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The following information was provided and maintained by Fletcher Brush of Salisbury, Vermont. For further information as well as to view the photo gallery and cemetery lists visit www.underbrush.org or Email f_brush@hotmail.com
Salisbury, Vermont has three cemeteries: the Village Cemetery, the Holman Cemetery and the West Salisbury Cemetery.
Village Cemetery
Research suggests that the first burials in the Village Cemetery occurred in 1807. There is a monument dated in 1795 however it is believed to be a memorial. The Village Cemetery is an inactive cemetery. It is located in Salisbury Village at the south end of Prospect Street. The entrance to Prospect Street is located next to the Town Hall/Public Library building in the center of the Village.
Holman Cemetery
The Holman Cemetery is located approximately one mile northwest of the Village on the west side of Route 7 at its intersection with Holman Road. Records indicate that the first burial in the Holman Cemetery was in 1815. The Holman Cemetery is an active cemetery.
The West Salisbury Cemetery
This cemetery is located three miles west of Salisbury Village. At its intersection with Route 7 travel west on the West Salisbury Road for 2.7 miles to its intersection with Leland Road and Shard Villa Road. The Cemetery is located on the west side of Leland Road at the intersection.
An alternate route to the West Salisbury Cemetery is to take the Three Mile Bridge Road at its intersection with Route 7 just south of East Middlebury. At the one-mile mark the Three Mile Bridge Road merges with the Shard Villa Road on a wide corner that heads south. Total miles from Route 7 to the Cemetery are 4.3 miles.
John Weeks in his "History of Salisbury" published in 1860 indicates that several of Salisbury's earliest settlers were buried on private grounds during the 1790's including approximately 30 in an unmarked cemetery.
Two known burials on private grounds are Nabby Cooper, who died in 1796, is buried approximately 80 yards Southwest of the Holman Cemetery near the power-line. A path leads to her grave site through the woods. And Henry Rice, a Civil War veteran, is buried on the west side of the Lower Plains Road just south of the Salisbury-Middlebury town lines.
Many of the earliest burials in Salisbury rest in the West Salisbury Cemetery. Twenty-seven Revolutionary War, ten War of 1812, and nineteen Civil War veterans are thought to be buried in the cemetery. Buried in the West Salisbury Cemetery is Josiah Clarke who was the first Salisbury soldier killed in action on April 23, 1862 in Yorktown, VA. Also killed in action and buried in West is Charles Walker on May 12, 1864 in Spotsylvania, VA.
Records suggest that the first burials in the West Salisbury Cemetery occurred between 1795 and 1799 as indicated in the picture shown below of Rueben Everts tombstone which indicates his death on April 21, 1799.
The cemetery is an active cemetery. Documentation of the West Salisbury Cemetery is underway and will be added to the site at a later date