New Note Cards by Mary Warshaw

Old Burying Ground - Graphite Drawing

Note Card

Old Burying Ground card excerpt: With its iron gates and ancient live oaks, the town’s most important landmark evokes an air of age, peace and mystery. Burials in the graveyard may have begun before 1724, but in that year town trustees deeded a lot to the wardens of St. John’s Parish. In 1731, an adjacent lot was added to the burying ground. Burials were probably confined to these two lots until 1820, when the Methodists acquired adjacent property and erected a new church. The lot acquired in 1731 was full by 1828, creating a need for additional space. The Baptists . . .

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