anderson The GGSA Cemetery DVD only has information on the cemetery location. Cemetery ID: 6844 Google Earth Cemetery Initiative Information:- GPSID: 8218 GPS: -31 52.722, 28 57.773 Names as on the letter, as well as reference to Africana Notes and News 1957, Africana Society, Africana Museum, City of Hohannesburg (B. Holt): Lawrence BOOTH died 21 March 1855 aged 20 months (Child of William and Ann BOOTH) Rev. James Stewart THOMAS died 14 June 1856 His wife, Anne Grace, who died 10 September 1848 Edwin Watson ARCHBELL died 7 February 1842 aged 6 months (Son of Rev James ARCHBELL) Richard CALVERLY died 17 September 1854 aged 44 years and 5 months Thomas William CALVERLY died 28 December 1856 aged 21 years (eldest son of Richard)