Description

CEM 369-Rev_brock_road_cemetery

Street Address:        814 Safari Road (7th Concession Road) Location:  Lot 7, Concession 6 West Flamborough Township

Type of Cemetery: Religious (Methodist, United)

Responsible Agency: Strabane Cemetery Board of Trustees

Status for Burials: Open for Burials            Plot Plan: Exists Size:               Small, 38 monuments

 Signage: Signage on Gate Posts

Fencing: Chain link and hedgerow fencing Monument Types:     Flat, upright and monument Monuments of: Marble and granite

Date of Opening: 1879

History:

In 1866 a group of area residents calling themselves a Religious Congregation or Society of Methodists voted to construct a church and cemetery in the area. They purchased a small piece of property from James and Mary Hamilton for the sum of five cents, possibly at this discounted rate because John Hamilton and several of his brothers were members of the group.

Behesda Methodist Church was erected on the property in the same year, while the first interment at the cemetery was not until 1879. The church closed following the creation of the United Church in 1925, since nearby Strabane had a larger congregation. The Brock Road membership sold their pews and pulpit and used this money to maintain the cemetery for a number of years. When this was no longer possible, the cemetery came under the care of the Strabane United Church Cemetery Board.