Historic Sites: 18th Century: Methodist Cemetery

New gateway dedicated 23 September 2001.	METHODIST BURYING GROUND 1788 (on metalwork arch of gateway) Erected to commemorate Yorkshire 2000, held August 3-10, 2000, a major gathering of descendants of the Yorkshire settlers celebrating the historic Yorkshire immigration to Chignecto 1772-1775. Dedicated May, 2001. (On right-hand granite pillar of gateway).
Marker placed by Yorkshire 2000 Legacy Committee, Main Street Redevelopment Sackville Inc., and Sackville United Church of Canada.
See Milner, W.C., History of Sackville New Brunswick (Sackville, N.B.: The Tribune Press, 1934), pp. 67-69, which includes a list of those buried in the cemetery (also available online at History of Sackville New Brunswick). On the cemetery, and on its most famous grave stone, that of murder victim William Fawcett, see Bill Hamilton, Murder on the Marsh, "Tantramar Flashback" #60 (see under Browse all Tantramar Flashback columns); the circumstances surrounding the murder form the subject of the historical novel, James, Robert, Reader Be Thou Also Ready (Fredericton, N.B.: Broken Jaw Press, 2000). On the care of this cemetery, see Penner, Peter, The Chignecto 'Connexion'; The History of Sackville Methodist/United Church, 1772-1990 (Sackville, N.B.: Sackville United Church, 1990), p. 136.
This site is listed in the Canadian Register of Historic Places ; see Methodist Burying Ground