The cemetery was a private graveyard owned exclusively by the Collins family of Collinsport, Maine. All of the Collins family members who had passed away had been laid to rest here. At the bottom of a steep hill within the cemetery grounds resided the Collins family mausoleum. In 1810, Charles Collins buried his lover, Angelique, there. He once visited the cemetery astride his dark steed, Dubloon, and witnessed Angelique's ghost floating amongst the tombstones. In June of 1970, Willie Loomis skulked about the cemetery looking to rob the legendary jewels of Naomi Collins from the mausoleum.