(AKA: Plum Hole Cemetery)
“This plaque marks the site of the first Presbyterian meeting house in this area. It was built in 1832 under the leadership of Rev. Thomas Crowe to serve the people who, in 1860, formed Clifton congregation.”
The Old Clifton Cemetery sits on a small hill off a dirt road amongst rolling fields in Clifton, Colchester County, Nova Scotia. About 10km from Truro, it’s long been unused for new burials and instead holds the remains and stone records of several farming and seagoing New England Planter families who lived in the area in the early to late 1800s.
This is one of my favourite cemeteries… I think it’s because almost all of the stones are made of locally quarried white marble, which stands out in spring, summer, and fall against the grasses and leaves.
Some of the common last names found here:
Barber, Creelman, Crowe, Moore, Norris, Sandeson (Sanderson).