The lists of those interred in the following cemeteries were compiled using information from the book “Gravestone Inscriptions From All Cemeteries Within the Township of Salisbury, New Hampshire 1784-1933” by Priscilla Hammond, published in Concord, New Hampshire, in 1933. Hammond’s book is available to view at the UNH Dimond Library, Special Collections viewing room, upon request.
Hammond’s Records Mary Town Baker
Find a Grave – Salisbury Heights (Baptist), Salisbury
Hammond’s Records Baptist Cemetery
Bean Hill – Smith’s Corner Cemetery
Find a Grave – Bean – Smiths Corners Cemetery, Salisbury
Hammond’s Records Bean Hill – Smith’s Corner updated 5/24/2019, visually verified, plus additions from visuals in green or new records.
Find a Grave – Bog Road Cemetery, Salisbury
Hammond’s Records Calef Yard or Bog Rd, 1933, Closed Cemetery
Find a Grave – Fellows Cemetery, Salisbury
Hammond’s Records Fellows Cemetery dated 1933
Find a Grave – Manyan Family Cemetery
Find a Grave – Maplewood Cemetery, Salisbury
Hammond’s Records Records Maplewood dated 1933, plus updates from Town Records.
Find a Grave – Mills Cemetery, Salisbury, also known as the Pingree Cemetery, West Salisbury Cemetery.
Hammond’s Records Mills or Pingry Updated to December 1, 2016
Find a Grave – Oak Hill Cemetery, Salisbury
Hammond’s Records, Oak Hill or Shaw Hill Open cemetery
Find a Grave – Severens Family Graveyard, Salisbury
Hammond’s Records, Severens closed cemetery
Find a Grave – Memorials in Shaw Corner Cemetery
Find a Grave – South Road Cemetery, Salisbury
Hammond’s Records South Road Cemetery Closed cemetery
Find a Grave – Stevens Cemetery, Salisbury
Hammond’s Records, Stevens or Sawyer, Salisbury, Closed cemetery
Hammond’s Records, Watson. Watson was nearly destroyed, and Quimby was unmarked.
Hammond’s Records, Whitaker Graves, Closed cemetery
Webster Place Cemetery, Franklin, NH, was formed in 1828 from the eastern part of Salisbury, which means several early Salisbury residents are now technically buried within Franklin’s city limits.
Find a Grave, Webster Place Cemetery, Franklin
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.
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, and died from injuries on December 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
More about the 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.
Find a Grave
Cemeteries in Salisbury, New Hampshire – Find a Grave
Town & State Records
Once each graveyard has its Hammond Listing, as additional burials are added, records can be attained via Town Records, Town Reports, and Obituaries.
The following is from Dearborn’s 1890 book, pages 369 – 370
