Buried on a hilltop overlooking Leinster Bay and an overview of his vast property holdings on St. John, is the grave of Irishman, James Murphy, a wealthy merchant and slave trader who died on St. John in 1809. The trail to Mr. Murphy’s grace heads off to the south just about 50 feet east of the trail to the Great House of his estate.
Grave of James Murphy
View from James Murphy’s grave
One of two graves located just before Murphy’s grave
Just before you reach Murphy’s grave there are two more graves, one intact and another which appears to have been broken into.
Here’s another in the series of newly cleared overlooks, the product of the hard work done by Jeff Chabot and his trail clearing volunteers. This one is the popular Lind Point Battery Overlook on the Lind Point Trail.
Lind Point Battery Overlook
view to the north from the bench on the Lind Point Battery Overlookview into cruz bay
All about St John in the beautiful US Virgin Islands (USVI) American Paradise