This cemetery was discontinued 1896 the earliest and latest stones being, "1796" & "4/3/1896".  However, the journal of Enos Stevens says, under the date of Apr 13, 1787: "All hands fencing in the burying place which I gave to the inhabitants of Barnet." and under Apr 18: The neighbors came and finished the fence around the burying place". Although, in theory closed for over a quarter century, the widow of Enos Stevens (who d.1877) was buried here at her decease in 1925.

    According to Rev. Goodwillie (son and successor of the town's first settled minister), Daniel Hall's wife was the first person who died in town soon after settlement began in 1770 and is buried here in an unmarked grave.  Two descendants of Mayflower passengers are buried here, including Stevens Rider, Barnet's first Town Clerk and Constable.

    The stones in the cemetery have recently been cleaned, stand upright, and are mostly clearly readable in good cross-light at mid-day.

    No Sexton's records or plotmap existed for this burying ground before May of 2000 when the stones and the distances between them were measured and this map drafted.

    Thanks to Bill Hoar who started this project some years ago, when many of the stones were too covered with lichen, etc. for him to read; and especially to Clayton Evans, who lately donated his time to clean them so that I could.

    After several trips to view worn stones at different times of day, and angle of sun and shadow, the inscriptions of all stones have been deciphered and are here transcribed. Since this transcription was made, five stones have been smashed beyond repair by falling trees and need to be replicated.

    It would appear that there are many footstones in this cemetery; and that, except for the only two which bear initials; all have, at some time past, been removed from their proper place and relocated next to their accompanying headstones.  As some are just as likely uncarved, children's stones; all are indexed and located on the map.

    Copies of this map and index have been placed with the Barnet Town Clerk and the Vermont Historical Society for preservation.