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C
E M E T E R I E S, TOMBSTONES & OBITUARIES
in SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ |
If you
know of additional cemeteries, not found in the lists below,
please contact me.
- Bedminster
- The
"Old" Bedminster Reformed Church Cemetery
Rt. 202/206 South just after Thosmor Rd and just north of where
Rt. 287-exit 22 lets you onto Rt. 202/206
- Lane
Family Cemetery
Located
between Vliettown and Lamington on Lane Cemetery Road (off of
Black River Road). This road is unmarked and now has two residences
on it--one is right where I expected to find the cemetery. I
did not approach the residence to see if the cemetery was still
there.
- Lamington
Presbyterian Cemetery
In
Bedminster near Lamington on Rt. 523/Lamington Road near Cowperthwaite
Road. Unable to find this pair of cemeteries.
Archived link to transcriptions.
- Unknown
Cemetery
On
southbound side of Cowperthwaite Road just before it lets out
onto Lamington Road. Up a set of brownstone stairs and behind
a black iron gate. WARNING!!! UNPAVED/GRAVEL ROAD! No known transcriptions
- Pluckemin
Presbyterian Church Cemetery
In Pluckemin on Tt. 620/Washington Valley Rd/Burnt Mills Rd just
east of Rt. 202/206 (on the corner of Timberbrooke Drive) Bedminster;
No known transcriptions
- Pottersville
Reformed Church Cemetery
In Pottersville on Rt. 512/Pottersville Road & Black River
Road Bedminster
- Bernards
Twp.
- Millington
Baptist Churchyard
On the corner of Rt. 651/King George Rd and Valley Road. (lots
of Runyon, Coriell, Gibb, Acken, Stelle and others) Bernards
Twp. (Basking Ridge near Stone House)
-
Basking
Ridge Presbyterian Church
On the small block created by N. Finley Ave., E. Allen St, Oak
St. & N. Maple Ave. Bernards Twp. (Basking Ridge)
- Holy
Cross Cemetery
Rt. 525/Mount Airy Road & Stacy Lane (exit 26 off of Rt.
287) Bernards Twp. (Basking Ridge)
- Somerset
Hills Cemetery
Between Rt. 525/Mount Airy Road near Stacy Lane & Pill Hill
Road (exit 26 off of Rt. 287) Bernards Twp. (Basking Ridge)
- Bishop
Janes Cemetery
Oak Street & Washington Ave. Bernards Twp. (Basking Ridge)
- Saint
Bernards Cemetery
Washington Ave. near Prospect St. Bernards Twp. (Blaziers Corner)
- Unknown
Cemetery
Rt. 512/Church St./Liberty Corner Rd near where it turns sharply
and meets Rt. 640/Lyons Rd. The cemetery connects these two--lying
in the corner where they meet. Bernards (Liberty Corner)
- Vail
Family Farm Gravesite
Stonehouse Rd.--getting more details Bernards (Lyons) - Link to transcriptions
- Bernardsville
- Bernardsville
Methodist Cemetery
Located on the corner where Mine Mount Rd., Anderson Hill Rd.
& Highview Ave. meet Bernardsville - Link to transcriptions
- Branchburg
- North
Branch Reformed Church Cemetery
On Vanderveer Avenue (off of Rt. 614/Rt. 28/Easton Turnpike)
Cemetery information per sign: 908-725-2313 Branchburg (North
Branch); No known transcriptions
- Unknown
Cemetery
Located Where River Road becomes Opie Road--just south of the
river Branchburg
- Unknown
Cemetery
Located at the Corner of Stony Brook Road & Wren Way Branchburg
(North Branch)
- Bridgewater
- Saint
Bernards Roman Catholic Cemetery
Located on Route 28 & Vanderveer Rd. Bridgewater (on the
border of Raritan)
- Saint
Joseph Cemetery
Located on Rt. 623/Chimney Rock Rd. (between Rt. 28/Union Ave.
& Rt. 533/Main St.) & Kearney St. Bridgewater (Finderne)
- Bound
Brook
- Franklin
Twp.
- Kingston
Presbyterian Cemetery
Located on the Corner of Rt. 27/Main St./Lincoln Hwy and Church
St. Franklin Twp. (Kingston)
- Ten-Mile
Run Cemetery
Located on Old Georgetown Rd. near the corner of Copper Mine
Rd. Franklin Twp. (10 Mile Run)
- Unknown
Cemetery
Located on Davidson Ave. between Executive Dr. and the Rt. 287
overpass Franklin Twp. (Somerset)
- Possibly
the Smalley Farm Graves
Located on Easton Avenue (north-bound side) between Demott Lane
& Academy Rd. Franklin Twp. (Somerset) (transcriptions for
the Smalley Farm Graves)
- Unknown
Cemetery
Located on 18 Canal Rd. (between the causeway & Bunker Hill
Rd.) and the corner of Stirling Rd. Franklin Twp. (Griggstown)
- Unknown
Cemetery
Located at southbound side of Rt. 615/So. Middlebush Rd. and
the intersection of Suydam Rd & Claremont Rd. Franklin Twp.
(Pleasant Plains)
- Unknown
Cemetery
Located at Rt. 615/So. Middlebush Rd. just north of the intersection
of Suydam Rd & Claremont Rd. and slightly south of Cortelyous
Lane on the southbound side. Franklin Twp.
- Unknown
Cemetery
Located on Randolph Rd. between Rt. 623/Weston Canal Rd. &
Apgar Dr. Franklin Twp. (near Zarephath)
- Cedar
Grove Cemetery
Located on Amwell Rd. across from Doria Rd. Franklin Twp. (Middlebush)
Cedar Hill Cemetery Wortman St. Franklin Twp. (East Millstone)
- Shalom
Cemetery
Located on Rt. 27/Lincoln Hwy & Veronica Ave. (next to Tara
Greens Golf Course) Franklin Twp. (Voorhees)
- South
Middlebush Cemetery
Located on South Middlebush Road just north of Blackwells Mills
Road Franklin Twp. (Middlebush)
- Gladstone
- Unknown
Cemetery (this may be a cemetery for the United Methodist Church
of Gladstone)
Located at Rt. 647/Mendham Road & Victoria St. Gladstone
- Hillsborough
- Hoagland
Cemetery
Located at Rt. 625/So. Branch Road & Corwine Lane (near the
railroad tracks). From 1937 newspaper: "Note: This small
and old Hoagland family cemetery is on the Fav[l/i]er farm one
mile directly west of Flagtown sttion [sic] of C.R.R. of N.J.
in Hillsborough Townshp, Somerset County." Hillsborough
(Flagtown) transcriptions are on file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ
section; also published in Somerset Messenger-Gazette, January
15, 1937.
- Possibly
Peter W. Young Farm (AKA
Cinque) burying-ground. It is either this one or the one below
Wertsville Road next to the Hillsborough Country Club Hillsborough
(Montgomery) transcriptions for Peter W. Young B. G. are on file
at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section
- Possibly
Peter W. Young Farm
(AKA Cinque) burying-ground. It is either this one or the one
above. Wertsville Road and Montgomery Road Hillsborough (Montgomery)
transcriptions for Peter W. Young B. G. are on file at the Hillsborough
Library--NJ section
- Clover
Hill Cemetery
Rainbow Hill Road just south of Rt. 514/Amwell Road Hillsborough
(Clover Hill) transcriptions are on file at the Hillsborough
Library--NJ section
- Veghte
Burying Ground AKA Duke Cemetery
Rt. 625/River Road between Beekman Lane & Roycefield Rd.
(on the Duke Estate Grounds) Hillsborough (near Branchburg) transcriptions
are on file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section
- Unknown
Cemetery
This cemetery should have been on Auten Rd. between New Amwell
Rd. & Gemini Dr. (across from the tennis courts). There is
currently a Bible Church there.
- Flagtown
Cemetery, AKA Mill Lane Cemetery
Amwell Rd. & Mill Lane Hillsborough (Flagtown/Frankfort)
transcriptions are on file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section
- Harlingen
Reformed Cemetery
Rt. 206 just South of Mountain View Rd. Hillsborough (Belle Mead)
(link to partial transcriptions) transcriptions
are on file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section & in
"The Genealogical Magazine of NJ"
- Neshanic
Cemetery AKA Neshanic Reformed Cemetery
5-4-D-14 Rt. 514/Amwell Rd. between Rt. 567/River Road/Zion Road
& E. Mountain Rd. Hillsborough (Neshanic) transcriptions
are on file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section
- Sacred
Heart Cemetery
Rt. 533/Millstone River Road just south of Kupper Airport
- Saints
Peter and Paul Cemetery (Russian Orthodox)
Rt. 533/Millstone River Road & Plumstead Way
- Rose
Wyckoff AKA Van Arsdale Burying Ground
At the end of Merritt Drive which is off of Marshall Road near
where it let's out onto Gemini Drive. Per 1940 newspaper description:
"In Hillsborough Township Somerset County on Old Amwell
Road about [?] ½ mile west of Bloomingdale Farm, near
landsof Fred R. Wyckoff, a recorder of Hillsborough Township
on farmed owned by Estate of Julia S. Fowler and William Fowler."
Hillsborough transcriptions are on file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ
section; also published in Somerset Messenger-Gazette, June 14,
1940
- Possibly
the Dutch Reformed Cemetery
I'm not confident about this being the Dutch Reformed cemetery
because the transcription page states that that cemetery is in
Flagtown--which this one is not; but the map with the transcriptions
gives this location. It is located on the northeast corner of
Rt. 625/River Road and Orchard Drive Hillsborough / South Branch
transcriptions are on file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section
- Vroom
Family Burying Ground
Rt. 625/River Road on the Duke Estate across from Old Village
Road. From Somerset County Historical Quarterly: "Located
on the bank of the Raritan river road, less than a mile east
of South Branch, on farm formerly owned by Peter D. Vroom. Subsequent
owners, Dr. Davis, John Quick, T. Sexton Wyckoff, and now Mr.
N.H.F. Randolph, of Plainfield. Many other families besides those
of the Vrooms are buried there; other of the Vroom family being
in the Dumont burying-ground (see infra). The older part of the
ground is enclosed. There are various old, brown-stones, without
names, or even initials, besides those whereon names and dates
appear, as given below." Hillsborough / South Branch which
are also on file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section; also
published in the Somerset County Historical Quarterly
- Zion
Road AKA Danberry Farm AKA
Saums Cemetery
On the north side of Zion-Wertsville Road just east of where
it intersects with Spring Hill Road (near the crook in the road).
Hillsborough / Rock Mill transcriptions are on file at the Hillsborough
Library--NJ section; also in an unknown newspaper dated May 22,
1936.
- Hill
Cemetery AKA Nevius-Cornell Cemetery
Hist. Soc. notes say it can no longer be found. On the north
corner of Rt. 533/River Rd./Millstone River Rd. where it intersects
with Line Rd. From notes with the transcriptions: "Cemetery
on old Nevius Farm, now owned by Geo. W. Norton, locatedon road
from Millstone to Blackwells Mills, just beyond old Blackwells
Mills school house….. 1040 Millstone River Rd." Hillsborough
(near Montgomery & Franklin borders) transcriptions are on
file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section
- Holy
Ghost Carpatho
In front of Sacred Heart Cemetery. Rt. 533/Millstone River Road
just south of Kupper Airport Hillsborough
- Dumont
Burying Ground
On the south side of Rt. 625/River Road west of where Roycefield
Road forks into this road. Per SCHQ: "The Dumont family
burying-ground is located on the south side of the Raritan river
about one mile southwest of the village of Raritan. …The
grounds are surrounded by a substantial brick wall…built
by Peter B. Dumont in 1827 and in 1911 was repaired by the Loomis
family. At the latter date, as an extra protection, the wall
was covered with plaster. The date of the wall appears on the
outside of the west wall." Hillsborough transcriptions are
on file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section; also published
in the Somerset County Historical Quarterly
- Ditmars
Burying Ground
Between Clerico Lane (a private road) and the Railroad tracks.
Per newspaper clipping: "Cemetery on Clerico farm formerly
Ditmars near Hamilton Station, Hillsborough Township and leading
south from Walter French Residence." Hillsborough transcriptions
are on file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section
- Staats
Burying Ground
Hist. Soc. notes say it can no longer be found. Between Clerico
Lane (a private road) and the Railroad tracks. Hillsborough transcriptions
are on file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section; also in
Somerset Messenger-Gazette, Dec. 22, 1938
- Vanderveer
Burying Ground
Library's
transcriptions state that most of these graves were moved to
Bedminster. Hillsborough / Roycefield which are also on file
at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section
- Manville
- Van
Nest /Weston Burying Ground AKA Frelinghuysen Burying Ground
Rt. 533/Millstone River Rd./S. Main St. and the corner of Schmidt
St. (on the edge of Kupper Airport grounds) Manville which are
also on file at the Hillsborough Library--NJ section
- Millstone
- Hillsborough
Reformed Church at Millstone
Corner of Main St./Millstone River Road and Rt. 514/Amwell Rd.
Millstone Boro (link to transcriptions)
- Montgomery
- xHeather's
Map #10-5-E-18 Sunset Road across from Acorn Drive and next to
Dorland Farm Ct. Montgomery
Heather's Map #51-6-D-19 Rt. 601/Belle Mead-Blawenburg Rd./Great
Rd. near the corner of Rt. 518/Georgetown & Franklin Tpk.
Montgomery (Blawenburg)
Heather's Map #52-6-D-20 My Hagstrom shows a cemetery here; but
the aerial photograph shows a golf course green...? Have to investigate.
Regardless, the corner of Beden's Brook Rd. & Rt. 601/Belle
Mead-Blawenburg Rd./Great Rd. Montgomery
Heather's Map #53-6-E-18 Sunset Rd. across from Acorn Dr. (next
to Dorland Farm Ct.). May be behind a line of trees on someone's
property. Montgomery
Rocky Hill Cemetery Along Montgomery Rd. between Toth Rd. &
Merritt La. half in Rocky Hill and half in Montgomery
Heather's Map #55-6-E-19 Between Orchard Rd., Meadow Run Dr.
& Pheasant Run Dr. Might be along the Elementary School land.
Montgomery
Unionville Cemetery
(this is GNIS' name for the cemetery although it is nowhere NEAR
Unionville) Dutchtown Zion Road near Rt. 601/Belle Mead-Blawenburg
Road Montgomery (Dutchtown)
- North
Plainfield
- Brook
Avenue Cemetery 34-15-P-8 Brook Ave. near Watchung Ave. IN North
Plainfield but records are at Plainfield Presbyterian Church
"North Plainfield Burying Ground" See the entry for
this in the WATCHUNG section. Watchung (but so named before Watchung
became it's own township)
Vermeule Family Burial Ground
33-15-N-9 Behind the Vermeule Mansion which is on the corner
of Greenbrook Rd. and Clinton Ave. The burying ground is surrounded
by a brick wall.
Nor
- Rocky
Hill
- Rocky
Hill Cemetery
Along Montgomery Rd. between Toth Rd. & Merritt La. half
in Rocky Hill and half in Montgomery
- Somerville
- Immaculate
Conception Cemetery
Rt. 28/Union Ave. & Roosevelt Pl.
- Somerville
Cemetery complex
(there is the "Old Raritan" cemetery and the "New"
cemetery across the street which incorporates the "Colored"
cemetery.) S. Bridge St. between Main St. & Rt. 206 Somerville
(link to partial transcriptions)
- Tunison
Family Burial Ground
Hamilton St. Somerville
- Warren
- Mount
Horeb United Methodist Church Cemetery
Rt. 525/Martinsville Rd just north of Mt. Horeb Rd. Warren (Mt.
Horeb) on the edge of Bernards (link to partial transcriptions)
- formerly
First Congregational Church; now Trinity United Church Cemetery
Located on King George Rd. between Ferguson Rd. & Lexington
Dr. on the northbound side. Warren (Coontown) many German headstones
- Springdale
United Methodist Church Cemetery
Located on Rt. 527/Washington Valley Rd. opposite the outlet
of Rt. 527/Mountain Ave./Morning Glory Rd. Warren (Springdale)
- Mount
Bethel Cemetery
Located at the corners of King George Rd., Mountain View Rd.
and Rt. 651/Mt. Bethel Rd. Warren (Mt. Bethel) (link to partial transcriptions)
- Union
Village Burying Ground
Located somewhere along Mountain Ave. between Rt. 653/Stirling
Rd. and Rt. 531/Hillcrest Rd. If it's still there, it can't be
seen from the road. Warren (Union Village near Smalleytown) (link to transcriptions)
- Hofheimer
Cemetery
Located In Warrenbrook Park off of Warrenville Road. There is
an old Hofheimer mausoleum, but there doesn't seem to be any
other indication of a cemetery and the mausoleum has been destroyed.
Warrenville
- Watchung
- Mary's
R.C. Cemetery
Located on Dale Rd. at the off-ramp of Rt. 78's exit 41 Watchung
(Stony Hill)
- "North
Plainfield Burying Ground" / Watchung's Historical Burying
Ground--"God's Acre"
Located on Stirling Rd. near the Watchung circle alongside the
steakhouse--enclosed in a black iron fence and clearly marked.
Other
sources of cemetery transcriptions include:
Other
sources of general cemetery/burial information is:
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