The Old Bedford Burying Ground dates back to Bedford’s incorporation in 1729, when local deacon Israel Putnam sold an acre of land to the town. Now a part of the Old Bedford Center National Historic District, the cemetery is the final resting place of approximately 496 individuals.

At least 55 of those individuals were Revolutionary War Patriots, including Bedford Minutemen and Militiamen who fought along the Battle Road. The burial ground also pays tribute to enslaved Black Revolutionary soldiers Caesar Jones, Caesar Prescott, and Cambridge Moore, whose contributions were memorialized by the 1896 African Reservation Monument.

Other known Patriots buried there include:

Moses Abbott • Malachi Allen • Abijah Bacon • Elijah Bacon • Nathan Bacon • Oliver Bacon • Reuben Bacon • Samuel Bacon • Thompson Bacon • Abel Bowman • Samuel Davis • Asa Durant • David Fitch • Jeremiah Fitch Jr. • John Fitch • Moses Fitch • Jonas Gleason • Joseph Hart • Joseph Hartwell • Timothy Johnson • Timothy Jones • David Lane • James Lane Jr. • James Lane III • Job Lane Jr. • John Lane • John Lane Jr. • Samuel Lane • Samuel Lane Jr. • Solomon Lane • Stephen Lane • Timothy Lane • William Maxwell • Joseph Meads Jr. • Samuel Meads • Abraham Merriam • Samuel Merriam • John Moore • Christopher Page Jr. • Ebenezer Page • Nathaniel Page • Nathaniel Page Jr. • Timothy Page • William Page • Matthew Pollard • Oliver Pollard Jr. • David Reed • John Reed • Oliver Reed Jr. • Ephraim Smith • Edward Stearns • Jonas Welch • Jeremiah Willard • Jonathan Wilson • James Wright

This list was compiled from the SAR Patriot Research System. While our own research has identified discrepancies between various resources, we welcome your feedback should you notice something that should be revised.