In the small cemetery alongside the First Presbyterian Church, there is an obelisk monument to mark the grave of George Coryell (shown above left). George Coryell was born in this area and later moved to Alexandria, Virginia, where he was a fellow member along with George Washington at Masonic Lodge No. 22.

Coryell attended Washington's December 18, 1799 funeral. Although he is sometimes described as a pallbearer at the funeral, his role was likely that of bier carrier. The distinction is that bier carriers carried the bier (a table-like structure which held the coffin on top) to the door of the tomb. The pallbearers then carried the coffin into the tomb.

Four men were designated bier carriers, and six men as pallbearers. George Coryell was not originally intended to be one of them. Coryell likely took the place of one of the bier carriers, William Moss, when Moss stumbled or fell ill while carrying the bier.

George returned to Lambertville late in his life. He died on February 18, 1850, at the age of 91. George's family connections are worth noting. He was the grandson of Emanual Coryell, the man for whom Coryell's Ferry was named. George's father Cornelius and uncle Abraham are buried near him in the cemetery.; both served in the Revolutionary War