MICROFICHE REFERENCE NUMBER: 66-02-91AM
STREET ADDRESS: Town Point
CITY/TOWN/VILLAGE: Rockville
MUNICIPALITY: Yarmouth
COUNTY: Yarmouth
YEAR BUILT: c. 1770
PRESENT OWNER: Trustees of Chebogue Cemetery:
ADDRESS: Rockville, Town Point:
ORIGINAL OWNER: Government of Nova Scotia
SOURCES: Registry of Deeds, Chebogue Cemetery Records
BUILDER: n/a
ORIGINAL USE: Cemetary
PRESENT USE: Cemetery
ARCHITECTURAL COMMENT:
Set off by a stone wall with wrought iron gates at the two entry points. Bronze plaque
set in large stone at main gate says "This tablet commemorates the landing of the first English
speaking settlers of Yarmouth near this spot on June 9, 1761. Placed here by the Yarmouth County
Historical Society 1956."
HISTORICAL COMMENT:
This is the site of the burial of many of the early English speaking settlers of Yarmouth
County. In the original division of the Township grant, this area was Lot Number 10, Government
reserve. The oldest legible gravestone is dated November 20, 1772, but there is reason to
believe that there were a number of burials here before that date. This is the oldest cemetery
in the county which is still in use.
CONTEXTUAL COMMENT:
North side of Town Point Road. Landmark site.
| HISTORY OF PROPERTY |
| OWNERS: |
FROM: |
TO: |
OCCUPATION: |
BOOK PG: |
| Government of Nova Scotia |
Apr. 07, 1767 |
Sept. 15, 1780 |
n/a |
N/A |
| Jonathan Scott |
Sept. 15, 1780 |
Oct. 15, 1781 |
Clergyman |
Proprietor's Book; No. 213 |
| Trustees of Chebogue Cemetery |
Oct. 15, 1781 |
Present |
n/a |
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COMMENTS ON HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS:
This burying ground was in use, as such, at least nine and possibly more years before the
Rev. Jonathan Scott gave the inhabitants of Chebogue the deed to the land around the church. The
original division of the Township Grant, dated April 7, 1767, set Lot No. 10 aside as
"government reserve", but the first church, or "meeting house", was built on this lot by the
inhabitants in 1766. After petitioning the government in 1780, Rev. Scott was granted the lot,
which he subsequently deeded to the residents of the area the following year. The cemetery has
expanded considerably, and is still used.
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