Last updated June, 2009
The Burial Grounds Care Society will start holding regular meetings now that spring has arrived. Our next meeting will be held on Tues. June 16, 2008 at 7:30 pm in the new meeting room at Sobeys. For further information about membership or meetings you can call Richard Skinner at 679-5807. New members are always welcome.
We would like to welcome our new Chairman, Mark Raymond. Mark has been a member for awhile and will take over the position from Robert Parker. We would like to thank Robert for taking the Chairman position for the past year. Donald Tupper is now the Vice Chairman, he takes over this position from Richard Skinner.
Work is being done at various locations now that the nice weather has arrived. It is hoped that we will be able to complete the work at Welsford and have the rededication ceremony there this summer or early fall.
Dedicated to researching and locating abandoned or
Neglected burial sites in Kings County
With eventual care and recognition.
These sites form an important
Link to our past.
A SOCIETY IS FOUNDED
The Burial Grounds Care Society was created on August 27, 2001 at a meeting in the living room of one of our charter members. That original get-together and all subsequent meetings have led to a list of accomplishments by the society that if nothing else shows how dedicated and active we have been in the years since our existence. We agreed on a set of principles and goals for our society that were adopted and that have been adhered to ever since.
The purpose of the society is to research, locate and reclaim abandoned and neglected graveyards in Kings County and give them the care and recognition that they deserve. Some of these burial sites have been found in cattle pastures and woods.
A lot of members became interested during their own research into their ancestry and trying to find the final resting places of their own family members.
Membership:
Chairman: Mark Raymond
Vice Chairman: Donald Tupper
Secretary/Treasurer: Lana Ashby
Membership: Richard Skinner (679-5807)
Directors: Glen Ells
Marshall Rand
Ann Coldwell
Richard Skinner
Don Tupper
Bev Huntley
Did You Know?
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There are over 100 cemeteries in Kings County, Nova Scotia
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Many are located on private lands
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Many burial sites have become lost over time; some may never be relocated
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The oldest headstone in Kings County is that of Stephen Post, Chipman Corner, 1776
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The oldest English headstone in Canada is that of Bathiah Douglass, Annapolis Royal, 1720
Some Ongoing Projects:
Horton Poor Farm Cemetery 1882-1922 in Greenwich
Cornwallis Poor Farm Cemetery 1872-1922 in Billtown
Coldwell Family Cemetery in Newtonville
Care of County Home Cemetery in Waterville
Care of Robinson Cemetery on Brooklyn Street
Parker Cemetery in Welsford, Highway 221
Ells Cemetery in Scott's Bay
Jess/Payzant Memorial in Scott's Bay
Pingree Cemetery in Scott's Bay
Contact person for this site is Beverly Huntley: bev_huntley@hotmail.com If you have any further information or find any errors please notify me so they can be corrected.
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