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’I own‘s first innkeeper first burial in cemetery By Mary Dawson Abner Miles. Richmond Hill‘s first innkeeper and first storekeeper. is often credited with being the first person to be buried in Richmond Hill cemetery (in 1806 at the age of 54). He was indeed the first white person to be buried there â€" on land owned by his son. James Miles. Although the latter had intended to donate the land for the cemetery. as well as the site of the church and the two manses to the Presbyterian church. he died before the deed was signed and the congregation had to purchase the land for $5,000; When the first white men arrived in this area. they found that an Indian had already been buried William Harrison in 1889 speculated that the Indian was a member of the Mississaugas, who had sold the 648,000 acres of the Home District to the whites for $40,000 (the price of a good farm in 1889). Perhaps. said Harrison. he was on his way to the old fort at Toronto for his share of the government presents. Dressed for burial He also noted that the Mississaugas buried their dead warriors in hunting dress. with arms for battle or the chase. so that they were fully equipped when they reached the happy hunting grounds. A later era brought railings, when every family which could afford it surrounded its burial plot with bars and pickets. Some of these were well cared for, but others were allowed to deteriorate while wild roses ran riot over the enclosed graves. in the piné grove which covered the site. The grave was marked with a log structure. The village‘s early historian also recalled that the earliest white graves were marked by slabs of two-inch cedar. with the name and other pertinent data painted thereon in black paint. Finally the church Excavating ' Curb- Sopuc Tank: ' Drum. (Now and Roped!!! Sidowulh WELDRICK TAKE! THIS HARD WORKER 0N VACATION. CONSTRUCTION 176 Weldrick Road 38 l 0069 Datsun Sportruck Pickup. $3995? JDATSUN} The import in North America‘. 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