The Revolutionary War cemetery was created in 1716 by a vote at Town Meeting. It was the second cemetery in the Sudbury Plantation and first on the west side of the Sudbury River [area of modern Sudbury]. The oldest burial stone still existing is from 1727. The graveyard holds the remains of 47 soldiers who were recorded to have fought in the Revolutionary War. A list of the names on the stone markers is available from the Historical Society.