Old East Buckland Cemetery
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Old East Buckland Cemetery

Also known as Second Cemetery

Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA

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    Buckland, Massachusetts 01338 United States
    Coordinates: 42.59694, -72.76779
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referred to as "Second Cemetery" or "Old Cemetery, East Buckland" "G.R.3" in the Mass. Vital Records books to 1850. Located off Hog Hollow Road on PRIVATE PROPERTY in East Buckland. Only 20 readable stones exist as of Nov 2010; there were 22 names in 1979 according to The History of Buckland, Vol. II by Beulah Cross. Was measured in 2002 as approx 200 ft long by 70 ft wide; is surrounded by stone wall with entrances on east, west, and south sides. Said to be second oldest cemetery in town, many graves never marked or marked only with blank field stones [which is what was found in 2010]. According to The History of Buckland 1779-1935 by Fannie Shaw Kendrick, this was pasture land on side of a "busy" county road when the cemetery location was chosen but over many years travel routes and land ownership changed. Kendrick writes that the number of burials was estimated from eighty-five to one hundred, the oldest date to be found at that time was 1804, and Kendrick states the last burial was in 1876.
referred to as "Second Cemetery" or "Old Cemetery, East Buckland" "G.R.3" in the Mass. Vital Records books to 1850. Located off Hog Hollow Road on PRIVATE PROPERTY in East Buckland. Only 20 readable stones exist as of Nov 2010; there were 22 names in 1979 according to The History of Buckland, Vol. II by Beulah Cross. Was measured in 2002 as approx 200 ft long by 70 ft wide; is surrounded by stone wall with entrances on east, west, and south sides. Said to be second oldest cemetery in town, many graves never marked or marked only with blank field stones [which is what was found in 2010]. According to The History of Buckland 1779-1935 by Fannie Shaw Kendrick, this was pasture land on side of a "busy" county road when the cemetery location was chosen but over many years travel routes and land ownership changed. Kendrick writes that the number of burials was estimated from eighty-five to one hundred, the oldest date to be found at that time was 1804, and Kendrick states the last burial was in 1876.

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