Place: Hawes Burying Ground
Address: Between East Fifth Street and Emerson Street
Neighborhood: South Boston
Continuing exploring South Boston on September 21, 2012, I passed by the Hawes Burying Ground.
To visit, ride bus routes 5, 7, 9 or 10 to L Street or M Street. Then walk down to Emerson Street.
"In 1816, John Hawes, a prominent South Boston landowner and benefactor, donated this parcel of land to be set aside as a burying ground. Historically and physically separate from the adjacent Union Cemetery, Hawes Burying Ground is the oldest graveyard in South Boston. John Hawes himself is entombed there. Even though it was not officially approved for use as a cemetery until 1821, the oldest gravestone marks the grave of Jonathan Spooner, 1817. The last stone, dated 1858, marks the grave of Elizabeth Smith."
To learn more about the Hawes Burying Ground:
http://www.cityofboston.gov/parks/hbgi/HawesUnion.asp
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2205133
