The work will culminate this summer when a colonial-style wooden fence anchored by stone posts is completed. A tall, wrought-iron gate and a sign will welcome visitors to walk through the cemetery, located on a hillside behind the Colchester Federated Church, across from the town green. Bacon, Pierpont , died Dec. 30th. 1800, age 76 yrs. Town leaders hope this historic landmark will draw tourists and historians.
People travel long distances to see historical cemeteries in Hartford and Boston.
No one went into our cemetery because it was overgrown. But when the grass was cut and the poison ivy removed, even local people discovered some pieces of history. A local historian working this month with a group of middle school volunteers found more than 75 unmarked gravestones believed to be those of black slaves, poor whites and Indians. The stones had been covered by years of sediment and neglect. The Colchester Historical Society met the challenge.