Hawes Burying Ground - View this location on map In 1816, John Hawes, a prominent South Boston landowner and benefactor, donated this parcel of land to be set aside as a burying ground. Historically and physically separate from the adjacent Union Cemetery, Hawes Burying Ground is the oldest graveyard in South Boston. John Hawes himself is entombed there. Even though it was not officially approved for use as a cemetery until 1821, the oldest gravestone marks the grave of Jonathan Spooner, 1817. The last stone, dated 1858, marks the grave of Elizabeth Smith. Emerson St., Boston, MA Historical

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