[MassHistPres] lost 19th century cemetery

[Richard McGrath]

Dear members. A lost and forgotten cemetery plot in the Town of Lunenburg
has been approximately located. The farmland on which it is,was developed
in the 1950's into house lots. The cemetery stones were dismantled and the
plot included in the property of 1 house. Recently the historical society
found one broken grave stone which had been laid with the others, letters
side down,as a sidewalk for a nearby house......all but the broken one had
been given away previously and are lost to us.The Lunenburg Historical
Commission has restored the broken stone. A marble blank from the era was
found in a nearby barn and a bronze plaque inscribed with the names of the
seven buried there has been set into it. The stones will be set near the
street in front of the plot.
Does any one know the legality of desecrating such a cemetery? Does the
plot, which we believe now stands on someones property, belong to the town
or state? Any information that you have on this subject would be helpful.

Regards, Richard McGrath, member Lunenburg Historical Society
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