After the magisterial inquiry held at Blanch's Inn, Captain Thunderbolt's body was moved to Uralla and he remained unburied for a number of days.

The picket fencing was new but the gravestone shows signs of spalling and some of the makers information is difficult to discern.

[1] Captain Thunderbolt's Grave was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 20 July 2012 having satisfied the following criteria.

[1] The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

Any controversy surrounding the question of who was actually shot by Constable Walker on 25 May 1870 may be able to be resolved upon forensic examination of the remains.

[1] The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural or natural places/environments in New South Wales.

The marking of the grave is representative of public sentiment surrounding Thunderbolt as a well known historic figure.