This cemetery is Amherst Island's oldest existing non-denominational cemetery, established in 1831, with the first burial of a child, Samuel Pendleton, whose headstone is still readable.  the cemetery contains hundreds of burials, many without markers as swift burials were essential due to diphtheria and influenza epidemics in the mid 1800's.  The headstones record the predominantly Irish pioneer families that settled on Amherst Island and today many of these descendants continue to reside on the Island.  The cemetery was enlarged twice, once in the 1860's and enclosed on all four sides by the Irish dry stone fences, and in 1933, a wire fence and four pillars were installed on the south side.
Daniel Fowler, (1810-1894), a Canadian water colour artist is buried here as well as many of his descendants.
The restoration of the Cemetery commenced in 2005 and the resoration of the Irish dry stone fences were initiated by the Amherst Island Women's Institute in 2004.