THIS STONE IS ERECTED / BY / Mr JOHN FRASER OF / SYDNEY / IN MEMORY OF / Mr WILLIAM FRASER / WRITER, LATE OF TAIN, ROTHSHIRE N.D. / WHO WAS BARBAROUSLY ASSASSINATED / BY THE HAND OF THE ONCE NOTORIOUS / LYNCH, ON THE 14TH OF AUGUST 1842 / AGED 45 YEARS / ALSO OF HIS SON / WILLIAM / WHO UNFORTUNATELY SHARED THE FATE / OF HIS FATHER, AGED 19 YEARS