Mount Pleasant Wesleyan Methodist Church Cemetery
Location:
NW Lot 13, Concession 8, Esquesing Township
10579 Trafalgar Road, Halton Hills, Halton Region, Ontario, Canada
GPS:
Latitude: 43.6196°N
Longitude: –79.9098°W
History:
On 1 April 1833, innkeeper George Thompson sold one acre of land to John Harrison, John Reed, Christopher Cook, William Morrison and George Murray for £50. The land was to be occupied as a graveyard and was for the situation of a schoolhouse or Methodist meeting house or both. Apparently a rough cast chapel was built on the property in 1844. The building was closed in 1858 and moved to land donated by Thomas Thompson on Lot 16, Concession 8.
The remodelled Stewarttown Wesleyan Church was opened in January of 1859. The trustees were John Reed Sr., John Robinson, Thomas Thompson, John Freeman, Henry Wright, William Graham, John Henry, John W. Reed, George Lindley, Andrew H. Cummins and James Brown.
The cemetery was neglected for many years but was finally restored by the Ashgrove Women’s Institute.
by Elaine Robinson
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