The old Vars
burial place also known as Vars and Hall Cemetery and is one of the oldest cemeteries in America. It is located 500 feet east of Bradford Road
at telephone post number 3710. Once you find the telephone pole, turn right
onto a dirt path called Woody Hill Road Extension. At the end of Wood Hill Extension, turn left,
walk straight through a lot with a house on it and proceed through the
woods. Enter the Vars Cemetery and about
210 rods northwest is the location of the Vars homestead, on a hill sloping west. Nothing
remains of this original homestead today. Many members of the Vars family are buried in the cemetery
here, including:
Theodaty Rhodes, died in 1733
Mary Vars Rhodes, wife of Lord John De Vars and
Theodaty Rhodes, died in 1740
Isaac Vars, only child of Lord John
De Vars, died in 1760
Rebecca Larkin Vars, wife of Isaac
Vars, died about 1760
However,
their tombstones no longer exist. Today there are over 60 known burial sites
with about 50 inscriptions dating from 1846 to 2006.
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