known cemetery old historic cemetery road connecticut earliest marked stone died 1930s inscriptions stones cemetery recorded index carving identification unknown stems wearing stone skilled locally available seven identified lebanon mystic bridge nomination notes cemetery significant carving stones gives good examples art characteristic 18th 19th centuries new_england cemetery notable burial namesake village prominent african american land holding man ran shop important marine industry area cemetery apart connecticut freedom trail added national_register_of_historic_places april history established cemetery eighteen family rests land came salem massachusetts includes land came salem exact date founding unknown earliest extant stone died according national_register_of_historic_places nomination cemetery active burial site family including married daughters index lists marked died august order improve cemetery incorporated special act land adjacent pond purchased society boundary feet feet match town record land purchased land thirty years prior family connection according town records property designated map block lot 1930s inscriptions stones cemetery recorded index according study related blood marriage family summer group volunteers worked restore clean cemetery led ceremony october people attendance article day highlighted difficulty finding cemetery located banks village located town said town repair stone walls children american revolution return spring continue work cemetery cemetery undergone significant restoration included accounting burial markers grounds noted stones showed signs vandalism day described marker stones monuments covered nearly foot pine roots uprooted anchor stones causing fall break concerns public use land recreation reflection provoked concern little grounds control disbanded generations ago town owns cemetery default cemetery disturbed stacked help reach height swinging rope tree pond pieces wall thrown pond came rest wants jersey barrier erected stop vehicles parking wrought iron fence burial ground trees grounds removed roots plots importance cemetery shows evolution art course centuries earliest marked stone died stone simple rounded carved list recorded index survey data stemming copy additional field stones noted listed according names missing list including mixed indian negro blood listing complete records field stones incomplete contain identification including earliest stone died stone carved gallery
Kinne Cemetery