In 1750, William Larrason, donated the land for the Presbyterian Church and burying ground on Pleasant Hill. For the next one hundred years, Pleasant Hill Cemetery was the site of the First Presbyterian Church of Roxbury. The original building is said to have been a simple log meeting house. A second building, replacing the log building, was erected in 1756 and served the congregation until 1851. From 1750 to 1850 it was referred to only as Hill Church or Hill Meeting House and Hill Graveyard.
After the Township of Chester was established in 1799, the official name was changed to the First Presbyterian Church of Chester. However, “Old Hill Church” was still its common name. This was the church of many of the first families who arrived in the mid-1700’s and settled in the area that is now know as Chester, Flanders, Budd Lake, Bartley and Succasunna.
About 1850, forty-eight members from Mount Olive withdrew and formed the Mount Olive Presbyterian Church. At about the same time, twenty-six members from Flanders decided to also withdraw and build a Presbyterian Church in Flanders Village. It was then that the remaining members of the Old Hill Church, about fifty in number and all from Chester, decided to build a new church in Chester village. The new building was erected on Main Street in 1851; the Flanders members officially withdrew in 1852.
In 1856, after much discussion by the church families, descendents of the original settlers of the area, the Old Hill Graveyard was incorporated as an association called Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association. There is no record of why that name was chosen, but it has remained and by association, the whole area received that name. The association is governed by a Board of Trustees that serve without remuneration.
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Veterans Buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Revolutionary War Veterans
Robert Rosbrough Henry, MD, born: 5-27-1753 died: 12-27-1805 (loc. Original Cemetery)
Surgeon's Mate, Continental Army, 1777-1779,
Surgeon, 3rd New Jersey Regiment, 1779,
Surgeon, 2nd New Hampshire Regiment, 1779-1781,
Surgeon, 1st New Hampshire Regiment,1781-1783
Civil War Veterans
Monmouth H. Benson, born: 4-13-1825 died: 12-22-1887 (loc. Sec. D)
Private, served in Co. K, 27th New Jersey Infantry from 19 Sep 1862 to 2 Jul 1863
Henry H. Berry, born: 1836 died: 1916 (loc. Sec. A)
Private, served in Co. F, 15th New Jersey Infantry from 25 Aug 1862 to 22 Jun 1865
John Carlisle, born: 1843 died: 1912 (loc. Sec. A)
Corporal, served in Co. F 15th New Jersey Infantry from 25 Aug 1862 to 22 Jun 1865
James G. Case, born: 1843 died: 1915 (loc. Sec. H)
Private, served in Co. K, 2nd New Jersey Cavalry from 14 Sep 1864 to 29 Jun 1865
Dennis Crater, born: 9-26-1818 died: 10-30-1886 (loc. Original Cemetery)
Private, served in Co. H, 11th New Jersey Infantry from 16 Jul 1862 to 3 May 1865
Wounds received in action at Spottsylvania, VA.
Lawrence Culver, died 8-18-1903 at age 68 (loc. Sec H)
Private, served in Co. H, 31st New Jersey Infantry from 17 Sep 1862 to 24 Jun 1863
John Cooper DeCamp, born: 1833 died: 1927 (loc. Sec. G)
Corporal, served in Co. D, New York Volunteers
Charles H. Emmons, born: 6-4-1843 died: 2-17-1916 (loc. Sec. J)
Corporal, served in Co. K, 39th New Jersey Infantry from 23 Sep 1864 to 17 Jun 1865
Oliver Henry, born: 1832 died: 1908 (loc. Sec. H)
Private, served in Co. K, 31st New Jersey Infantry from 17 Sep 1862 to 24 Jun 1863
Caleb Henry Howell, born: 1842 died: 1904 (loc. Sec. A)
Wagoner, served in Co. D, 48th New York Infantry from 21 Aug 1861 to 1 Sep 1865
James M. Ingle, born: 1824 died: 3-27-1906 (loc. Sec. H)
Private, served in Co. F, 15th New Jersey Infantry from 25 Aug 1862 to 10 Jan 1865
Disability Discharge
John L. Larrison, born: 1840 died: 1926 (loc. Sec. D)
Sergeant, served in Co. F, 15th New Jersey Infantry from 25 Aug 1862 to 22 Jun 1865
Thomas A. Moore, died: 4-1-1921 (loc. Sec. D)
Private, served in Co. B, 27th New Jersey Infantry from 19 Sep 1862 to 2 Jul 1863
William Renkel, born: 2-27-1826 died: 5-27-1897 (loc. Sec. D)
Private, served in Co. K, 27th New Jersey Infantry from 19 Sep 1862 to 2 Jul 1863
Lambert Riker, died: 8-3-1932 (loc. Sec. I)
Corporal, served in Company H, 11th New Jersey Infantry from 17 Jun 1862 to 6 Jun 1865
James S. Seals, born: 1842 died: 1923 (loc. Sec. D)
Private, served in Co. K, 31st New Jersey Infantry from 17 Sep 1862 to 24 Jun 1863
John Seals, born: 1842 died: 1912 (loc. Sec H)
Private, served in Co. F, 15th New Jersey Infantry from 25 Aug 1862 to 22 Jun 1865
Samuel W. Swayze, born: 1838 died: 1913 (loc. Sec. A)
1st Lieutenant, served in Co. B, 2nd New Jersey Cavalry from 15 Aug 1863 to 1 Nov 1865
Joseph Teets, died: 10-27-1930 (loc. Sec. I)
Private, served in Co. D, 1st New Jersey Cavalry from 27 Feb 1864 to 24 Jul 1865
Henry D. Todd, born 12-18-1825 died: 10-28-1909 (loc. Sec. A)
Private, served in Co. E, 27th New Jersey Infantry from 19 Sep 1862 to 2 Jul 1863
George S. M. Woodhull, born: 1845 died: 1918 (loc. Sec. B)
Sergeant, served in Co. F, 15th New Jersey Infantry from 25 Aug 1862 to 22 Jun 1865
John D. Wyckoff, born: 1840 died: 1921 (loc. Sec. I)
Private, served in Co. I, 27th New Jersey Infantry from 19 S
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