"And it is
further resolved, that said land that may be purchased,
not exceeding two acres aforesaid, shall forever remain
and be used as and for a burying ground, and for that
purpose only, and the same and each lot thereof shall
forever thereafter be wholly exempt from the payment
of taxes and all liability to be sold thereof, or from
any debt due from said corporation, or frem any individual
proprietor there of; and any person or body politic,
their heirs, successors and assigns, who shall be the
owner or proprietor of a lot, which shall be located
or laid out in said burying ground, shall be a legal
member of said corporation and be entitled to one vote
for every lot he or they shall own or possess. Provided
always, that said corporation shall not be capable of
holding any other lands or real estate then the two
acres aforesaid; and that these resolutions may at any
time be altered, amended or repealed at the pleasure
of the general assembly."
Although this Corporation
was set up with the apparent idea of owning the cemetery,
I can find no evidence thay it was ever deeded to them.
On March 4, 1853,
Chester Case deeded to Jonathan Balch "a certain
lot in my burying ground."
Then on March 8,
1855, he deeded land to William Fetterich which is described
as bounded in part "West on the burying ground
(known as Case's Burying Ground)" and in the same
deed "It is also understood that the Burying ground
named in the above boundary is reserved by the said
C. N. Case."
On February 4, 1862,
Chester Case gave a quickclaim deed to Uriah Case of
'one piece of land situated in the town of Harwinton
bounded North, East and South on land of William Fetterich
and West on Highway containing about 3/8 of an acre
more or less and used as a Burying Ground."
On July 30, 1863,
Uriah Case quickclaimed it to Lewis catlin, using the
same description and adding that it was "situated
a few rods north of the Congregational Meeting House."
On September 4,
1889, Lewis Catlin sold lot number 16 to Albert G. Wilson,
On October 31, 1862, he sold another lot to the Heirs
of Abijah Catlin and on February 7, 1898, he gave a
Warranty Deed to Marvin Pierce for "a certain lot
of land in the North Burying Ground."
The above is written
from excerpts from
"THIS AND THAT OF EARLY HARWINTON"
by Raymond G. Bentley
Published in 1999
