The Town Lot

In this section of Rock Hill Cemetery, unmarked graves hold poor and destitute residents, people from families too poor to afford burial places of their own, some from the town's poor farm, and strangers never identified. When Rock Hill Cemetery was laid out in 1853, the Foxborough Cemetery Corporation set aside this area so the town could fulfill its obligation to those in need. The town returned ownership to the Cemetery in 1898, and burials in the Town Lot continued until 1968. A total of 137 commitments were made, six individuals were later claimed by their families and removed to family plots, and thirteen were never identified.

Foxborough, Massachusetts · United States