Further evidence of the acceptance of Christianity by some Africans is reflected in memorials in the churches and graveyards of Freetown. The adoption of Christian commemorative practices by some high-status individuals is evidenced by the gravestones in the Circular Road cemetery. One memorial record that was set up
"In Memory of John Taylor (Native of Ilawo Abeokuta, in the Egba Territory) Trader of this Settlement" who "Departed this life on Monday the 2nd of October 1876, at the Good Old Age of About 107 Years, Blessed are the Dead which Die in the Lord. Rev[elations]. 14.13".  
Other inscriptions reflect memories of individuals' homelands. In St. George's Cathedral, an inscription to William Henry Pratt, who died on 21 February 1865 aged 62, records that he was 'A Native of the River Niger, Merchant and Marshall of the Vice Admiralty Court of this Colony' and 'President of the Eboe Association to Aid the Niger Mission'. The memorial also included an extract from Psalm 37 (verse 37) - 'Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace'. A memorial erected in the cathedral to commemorate Isaac Benjamin Pratt following his death in July 1880 describes how he was a 'native of the Ifeh section of the Aku tribe'. The inscription records how he had 'Arrived in the Colony in 1825, and in After Years Filled the Important Post of King or Headman among his Countrymen in the City'. The final line on Pratt's memorial inscription was taken from Proverbs, chapter 10, verse 7, of the Old Testament, and stated that the 'The memory of the just is blessed'. ${ }^{2}$