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First Church Burial Ground

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Location	:	Wells, Rutland County, USA
Description	:	The first burial ground laid out in the Town of Wells, Rutland County, Vermont was at the Town's First Church (Meeting House). In 1789, that Church (Meeting House) was situated, in what then was considered the center of the town, on the rise of land about midway between the pond bridge and pond mountain on the north side of the highway. By 1868 no monuments remained to mark the graves of the Town's early settlers buried there. References: (1) "History of Wells, Vermont, for the First Century after its Settlement" by Hiland Paul, 1869, pages 28-29 (2) "A... Read More	The first burial ground laid out in the Town of Wells, Rutland County, Vermont was at the Town's First Church (Meeting House). In 1789, that Church (Meeting House) was situated, in what then was considered the center of the town, on the rise of land about midway between the pond bridge and pond mountain on the north side of the highway. By 1868 no monuments remained to mark the graves of the Town's early settlers buried there. References: (1) "History of Wells, Vermont, for the First Century after its Settlement" by Hiland Paul, 1869, pages 28-29 (2) "A History of the Town of Wells, Vermont from its Settlement with Family and Biographical Sketches and Incidents" by Grace E. Pember Wood, 1955, pages 130-136 (3) "Wells Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont - Recorded Aug. 1978, July 1980, and May - Oct 1992" by Margaret R. Jenks

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