The land for the Concrete Cemetery which is all that presently remains on the site was donated as a public cemetery by James Newton in 1856 .
The first recorded burial was of James Newton 's brother Joel Wooton Newton on January 16 , 1856 .
The land for the Concrete Cemetery which is all that presently remains on the site was donated as a public cemetery by James Newton in 1856 , and the first recorded burial was of his brother Joel Wooton Newton on January 16 , 1856 .