South End Burying Ground is established.
1810
Originally the Neck Burying Ground, it is located at today’s 1620 Washington Street and began as a potter’s field and includes graves of those executed at the nearby gallows. Tombs are first installed in 1827. The cemetery ceases operation in 1866.
Sources
- Seasholes, Nancy S.
- Barnet, Alison
- Shurtleff, Arthur A.