In 1843 land was purchased from the Adams family for the erection of a Scottish Kirk.
In 1848 a lot at the rear of the church was obtained for a graveyard, however members of the Adams family had already been buried in the north-east corner of this lot before the purchase was made. The cemetery soon became too small and land was obtained for the new Fairview Cemetery on Lot 27, Con. 2. Many members of old families secured plots and moved family members from the old cemetery to Fairview.
In 1933 an elected board assembled the remaining tombstones and built them into a cairn in the centre of the property. An entrance was purchased off Knox Street. The land was deeded to the Corporation of the Town of Acton and a fence was erected to protect the site.

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE PIONEERS OF THIS DISTRICT
1830-1886
ERECTED BY THEIR DESCENDANTS 1933