Gillette Cemetery

Yavapai County, Arizona

 

North from Phoenix on I-17, Exit Table Mesa Rd (Mile Marker 236) L over Freeway, R on W. Frontage Rd. Set odometer to 0.00 when blacktop stops. 1.1 Miles stay R, 1.8 miles stay R, 3.9 miles Agua Fria River cross, 4.0 miles turn R into Gillette, 4.3 miles Gillette N34* 01' 07.5", W 112* 09' 49.3"
Latitude N34 08.341, Longitude W112 42.797 - (Elevation 1,835)
  Burials = 52       6/5/2006
Ref. SURNAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE COMMENTS
1 DOE Jane       Female burial detected
2 SETWRIGHT Mr.     Jun. 12, 1878 Hanged from Cotton Wood tree on Agua Fria River by vigilante mob
3 SNIVELEY Col. Jack       Exhumed from White Pacacho Mtns and reinterred at Gillette
3 SWILLING Child       Daughter of J.W. (Jack) Swilling
2 TAYLOR COL.     Jun. 12, 1878 Killed by vigilantly mob wanting to hang Setwright.
2 WEIR Mr.     Jun. 12, 1878 Shot in the head by Setwright

 

REFERENCE KEY:
1 Neal Du Shane  
2 Mark Quigley
3 "History of Arizona", Thomas Edwin Farish, Vol. 2 1915, pg 251
 
Contributor: Neal Du Shane
 
It was determined there could be up to 52 interments. Only one female interment was found. No headstones/markers remain (if there were any). In 2006, the cemetery for the most part is in a circular driveway enclosure, E & S of the foundation of the Bulfind Hotel. A few rock enclosures are still visible. Cattle use this area as bedding & have destroyed almost all evidence. A few internments were detected north of the north side of the circular driveway.

 

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Last Updated on 6/5/2006
By Kermit L. Kittleson