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CARMAN CEMETERY As was so often the case in the days of early settlement, the cemetery was started as a private burying grounds in 1855. Mr. Peter H. Maybee who lived on the farm where Mr. Willaim Rome lives at the present time 1979, buried their young daughter Susanne in one corner of his field and put up a maker in her memory, which is still standing and still readable. Several more of the same family are buried there. In 1865 an indenture was drawn up between Peter H. Maybee and seven trustees named from the church Bd and in this indenture Peter Maybee gave these men "one quarter acre of land for the sole purpose of a public burying ground" and they were the trustees to administer to these facts. In 1878 a parcel of land, east of the old burying ground, and south the Orange Hall lot was purchased from . Peter Maybee for the sum of $30.00. Then in April 1899 a further parcel of land east of the Orange Hall lot was purchased for $28.00 from John M. Maybee, who was a son of Peter H. Maybee and who was living on his father‘s farm, to enlarge on the burying ground. For a few years the cemetery seemed to fall in a sad state of disrepair, but in 1948 the men of the Church and community went into action and with several bees, erecting new fencing, planting shrubs, etc. and the cemetery became a place of pride and is still kept trim and tidy with a regular caretaker. In 1964 when the school was closed, part of the school grounds were pruchased to further enlarge the cemetery. In 1967, Mr. & Mrs. P.D. Stewart presented new gates to the cemetery as a centennial project, which enhance the cemetery grounds. "Carman cemetery is located directly across from Carman Church, a part of lot 27, Concession 3, Brighton Township . HILTON _ CEMETERY The land was~donated from the Langdon property. The oldest grave in Hilton Methodist Cemetery is approximately 150 years ago. Many families were buried there and no complete record has been kept for the oldest section of the cemetery â€" on Hwy 30. Early in the 1900‘s Mr. Stanley Thompson was Secretary and Mr. George Little was Treasurer and in 1920 it was decided to close the books and cemetery and all books were subsequently lost. In 1933 Mr. Jay Langdon and Mr. Ray Morrow started to reopen the cemetery, clean it up and since then has been in use. In 1967 the Hilton United Church was closed and torn down â€" the cemetery then became under the ownership of . Trinity St. Andrews United Church, Brighton. Memorial Gates were made and dedicated. * Much information gathered form Mr. Ray Morrow, Hilton.