Hill Cemetery (Yarmouth, Maine) Explained

Hill Cemetery
Country:United States
Location:Seal Lane,
Cousins Island,
Yarmouth,
Maine,
Coordinates:43.7649°N -70.1416°W
Map Type:USA Maine
Type:Private
Findagraveid:2649920

Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Cousins Island in Yarmouth, Maine. Located in today's Katherine Tinker Preserve,[1] it is now closed to burials.[2]

The cemetery is so named because it contains only members of the Hill family, with dates of death ranging from 1831 to 1899.[3] It includes burials of Revolutionary War veterans.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.sunjournal.com/2017/10/01/every-weekend-if-the-weather-cooperates/# 'Every weekend if the weather cooperates'
  2. https://yarmouth.me.us/index.asp?SEC=8C3D6D97-4591-4BB2-BC92-DE639FD7ECB8&Type=B_BASIC Cemeteries in Yarmouth
  3. Cousins and Littlejohn's Islands, 1645–1893, Katherine Prescott Kaster (1942)
  4. Revolutionary War Graves Register, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1993)