Excerpt from Inscriptions From the Ancient Gravestones of Acworth, N. H: A Transcript of the Records in the Old Cemetery of That Town Settled in 1769 Principally by Descendants of the Scotch-Irish Colony of Londonderry, N. H The town was first settled in 1767 by three young men from Connecticut, William Keyes, Joseph Chatterton and Samuel Smith, they all being from Ashford or vicinity, the first named being accompanied by his wife and an infanta few months old. They were followed by comparatively few from Connecticut, but their posterity were numerous. The settlers in the following years came largely from London derry, New Boston and Weare, and surrounding towns, while several came from Massachusetts. As the town grew, emigration commenced, - to Vermont, New York state and Ohio, so that today the descendants of this Hill Town of New Hampshire have representatives in all the West and indirectly to the Pacific Ocean. The first mention of a cemetery or burying ground is that of the Common, (al though doubtless many were buried ou private grounds.) In 1776 a burying ground was selected, and Lieut. James Rogers, one of the selectmen for that year, was the first person buried there. To this yard an addition was made in 1834. From this old yard, so called, the following inscriptions are made. The part taken in the War of the Revolution is remarkable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.