Cemeteries & Graveyards

Graveyards are yards where bodies are buried, usually located near a church. Cemeteries are bigger, more modern, and not affiliated with a particular church, offering a range of burial options and amenities.

Mary Baker Gravesite Hammond Records- dated 1933, visual. Closed cemetery, completed

https://www.salisburyhistoricalsociety.org/mary-baker-gravesite/

Baptist, Salisbury Heights, Hammond Records- dated 1933, visuals needed to complete. More about the Baptist Graveyard here: Baptist Graveyard

Smith’s Corner Bean updated 5/24/2019, Hammond Records, visually verified, plus additions from visuals in green or new records. https://www.salisburyhistoricalsociety.org/bean-smiths-corner-graveyard/

More about the Smith’s Corner Graveyard

Calef Yard or Bog Rd Hammond Records- dated 1933, Closed cemetery, updated data and visuals needed to complete

https://www.salisburyhistoricalsociety.org/3264-2/

More about The Calef Yard

Fellows GraveyardHammond Records- dated 1933, updated data and visuals needed to complete

https://www.salisburyhistoricalsociety.org/3276-2/

MaplewoodupdatedHammond Records- dated 1933, plus updates from Town Records, in progress.

Mills or Pingry Updated to Dec 1, 2016, *several stones needing to be found, nearly completed

https://www.salisburyhistoricalsociety.org/mills-pingry-cemetery/

More about the Mills/Pingry Graveyard

Oak Hill or Shaw HillHammond Records- dated 1933, Open cemetery, updated data and visuals needed to complete

https://www.salisburyhistoricalsociety.org/oak-hill-cemetery/

More about Oak Hill Cemetery

Searle’s Hill Graveyard

Severens Closed cemetery, records completed

https://www.salisburyhistoricalsociety.org/severens-gravesites/

South Road Hammond Records- dated 1933, Closed cemetery, updated data and visuals needed to complete

https://www.salisburyhistoricalsociety.org/3267-2/

Stevens or Sawyer Closed cemetery (only one name needs research: Hannah Chase) nearly completed

https://www.salisburyhistoricalsociety.org/stevens-sawyer-cemetery/

Watson Hammond Records- dated 1933, Closed cemetery, Watson nearly destroyed, Quimby unmarked, completed

https://www.salisburyhistoricalsociety.org/watson-quimby-graveyards/

Whitaker Graves Hammond Records- dated 1933, visuals. Closed cemetery, completed.

https://www.salisburyhistoricalsociety.org/whitaker-gravesites/

Franklin was established from the eastern portion of Salisbury in 1828; therefore, several early Salisbury residents are now technically buried within the borders of the City of Franklin.

War Casualties

Revolutionary War Casualties

According to Dearborn’s History of Salisbury, the following Salisbury sons died in or as a result of the Revolutionary War:

Ensign Andrew Pettingill served in the Concord and Boscawen company, was injured in the Battle of Bennington on August 16, 1777 died from injuries Dec 12th.

Samuel Sanders, Battle of Hubbardton, missing.

Ephraim Heath, Valley Forge camp, 1778, from exposure and sickness

Reuben Greeley, Valley Forge camp, 1778, from exposure and sickness

Philip Lufkin, Valley Forge camp, 1778, from exposure and sickness

William Bayley, Valley Forge camp, 1778, from exposure and sickness

Civil War Veterans and Casualties

Please see Civil War

Civil War Veteran John Haskell

WW2 Casualties

George Prince Co. F 507 Paratroopers 17th Airborne Army, b. Oct 8,1924 KIA Feb 17, 1945

Mills Cemetery contains his commemorative stone or actual tombstone/burial site.

The Cemetery Book

“Gravestone Inscriptions From All Cemeteries Within the Township of Salisbury, New Hampshire 1784-1933” by Priscilla Hammond, Concord, New Hampshire, 1933.

These are visual records from tombstones up until 1933.