In Greensboro Cemetery, Mary Irving's grave has long been the subject of speculation because a snake is carved on the slab covering it. Tradition holds that she died from a snakebite, a story repeated so often over so long a time that the legend is hard to refute. The earlier inscription identified her as Mrs. Mary Irving, born in 1740, died in 1828, aged 78 years, and said she was a "Mother in Israel." A crooked line chiseled the full length of the slab is thought to represent a path leading to a spring, and beside the path is a partly coiled snake ready to strike. According to the story, she was bitten while on her way to the spring and died before reaching home. By June 2013, the inscription had changed, but the carvings of the serpent, path, and house were still clearly visible, and the newer inscription read, "Our Precious One Taken Away Mary Irving 1828."