Philipsville Baptist Cemetery

Inactive
Maintained by the Municipality
Heritage Information Sheet
County Road 8, Philipsville, ON
This cemetery is located on Lot 22 in the 6th Concession of Bastard and South Burgess. The first burial was that of Betsey Day, March 17, 1834. The site was operated until 2008 by the Baptist Church in Delta and then turned over to the Township of Rideau Lakes as an abandoned cemetery. There are 157 graves marked with headstones and a large number of graves with no headstones. There are over a dozen graves of original settlers to Bastard Township and they are noted as born in a State in the United States. There are two brass plaques on graves marking members of the 2nd Company of the Leeds Militia and that they fought in the war of 1812-1814. The cemetery is located on County Rd 8 and is identified by a Township Cemetery Sign.
