I got the following information from a Warwick Cemetery Commissioner: I spent a good portion of last winter looking for the Moses-Kelton cemetery. I had stumbled across it once and was very frustrated at not finding it on two subsequent searches. I did persevere and was rewarded with success. I mapped its location and familiarized myself with its surroundings so that I should be able to locate it easily from now on. The problem is that the cemetery is located deep in the state forest and is not on any road. The traditional access was through an old overgrown barnyard that ran past a cellar hole and large barn foundation. To the rear of the yard an old trail heads down a steep bank to a brook. This portion of the route has been severely washed out for years and is not practical to repair. The cemetery is across the brook and nearly 1000' further along. I studied the topographic maps of the area and plotted out a new route coming in from Royalston. After numerous trips, I settled on a fairly level access trail route from Royalston. The trail was marked and the State Forest contacted for permission to cut the trail. The trail has been cut with the help of the District Court Community Service workers. The cemetery itself was very overgrown and has now been partially cleared. There is quite a bit more work remaining to be done. I have attached photos of the cemetery before clearing as well as photos of Mary Moses' parents stones. According to the most recent published history of Warwick, many of the original stones in the cemetery were destroyed over the years from falling trees. The most recent resident of the area, a Mr. Alexander - I believe, took it upon himself to keep up the area and even carved out replacement stones for many of the graves. I believe that Mr. Alexander died in the 1960's and no one has lived anywhere near there since. Sara E. Campbell,

Thanks for your post about this cemetery, Sara. Sounds like quite an adventure! I'd like to see the photos of the cemetery - particularly those of the stones of Mary MOSES parents - but as you may know, one cannot post photos to these lists. I would appreciate your sending them to me directly at my email address so I can include them in my database. Regards, Stu >I got the following information from a Warwick Cemetery Commissioner: > >I spent a good portion of last winter looking for the Moses-Kelton cemetery. >I had stumbled across it once and was very frustrated at not finding it on >two subsequent searches. I did persevere and was rewarded with success. I >mapped its location and familiarized myself with its surroundings so that I >should be able to locate it easily from now on. The problem is that >the cemetery >is located deep in the state forest and is not on any road. The traditional >access was through an old overgrown barnyard that ran past a cellar hole and >large barn foundation. To the rear of the yard an old trail heads >down a steep >bank to a brook. This portion of the route has been severely washed out for >years and is not practical to repair. The cemetery is across the brook and >nearly 1000' further along. I studied the topographic maps of the area and >plotted out a new route coming in from Royalston. After numerous >trips, I settled >on a fairly level access trail route from Royalston. The trail was marked and >the State Forest contacted for permission to cut the trail. The trail has >been cut with the help of the District Court Community Service workers. > >The cemetery itself was very overgrown and has now been partially cleared. >There is quite a bit more work remaining to be done. I have attached >photos of >the cemetery before clearing as well as photos of Mary Moses' parents stones. > According to the most recent published history of Warwick, many of the >original stones in the cemetery were destroyed over the years from falling >trees. The most recent resident of the area, a Mr. Alexander - I >believe, took it >upon himself to keep up the area and even carved out replacement stones for >many of the graves. I believe that Mr. Alexander died in the 1960's >and no one >has lived anywhere near there since. > > >Sara E. Campbell,