Harwood Lake Cemetery
Jones, Cass County

Tombstone Photographs

Harwood Lake Cemetery is located on Harwood Lake Road, Jones, Newburg Township. Note: Information contributed by Deanna Branson West: Harwood Lake vs. Corey Lake - It was brought to my attention in May of 2009 that Harwood Lake Cemetery was once Cory Lake or Corey Lake Cemetery. Evidently at one time the Corry or Corey family owned land in the Newberg township area but by the 1900's the lake designated as Cory Lake had been changed to Harwood Lake. Harwood Lake now empties into the remainder of Corey Lake with a small portion in Cass County the the bulk of Corey Lake extending into St. Joesph Co., Michigan. If you examine the Cass County Maps for different time periods, you will see the change occur. Also in the 1928 map of Newberg township, the cemetery location is designated with a + symbol. It is easy to see why the names might have mingled and interchanged over the decades. Joshua Corey arrived in the Corey Lake area circa 1836 and the following year Hiram Harwood arrived and settled close to Joshua. The change of names for the area can also be proven by reading the Cass County History which states that Hiram and his wife were buried in the "Old Corey Burying Ground". Years later when this cemetery was read, it was shown as Harwood Lake Cemetery. A further note of interest is that Hiram Harwood's daughter, Melisa Harwood (born May 17, 1816) wed Joshua Corey at Corey's Lake, Michigan, May 18, 1834. She died in 1852 and Joshua in 1888. We have, to this date, not found their burials. Headstones (Click on the underlined links to view the tombstone photograph)

Text & Description (Click this Link for Description, Photo Link for Image)	Photo Link	Date	Submitter
Harwood Cemetery September 4, 2005	Image 84.4 K	September 2005	Teresa O'Riley

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