Mill Hollow Cemetery
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Mill Hollow Cemetery

Also known as Mill Hollow Baptist Church Cemetery

Quinton, Salem County, New Jersey, USA

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  • Get directions Salem Quinton Road (New Jersey 49)
    Quinton, New Jersey 08079 United States
    Coordinates: 39.55631, -75.43058
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On the north side of Route 49 between Salem and Quinton. Set back from the road and surrounded by farm land. This is because the road was straightened many years after the cemetery went out of use. The Mill Hollow Baptist Church was built in 1743 and abandoned in 1790. The building no longer exists. Early 20th century newspaper accounts refer to an iron fence around the cemetery. The current status of the fence is unknown.

The grave yard at Mill Hollow was one of the oldest in this part of the county, older than Alloway, Canton or the Methodist in Salem, so many more were buried there than the stones indicate, as tombstones were scarce in those days. Here are the names of some of the persons known to be buried there: Rev. John Sheppard-first pastor of the church; Edward Quinton-the village of Quinton was named after him; Daniel Smith-he gave the land for the church and graveyard and his father was a prominent man in the Fenwick Colony; Edward Keasbey-a large landholder and prominent citizen; Wade Barker-grandson of Samuel Wade, one of Fenwick's prominent colonists. A small boulder stone under a cedar tree is marked "J.H." which probably means John Holme, reputed to be a surveyor for William Penn who was the father of Col. Benjamin Holme.
On the north side of Route 49 between Salem and Quinton. Set back from the road and surrounded by farm land. This is because the road was straightened many years after the cemetery went out of use. The Mill Hollow Baptist Church was built in 1743 and abandoned in 1790. The building no longer exists. Early 20th century newspaper accounts refer to an iron fence around the cemetery. The current status of the fence is unknown.

The grave yard at Mill Hollow was one of the oldest in this part of the county, older than Alloway, Canton or the Methodist in Salem, so many more were buried there than the stones indicate, as tombstones were scarce in those days. Here are the names of some of the persons known to be buried there: Rev. John Sheppard-first pastor of the church; Edward Quinton-the village of Quinton was named after him; Daniel Smith-he gave the land for the church and graveyard and his father was a prominent man in the Fenwick Colony; Edward Keasbey-a large landholder and prominent citizen; Wade Barker-grandson of Samuel Wade, one of Fenwick's prominent colonists. A small boulder stone under a cedar tree is marked "J.H." which probably means John Holme, reputed to be a surveyor for William Penn who was the father of Col. Benjamin Holme.

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  • Added: 24 Nov 2010
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