655 Old Turnpike Road (Route 4), Salisbury, NH 03268
The cemetery, located behind the Old Baptist Church, now the Salisbury Historical Society’s meetinghouse, is easily accessible. Its care and upkeep are handled by the Town of Salisbury, NH.
“The Center Road, or Baptist Cemetery, was laid out at the time of the building of the church, in 1791. Previous to that time, the people in this neighborhood buried their dead in the field east of F.W. Fifield’s house. The land was given by Able Elkins. The oldest stone is that of Rhoda, wife of Reuben True, and daughter of Gov. Josiah Bartlett, 1794- Here are buried the Sawyers, Fifields, Pettengills, Websters, and Adamses.” John Dearborn, “The History of Salisbury,” 1890, page 369. Dearborn’s book
Note: The house referenced as the F.W. Fifield House may be the Hattan House across the road and down several houses from the Church. Since 1775, and the first owner, Joseph Fifield, several generations and families of Fifields have owned the house, and several were named Frederick; however, none were named Frederick W. Fifield, according to Paul Shaw’s Historical Houses: Salisbury Houses.
Another consideration is that between 1775 and 1790, the Fifield brothers built 4 homes.
The following list is from “Gravestone Inscriptions From All Cemeteries Within the Township of Salisbury, New Hampshire 1784-1933” by Priscilla Hammond, Concord, New Hampshire, 1933
Interred at the Baptist Cemetery
