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19 Dec. 2008
This page is "under development" and is being revised and changing some of the terminology, including "Cemeteries", "graves", and "probable grave sites".

These are cemeteries which, mostly, have been located. Kent Branch OGS did a spendid work transcribing the known and accessible grave markers some 25 to 30 years ago. But, where are the pioneers, the real pioneers? Like the Peter Traxler (1750-1825), the father (??) of the Peter Traxler 1775-1839) who bought the property on which is located the Traxler Cemetery, Harwich Township. Peter, the father, is also said to have died in Harwich Township. Might it be reasonable to suppose he, also, is buried in said Traxler Cemetery even though there seems no grave marker found at the time of the Transcription of the Cemetery. And many of the other true pioneers ... do they lie in unmarked graves in known cemeteries or do they lie in unknown graves in yet not located early cemeteries in Chatham-Kent.

Please let us know of any graves or any cemeteries of which you know, which we do not already have. Also additional location, etc. Thanks.

Cemeteries, other graves,
and probable grave sites (cemeteries)
of Chatham-Kent

The Lot and Concession locations are, mostly, based on the County Atlas. In some townships the Abstract Books use a different Concession numbering system. The Latitudes and Longitudes are based on GPS readings; the Google Maps usually seem to show approximate location of those co-ordinates.

Most of the locations show where the stones are; the graves may not be in the same location!
E.&O.E.

Cemeteries and Burying Grounds of the Town of Chatham and City of Chatham are, mostly, entered under their historic township locations.


Location yet to be determined -- probably in Kent County; possibly along Thames River or nearby concessions.
Alexander Williams of Raleigh buried in an orchard near the house of John Williams On the River -- probably about Nov. 1831
George Hartley interred in the burying ground near his house 10 Dec. 1831
Anne Everet formerly Lenover was interred in a garden 17 Feb. 1833
Mrs. William McDonnell lately of Raleigh Twp. on River Thames died 83 years buried in family burial ground on the Pike property 30 Dec. 1836..
                                                                                                                                                          
Camden Township                                                                                                                                          
Nevills Family Cemetery (abandoned)       Lot  2 Con.  1 Gore    9146 Glasgow Line        42.58242°  82.24240°  aka Nevill's Cemetery                     
McAuley Cemetery                          Lot  3 Con.  1 Gore         Mandaumin Road                                                                     
British American Institute Cemetery       Lot  2 Con.  3 Gore   29268~Uncle Tom's Road    42.58550°  82.19683°  
Henson Burial Ground                      Lot  2 Con.  4 Gore   29267 Uncle Tom's Road    42.58557°  82.19640°  aka Henson Family Cemetery
Dresden Cemetery                          Lot  5 Con.  5 Gore     299 Trerice St E.       42.59610°  82.17103°       
Desmond/Farslow/Traxler Cemetery          Lot  6 Con.  6 Gore   10676 Croton Line         42.60043°  82.15077°  aka Desmond Farslow Cemetery  aka Desmond - Farslow Cemetery
Blackburn Cemetery / Union Burial Grounds Lot  6 Con.  6 Gore   10775 Croton Line         42.60200°  82.15078°  est Apr 17, 1883  aka Blackburn Union Burial Grounds 
Dawn Mills Cemetery                       Lot  2 Con.  7 Gore   11134 Grove Mills Line    42.58450°  82.12875°  OR  30452 Dawn Mills Road
Young's Cemetery                          Lot  8 Con. 12 Gore   12380 Croton Line          42.60902°  82.05282°             
Johnston Cemetery                         Lot  7 Con. 13 Gore   12626 Cider Mill Line     42.60857°  82.03531°  aka Johnson Cemetery aka Restored Johnston Cemetery
Gibson Cemetery (abandoned)               Lot  8 Con. 13 Gore         Oakdale Road ?????                                                                               
Butler Cemetery                           Lot 13 Con. 14 Gore   30452 Brick Road          42.63675°  82.01927°
Shawbank Cemetery                         Lot  2 Con.  A        11792 Longwoods Road      42.51582°  82.97108°  aka Shaw Cemetery
Stouffel's family graves                         Con.  A              Longwoods Road      [DS] graveyard about 15'x15'; stones had been moved out of the field; later were moved to a shed which has, since, been torn down.
St. Paul's (New) Roman Catholic Cemetery  Lot 14 Con.  A        23412 Industrial Road     42.56835°  81.98820°   
Mayhew-Mt. Pleasant                       Lot 14 Con.  A        23420 Industrial Road     42.55937°  81.98938°     
O'Neill's Cemetery                        Lot 14 Con.  A        23420 Industrial Road     an early name for Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
St. Pauls (Old) Roman Catholic Cemetery   Lot 15 Con.  B              Victoria St. S. (Memory Lane) 42.543783°  81.97108°
Sherman Cemetery                          Lot 15 Con.  B              Victoria St. S. (Memory Lane) 42.54532°  81.96903°
Wallace Cemetery                          Lot 16 Con.  B              Victoria St. S.     42.54942°  81.96675°           
Phillips Cemetery                         Lot  5 Con.  4        12128 Wabash Line         42.56458°  82.09402°    
Old Dresden Cemetery                                                                      ?? downtown Dresden ??  now no known tombstones                           
Christ Church Anglican                                            350 St. George St. S.   (Dresden)               now no known tombstones                          
Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery                                   North St. S. of the Church [Dresden]        now no known tombstones "the Methodist Episcopal Church was built on North St. about midway between Main and Brock Sts. The Church cemetery was south of the church and the ministers residence north of it. -- 'The History Of Dresden', page 39
"Old" Dresden Cemetery                                                "In 1873 ... forbid any further burials in the old cemetery which was located on North Street near the corner of Brock St., just north of the present United Church. ... The remains of many of the old residents were removed to the new cemetery..." -- 'The History Of Dresden', page 31
BAI's Cemetery Reserve                                   Gore     781 Victoria Ave., (Dresden)  extending to the river and bounded Holden to the South and Hughes to the North. Source: Site#22, "Building Heritage"; also Plan #133
                                                                                                                                                          
Chatham City                                                                                                                                      
"Pioneer & 1813 Battle Cemetery"                                         aka "Across the Creek" between McGregor's Creek & Thames River -- point of land rising to a steep bluff                             now no known tombstones; burials said to have included: Paddy Robinson, Sarah Quant, Strobach's son & dau. Maria - Source: Romantic Kent. p. 109
St. Paul's Church Cemetery                                               42.4123°  82.1775° approx. location  now no known tombstones

Chatham Township                                                                                                                                            
Riverview Cemetery    (Wallaceburg)       Lot 15 Con.  2 Gore 10560/1070~Wallace Street    42° 35.857  82° 21.585   est. 1879
Riverview Mausoleum   (Wallaceburg)       Lot 15 Con.  2 Gore
Little-Mickle Cemetery                    Lot 18 Con.  2 Gore          North River Line    42.59853°  82.34306° aka Little Mickle Cemetery
Tupperville .. single grave           abt Lot 28 Con.  2 Gore          Tupperville         abt. 42.5904°, 82.2682° near Asa Starkweather's inn -- source: "Tupperville From The Beginning", page 4location unknown -- listed by Municipality of Chatham-Kent
James Cemetery                      Lot 18 OR 19 Con.  2 Gore          McGregor Line       42° 35.829  82° 20.105 probably same as and aka Jenner--Stewart Cemetery [C-K list]
Salem Cemetery (abandoned)                Lot 25 Con.  2 Gore E. of 8480 North River Line   stones gathered near bank:  42.59815° 82.28880°
Brown Cemetery                            Lot  A Con.  3 Gore          Stewart Line                                   
Deshane Family Cemetery                   Lot 13 Con.  3 Gore                                                   along the Otter Creek  now no known tombstones in situ
McDonald (Snye)                           Lot  B Con.  4 Gore          St. Clair Parkway                        NOT the Baldoon settlement grave site -- see Dover Twp. - Baldoon
unidentified cemetery                     Lot 12 Con.  4 Gore                                                   Source: 1881 Atlas map   
Water Street Cemetery (Wallaceburg)                                 68 Water & Park St.    42° 35.828  82° 22.857   aka McDougall, aka Pioneer    approx.    now no known tombstones
Arnold Cemetery                           Lot 13&14  Front       10282 Longwoods Road      42° 27.866  82° 07.226 aka Riverside Cemetery [c. 1899]; aka Wees' Cemetery [c. 1899]
Louisville area graves                                                   Romantic Kent p. 693-694
Traxler--Merritt Burying Ground/Cemetery abt Lot 18 Front; East of Louisville; cemetery was ploughed down circa 1930's-1960's; grave markers said to have been stored in barn.  Now no known tombstones
3 graves                                  Lot 17 Con.  3                                   [FV] three graves on a sandhill near a squatter's cabin. Probably blacks.
French's Cemetery                         Lot  9 Con.  4         24184 Caledonia Rd.       42.47227°   82.17800°  C-K mistakenly uses McVicar's address (9950 Darrell Line) for French's Cemetery
McVicar Necropolis                        Lot 11 Con.  4          9952 Darrell Line        42° 28.704  82° 10.126 aka McVicar Cemetery aka Gee Cemetery
Overstreet - Hanson                       Lot 17 Con.  4 SE1/2NE1/2                                             now no known grave markers
Smith - Hopper Burying Ground             Lot 22 Con.  4               Craft's Line        42° 31.163  82° 06.495
Green Cemetery                            Lot 18 Con.  5                                   42° 30.750  82° 08.249   aka Green Burying Ground  aka Green Family Plot
Noltie Cemetery                           Lot 19 Con.  5         10910 Eberts Line         42° 31.301  82° 08.522
unknown name Cemetery                     Lot  6 Con.  5               Prince Albert Road @ Con. 6  [MW] and confirmed by Atlas
unknown name Cemetery               about Lot  _ Con.  7                                                        Black Cemetery, likely "ploughed down" before 1980; no known stones now in existence
(NOT Nazrey) Cemetery                     Lot  3 Con.  8          8432 Countryview Line    42° 29.137  82° 16.364   aka Negro (abandoned)
Oldfield Methodist Cemetery               Lot  4 Con. 13          9138	 Oldfield Line       42° 32.547  82° 18.944   1870  aka Oldfield United Cemetery
Jenkins family graves                     Lot    Con. 14               Prince Albert Road  [FV] two for the family who where buried in the orchard on their farm ... the stones survived under a shed until recent times but ... expect ended up in the fill put into the ditch alongside the P.A. Side Road c.1970 when it was filled in
ancient Indian Burial Ground              (1975) Library Lot, Wallaceburg                                       source: Colwell's "The Baldoon Mystery" p. 37
Indian "chief" re-interred                in a spot near D. R. VanAllen's residence -- possibly Salter Street, at a "stone monument" -- now no known tombstones                                                       

Dover Township
St. Thomas Anglican Cemetery              Lot 12 Con.  1         7077 Grande River Line   42° 22.519  82° 16.647
Matthew Dolsen grave (? & others)       ?Lot 19? Con.  1 Dover E.     Grande River Line   Matthew bur. 19 Aug. 1813, behind his house -- "Wilderness Christians" "Wilderness Christians" pages 223 and 224.
Foster graves                             Lot 19 Con.  2                                  no existing markers know; believed a house has been built over the graves.   [BF]
Immaculate Conception Roman Cath.Cemetery Lot 12 Con.  3        24014 Winter Line         42.38985°  82.29017°   aka Paincourt Roman Catholic Cemetery 
Brown Drain Cemetery                      Lot 20 Con.  3                                            Said to have been stones years ago {Black Cemetery]  now no known tombstones
Jack's Hill Cemetery                      Lot 18 Con.  6         7803 Belle Rose Line     42° 26.223  82° 17.796    aka Hind Cemetery aka Jack Hill Cemetery
Cimetiere Saint Philippe Roman Catholic   Lot 10 Con.  9         6842 St. Philippes Line  42° 25.909  82° 22.075     aka St. Phillippe Roman Catholic Cemetery 
Hyatt Cemetery                            Lot 19 Con. 11        26397~Kennedy Road        42.48874° 82.35140° [DG]
Owen Cemetery [re-check GPS]              Lot 17 Con. 12        26643~Owen Road           42° 29.567  82° 22.049
Bishop Cemetery                           Lot 18 Con. 12        26600~Owen Road           42° 29.494  82° 21.941
Crawford Cemetery                         Lot 19 Con. 14              Mud Creek Line      42.51703°  82.38385°
Handsor Cemetery                          Lot 19 Con. 14              West Lewis Line     42.51285°  82.37405° [DG]
McKenzie Cemetery                         Lot __ W. Baldoon Road                          [FV] "the stones were dumped in a stump hole or ditch and [graves] was ploughed over in more recent times......so really it's still there..... "
Baldoon farm cemetery                     Baldoon Farm                Snye Road           approximate locationsource: 1881 Atlas; Dover Map
Thamesview Lodge Cemetery                                         455~Grand Avenue West   42.40242°  82.20650°   
                                                                                                   
Harwich Township
Bethel Cemetery                           Lot 19 Con.  1   RTS  11052 River Line          42° 29.259  82° 05.187	
Field Cemetery                            Lot 19 Con.  1   RTS  11123 River Line          42° 29.476  82° 05.024	 [GPS site of the stones; Cemetery and Chapel said to have been along the River originally; CRR says cemetery has never moved, just the stones were 'lined up'. It seeps probable that the River was nearer the Cemetery originally.]
Reid's ??  [former slaves buried]         Lot 22 Con.  1   RTS        River Road                                      [Ken T.]  now no known tombstones
Holmes Burying Ground                     Lot 23 Con.  1   RTS  11483 River Line          aka Holmes/Smith Burying Ground -- ["Holmes" from "The Story Of Bethel.] Transcribed; now no known tombstones
Potter's Field (outside the Town)                                     Queen Street                                JvdD citing PB 20080916
Wolf Creek Cemetery                       Lot  3 Con.  2   RTS   ~530 Park Avenue (at Creek Road) approx. 42.40604°  82.16039°  source: John D. & Tom B.         
'Patrick's map'                           Lot  3 Con.  3   RTS        Creek Road          approx. 42.397° N 82.148° W   Tobin family members said to be buried here; no markers now known. Across the creek (to the SW) Native burial grounds    
Shepley Burying Ground                                           9399 River Line          MS
Woodland Burial Ground                    Lot  7           RR    9429 River Line          MS
????? Burying Ground                   ???Lot  7 Con.  2   RTS                            ???aka Carey Cemetery???   now no known tombstones -- this may be from C-K maps and sources
McIntyre Burying Ground                   Lot  8 Con.  2   RTS  ~9486 River Line          42.42727°  82.14386°  aka McIntire / Mc Intyre Cemetery prob aka Carey Cemetery [MS]
Traxler Cemetery                          Lot 10 Con.  2   RTS   9775 River Line          42.44275°  82.13825°; aka McMullin--Traxler Cemetery
Van Horne Cenetery                        Lot 14 Con.  2   RTS  10290 River Line          42° 27.604  82° 06.970  EST. 1853
Northwood Cemetery                                                                        source:  Blenheim News-Tribune, 6 Feb.  1908 OR this might be an aka for Botany Cemetery [CRR]
Taff                                      Lot 13           TLR        Kent Bridge Road   ~42° 25.1667 81° 57.4167 
McBrayne Cemetery                         Lot 17           TLR  21572 Kent Bridge Road    42° 26.550  81° 59.292
Reynolds Cemetery (abandoned)             Lot 28 Con.  1   WCR        Communication Road  42.38725° 82.10341° and Richardson cemetery -- according to Ruth S, James Reynolds, died 1870, also buried there. His sister Mary (Mrs. Wm. Richardson) lived next door. She was buried in their cemetery, like just across the fence from the Reynolds. But the Richardsons later were "moved" to Maple Leaf Cemetery.
Burk Cemetery                             Lot  4 Con.  3   WCR  18819 Erieau Road         42° 17.038  81° 58.968
Chase Family Cemetery (on a sand hill)    Lot    Con.  3   ECR 
Front Ridge Cemetery                      Lot 18 Con.  6 LES                             from map in Casier's "History of the Ridge"
Shrewsbury Baptist Cemetery               Lot  C Con.  1          191 Metcalfe Street     42° 18.080  81° 55.557
Shrewsbury Bapt & Meth Cemetery                                   186 Communication Rd               
Evergreen Cemetery                        Lot 10 Con.  2        10180~Ridge Line          42° 20.720  81° 48.964	OR 457 Talbot Street East, Blenheim
Fairview Memorial Gardens                 Lot  A Con.  2          186 New Scotland Line   42° 18.110  81° 55.680   [aka Shrewsbury Community Cemetery]
Newcombe Cemetery                         Lot 22 Con.  7        11151 Ridge Line          42° 23.289  81° 57.225	
Tyler                                     Lot 21 Con. 12       ~11216 Pinehurst Line      ??now no known tombstones??
Presbyterian Burial Ground                                            [Chatham]           42.40355°  82.1786°  approx. location  now no known tombstones
U.P. Church burial ground                                             Wellington          info source          now no known tombstones
Old Maple Leaf Cemetery                                                                                                                                        
Maple Leaf Cemetery                                                97~ (OR 55) Maple Leaf Drive  42.39842°  82.15882°
St. Anthony's (Old) Cemetery                                                                                                                                          
St. Anthony's Cemetery and Annex                                                                                                                                        
St. Anthony (RC)                                                   97~Maple Leaf Drive    42.40057°  82.05160°   
John McMillan Stone (? & grave?)                                      Prince St. Chatham  Stone moved to Maple Leaf Cemetery Oct. 1993 [CDN]

Howard Township
Gadd Cemetery                             Lot  1 Con.  1        11688 Magnavilla Line     42° 29.547  82° 02.586  aka Gadd's Baptist Cemetery
Knight Cemetery                           Lot  2 Con.  1        11766 Magnavilla Line     42° 29.689  82° 02.241  aka Knight's Cemetery
Lenover Cemetery                          Lot  4 Con.  1        11902 Magnavilla Line             
Everitt Cemetery                          Lot 12 Con.  1        13064 Magnavilla Line     42° 32.110  81° 58.836
Abandoned Cemetery                        Lot 25 Con.  2
Botany United -- Methodist                Lot  9 Con.  3        22251 Howard Road         42° 28.652  82° 00.186	
Hammel Cemetery (abandoned)               Lot  3 Con.  5              McKay's Line                
Ogiltree (Ogletree) Cemetery              Lot 16 Con.  5        13486 McKay's Line        42° 30.429  81° 54.692
Campbell Cemetery                         Lot  6 Con.  6        12253 Beechwood Line      42.45319°  81.94514° [NOT Scane Road]
St. Michael's Roman Catholic Cemetery     Lot  3 Con.  8        12006 O'Neill Line        42° 26.114  81° 56.579
Scane (Shene) Cemetery [recheck GPS]      Lot  7 Con. 10        20317 Scane Road            42° 25.674  81° 54.203	 aka Skane/Scane Cemetery  [or 42' 25.633N, 81' 54.126W]
Marsh farm grave area                     Lot  9 Con. 10              Ebenezer St. W.       42.43746°, 81.88716°    [Marg E. identifes location area as "under the water tower"]  now no known tombstones
Greenwood Cemetery                        Lot 13 Con. 10        13146 Reeder/Reeder's Line  42° 27.114  81° 52.120
Greenwood Memorial Cemetery               Lot 13 Con. 10                                    (OR same as above) aka Campbell Cemetery 
Campbell Cemetery (abandoned)             Lot 13 Con. 10        13193 Golf Course Line      42 26.660 81 51.322
McDiarmid Cemetery                        Lot 10 Con. 12        12842 Green Line            42° 25.480  81° 51.520  aka McDarmid (McDiarmid) Cemetery 
Shewburg Cemetery [recheck GPS]           Lot  7      TLR       20274 Shewburg Road         42° 24.875  81° 55.185  [or 42' 24. 678N, 81' 55.191W] aka Fushton Cemetery
Botany United -- Presbyterian             Lot 23      TLR       22280~Howard Road           42° 28.671  82° 00.230	
Clark Cemetery                                                 ~21687 Kent Bridge Road       42.45170°  81.98741°  aka Clarke's Cemetery -- C-K's address would place it in Harwich; but transcribed in and is in Howard
Campbell Cemetery                         Lot 24      TLR       22405 Kent Bridge Road      42° 28.423  82° 01.249
Button-McKinlay                           Lot 94      NTR                                   now no known tombstones
Ridgetown (old) Cemetery                                             ~Altha St.            ~42° 26.65  81° 53.122  now no known tombstones
Smith Grave Yard / Morpeth Cemetery       Lot 9/90    NTR       12637 Talbot Trail          42° 23.797  81° 50.460   1818 / 1868
Trinity Anglican Cemetery                 Lot 83/93   STR       13232 Talbot Trail          42° 24.815  81° 48.786
Wilkins Expedition                            II B.F. SYTR            Rose Beach Line       approximate location nr campgrounds at mouth of Patterson's Creek abt 3 miles east of Rondeau point. The bodies of Lt. Davidson and six other men were found on the shore and buried there.  now no known tombstones --Source: Valley of the Lower Thames
Williams Cemetery                         Lot  6    River Front 12254 River Line	        42.51781°  82.02258°
Howard Bridge Cemetery                        Lot  2     Front            River Line           ~42° 30.984  82° 03.024  aka Arnold Burying Ground    aka Arnold Mill Cemetery   no known graves remaining
Carey Cemetery                            Lot  7 Con. 1 RT.                                                                                                  
Abandoned Cemetery                        Lot  5 Block Con.                                                                                              

Orford Township                                                                         
Bury Cemetery (abandoned)                 Lot 58     STR         15292 Talbot Trail         42° 27.985  81° 42.518 aka Troyer Cemetery
Moorehouse Cemetery                       Lot 69     NTR               Talbot Trail         aka Morehouse Cemetery
Mill's Cemetery                           Lot 70     NTR         14437 Talbot Trail         42.45089°  81.76264°
Palmyra Cemetery                          Lot 73     STR         14048 Talbot Trail         42° 26.225  81° 46.484 aka Eberle Cemetery
Keyes Cemetery (abandoned)                Lot 74     NTR         14047 Talbot Trail         42° 26.258  81° 46.531
Loucks Cemetery                           Lot 76     NTR         19119 Kenesserie Road       42.43181°  81.78807°  C-K Map shows this as "Abandoned - Con. 3   19119 Kenesserie Road"             
Crawford Farm burial                      Lot  8     SMR                                                         [Jean Z.]
Gosnell Farm Cemetery (abandoned)         Lot 17&18 NTR/NMR  probably Teetzel Line                              
McMillan Cemetery (abandoned)             Lot  1 Con.  2        19705 Kenesserie Road       42° 27.032  81° 48.723 C-K Map shows this as "Abandoned - Con. 2   19705 Kenesserie Road"
Duart Cemetery                            Lot  5 Con.  2        19859 Inverara St.          42° 30.211  81° 45.109
Hill's Family Cemetery                    Lot 17 Con.  5        15753 Muirkirk Line         42.53276°, -81.75231° [location of stone], graves said to be a few feet east of the stone which is leaning against the tree.
Indian Village                            Lot 17 Con.  5        15753 Muirkirk Line         in 1827 Indian village of 200 wigwams -- Orford's Story page 84
Highgate United Church Gosnell            Lot 1&2 Con. 6        13935 Gosnell Line          42° 29.079  81° 50.710  aka Gosnell United Cemetery 
Burch (abandoned)                         Lot 26 Con. 14        15850 Austin Line           42° 36.117  81° 49.886
Moraviantown Cemetery                                                 Centre Road           approximate location
New Fairfield Cemetery                                                                      approximate location  stones moved to Mission Church
Ford Cemetery [ELGIN CO.]                                       20338 Talbot Trail          42.49189°  81.67081°    [Ford Cemetery 1823-    ]    "The first cemetery in Orford was on the Ford farm" -- Page 210, Romantic Kent -- other sources place it in Aldborough Twp., Elgin County [more probable there though that land may have been in Kent County originally before boundaries were changed]
Dr. Anslem Guthrie grave                                                                     west bank, Clear Creek -- Romantic Kent p. 214; Cenmtennial Chroicle of Kent Doctors p.8

Raleigh Township                                                                     
Peck family cemetery                      Lot   8 Con. BF&1       Riverview Line            Mr. Pike advanced in years (supposed to have died in the cholera) interred in a burying ground near his house  11 Oct. 1834 -- St. Paul's. John Peck Sr. & John Peck [aka Pike] Jr.-- John Peck Jr.'s will
Crow Cemetery                             Lot  10 Con.  2    6702 Riverview Line            42° 21.984  82° 17.212    dedicated 1837
Dolsen Cemetery                           Lot  13 Con.  3    7121 Riverview Line            42° 22.484  82° 15.848 [Transcription shows as Lot 15] aka "Dalston cemetery" {Kent Beers p. 232)
Dolsen Chapel Cemetery                    Lot  14 Con.  3                                   [pt of Ey pt of W 1/2, 1 acre]  Following the burning of the Chapel about 1864 "the tombstones, but not the bodies, were transferred to the new Dolsen's cemetery" [Providence United Church 1866-1966]
former site of unidentified cemetery      Lot  18 Con.  4                                   SW corner of Bloomfield Road & River Road                  [Alan D & Pat C]    now no known tombstones
Anti Slavery Baptist Church Cemetery      Lot   9 Con.  7          Seventh Line West       ~42° 19.007  82° 14.040    no known remaining stones
Shadd Farm Cemetery                       Lot   3 Con.  A                                   possible, no definite information yet    now no known tombstones
Second Baptist Church Cemetery            Lot   7 Con.  A     6328 Seventh Line West        42° 18.438  82° 14.814    aka Cromwell  aka 7th Line Baptist Cemetery
North Buxton Baptist Memorial             Lot   9 Con.  8    22026 Clinton St.              42° 18.412  82° 13.459 aka Busy Bee Memorial Cemetery   aka North Buxton Baptist Memorial 
North Buxton British Methodist            Lot  10 Con.  8    21985 A.D. Shadd Road          42° 18.409  82° 13.304 aka British Methodist Episcopal Cemetery 
Methodist Church Cemetery                 Lot  20 Con.  8          Eighth Line                                                                           Burials said to have included Peter Stover & Martha Bury. Cemetery closed and stones supposedly thrown in barnyard.  [Jean Z.]
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery     Lot   3 Con.  9     5767 Tenth Line               42.26681°  82.24232°
Merlin Cemetery                           Lot   1 Con. 11          Aberdeen Street          42° 14.678  82° 13.556
Doyle Cemetery                            Lot   1 Con. 11          Aberdeen Street          42.24494°  82.22546° immediately easterly of Merlin Cemetery; transcribed as part of the Merlin Cemetery.
Buxton Cemetery                           Lot   8 Con. 11     6541 Middle Line              42° 16.264  82° 11.246 aka South Buxton Cemetery
Roe Family graves                         Lot  11 Con. 11                                   Two children one [Matilda] age 7 or 8 scalded; died.   Murray R.  20070427    now no known tombstones
Hall family grave(s)                              Con. 12                                   [BF] baby boy, circa 1926/28, said to have been buried on the farm
Sheply Family graves                      Lot   9 Con. 12(SMR) _____ Middle Line            42.272°  82.185° B&S  3 Sept. 1851  Joshua Sheply & Elizabeth Sheply to Isaac Brown   --  no grave markers known to now exist
First Union Church of ...                 Lot  11 Con. 12     6796 Middle Line              42° 16.707  82° 10.509  [of British North America]  aka Transcribed as "Freeman"  aka Freeman Cemetery
Broadbent Cemetery                        Lot  17 Con. 12     7522 Middle Line                
Charing Cross Methodist/United Cemetery   Lot  22 Con. 12     8144 Middle Line              42° 19.158  82° 06.957 aka Jenner's Cemetery
Craford Cemetery                          Lot 134     STR    19306 Craford Road             42° 15.714  82° 02.728
Pardoville Union Cemetery                 Lot 139     NTR     7741 Talbot Trail             42° 15.356  82° 04.362
Christ Church Anglican Cemetery [Ouvry]   Lot 146     STR     7034 Talbot Road              42° 14.539  82° 06.584
St. Joseph's Church Cemetery              Lot  24 Con. 1(RTS)      Cross Street             42.40325°  82.18648° approx. location  now no known tombstones
                                                                                             
Romney Township                                                                         
Erie Cemetery                             Lot   8 Con. 1     21097 Cemetery Road            42° 05.834  82° 26.305
Renwick Cemetery                          Lot 204    SRS      2107 Talbot Trail             42° 08.162  82° 22.214
Heatherington Cemetery                    Lot 202    NTR      2273 Talbot Trail             42° 09.156  82° 22.207
Coatsworth Cemetery                       Lot 200    NTR      2357 Talbot Trail             42° 08.259  82° 21.926
Shanks Cemetery                           Lot 183    STR      3974 Talbot Trail             42° 10.232  82° 16.377   est 1861
Heward Cemetery                           Lot 183    STR      3988~Talbot Trail             42° 10.240  82° 16.336
Jackson Cemetery                          Lot 183    STR      3990 Talbot Trail             42° 10.246  82° 16.336
                                                                                                      
Tilbury East Township                                                                  
Stewart Cemetery (older portion)          Lots 8&9   SMR     ~4876 Middle Line              42.24504°  82.28991°
Stewart Cemetery (newer portion)          Lots 8&9   NMR      4789 Middle Line              42.24529°  82.29013°
Carr Cemetery                             Lot 20     SMR           Gray Line                stone located June 2007 in St. Francis Xavier Church, Essex County, Ontario      
Malott Cemetery's sign                    Lot 27     SMR      3049 Gray Line                42° 14.217  82° 25.663
Malott Cemetery                           Lot 27     SMR      3049 Gray Line                42° 14.495  82° 25.635
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Cemetery       Lot  1 Con.  2      5417 Tecumseh Line            42° 20.384  82° 21.734
Rosedale Cemetery                         Lot 21 Con.  7     23033 Coatsworth Road          42° 13.673  82° 25.463
Grieve grave                              Lot 15or16 C.8                                    source: Tilbury Times 28 Feb. 1974
St. Charles Roman Catholic Cemetery       Lot 16 Con. 13      3685 Goodreau Line            42.18955°  82.31891° -- re-check GPS
Victoria Cemetery [Baddertown]            Lot  3 Con. 15     20651 Tasker Road              42° 12.966  82° 13.800
pre-Victoria Cemetery                     Lot  4 Con. 15    ~20654 Tasker Road              42.21698°  82.23163° no known stones remaining; moved to Victoria Cemetery; some graves also said to have been moved.
                                                                                                           
Zone Township
West Bothwell Cemetery / Bothwell Cem.    Lot 13 RiverRange  15258 Longwoods Road           42° 36.448  81° 52.636
Lamport graves                            Lot  1 Con.  6     14641 Longwoods Road           42.57679°  81.91448°  now no known tombstones
St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Cemetery      Lot 11 Con.  8    ~30200 West Bothwell Road       42.62351°  81.87981°
Moravian-Delaware Burial Ground                                    Longwoods Road           42° 35.202  81° 54.310   stones all said to have been removed; Moravian to Bothwell; natives to Moraviantown     now no known tombstones; formerly }Hutberg Cemetery" or "Hutsberg Cemetery"
Battle of the Thames burials                                                                now no known grave markers
                                                                                        
Essex County (near Wheatley and near Tilbury)                                                         
Fairview Cemetery                                              515 Erie Street              42° 05.194  82° 27.818   Essex Co.
St. Francis Xavier Cemetery                                        Middle Road              42.24198°  82.44644°

Middlesex County (near Kent County)
Gardiner Cemetery                                               450 Longwoods Road           42.61616° 81.81935°
Cashmere Cemetery                                               695 Longwoods Road

Pioneers of Kent; burial place uncertain
Patrick McGarvin, drowned Oct. 1811 Thames River; buried at ????? Isaac Dolsen, died 1812 Raleigh Twp.; buried at ????? George Conrad Sicklesteel, died 1 Nov. 1822 Chatham Township; buried at ?????


Other Stones of Kent
{Places, etc. but not burials)

Howard Twp. -- Hills of Tyrone 42.38510° 81.83335°
Not a grave, but it IS a place marker. Seemingly quite an old one. Never know when someone might ask where in Kent they would find the "Hills of Tyrone"!! Now we know.
A pathway through the corn ... almost like a lane or such. The stone is a good sized stone that was found along the road (perhaps from road widening or whatever). On the stone the owner has printed "HILLS OF TYRONE'. The stone is on the remains of a well. Nearby there were a house and a barn with "Hills Of Tyrone" written on it. Don't know how long they have been gone. But the owner seemed to want to preserve the name that someone else had given to the farm.
He drove by in his pickup truck, slowly, went to the corner, then turned around and came back and stopped. Guess he figured if I hadn't left, then I wasn't there to harvest "weed". So we had a chat and I found out the above bit about the name and all.
18 Sept. 2008
Leslie

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