The Knight's Tombstone is a significant artifact from early American colonial history, located in Jamestown, Virginia, the site of the first permanent English settlement in North America established in 1607.

The face of the stone has remains of carvings of an effigy of a knight and a shield which would have contained a coat of arms, a scroll and a border, all of which would have been brass inlays.

[7] A study was conducted by archaeologists Marcus Key and Rebecca Rossi through Dickinson College to determine the source of the “black marble” tombstone.

[8] The discovery by Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities in 1901 led to the stone being repaired with a common material at the time, portland cement, and being installed in the floor of the 1906 Memorial church.

A process of chiseling and grinding the cement to remove the stone from its resting place was performed by Appell before ramps were assembled with pulleys to move the pieces to a trailer where the restoration could proceed.

[11] The rest of the Portland cement was removed from the pieces before it was realized that earlier restoration efforts had led to the stone to be coated in a primitive clear glue to try and preserve it.

In addition to removing the glue, primitive quarry techniques led to other challenges due to rough edges which would not be a concern on more modern stones.

The case was trimmed with led lights and a finals piece of glass was installed so visitors can enjoy the stone it its restored resting place inside the Memorial Church in Jamestown.