We ( http://www.forthaldimand.com/ ) are looking for
any information or records on people that may have been buried at the site of
Fort
Haldimand Carleton Island in the town of Cape Vincent , NY Kingston
Ontario
During the Revolutionary War, there
may have been upwards of 1,000 people on the island consisting of British and
Hessian soldiers, Indians, loyalist regiments and civilian women and children.
Some records indicate both slaves and freed slaves and American prisoners of war
were also on the island. Fort Haldimand
Historical records identify three
different burial grounds. A military or post burial ground with at least 25
soldiers, an Indian burial ground and loyalist/settler burial ground of unknown
size. There is no official recorded record of who is buried in these locations
and even the exact locations have been lost over the years.
Any one with information about people
that may be buried on Carleton can email info@forthaldimand.com or post on the
facebook at FORT
HALDIMAND
The following are people that are
listed in the historical records as dying on Carleton Island
- Chief Hawksbill, Mohawk Indian?, died 1778-1783,
- George Barnhard, Royal Artillery died 1789,
- Capt. George McDougall, 84th. Regiment, died April 8, 1780, April 8, 1780
- Lt. Kenneth Mackenzie, King’s Royal Regiment of N.Y., died 1780,
- Jacob Best, Soldier King’s Royal Regiment of N.Y., died 1783,
- Henry Fyker, King’s Royal Regiment of New York, died 1780,
- J. Farrar died 1792, buried on
- Lieutenant Flyn, Royal Artillery, died November 8, 178?,
- Several infants of Loyalists that died during relocation to