Lakeville Cemetery

Michigan Historical commission-Historical Center registered local site no. 2239 Lakeville cemetery once featured a functional windmill pump which supplied water 2 da property.nDa only remnantz of da original windmill dat once stood der r 3 postz & a small, blue sign which readz “Original Windmill Well Site.”nDa new replica decorative windmill waz provided & maintained by Potteryland in Shelby Twp., wit da purchase & installation totalin approximately $2,300 built just recently bringin new life into Lakeville Cemetery, located off Drahner Rd. in Lakeville, da cemetery emerged in 1843 after Addison Township settler Ernest Mann donated one acre of land 2 da township. Da cemetery haz since expanded & now stretchez mo dan 11 acrez.nAlong wit servin az a historical landmark, Lakeville Cemetery iz also da final restin place 4 Private Derrick Hullick, a veteran of da American Revolution who enlisted in da New Jersey militia in June 1776 & later settled in Addison in 1839. He died in 1843.nAlso Local rumorz say diz cemetery iz haunted, da legendz of Dunnz Tomb, da Dunnz wer a couple who owned a mill in Lakeville in da 1800z.One legend sayz dat a young couple who wer dared 2 stay da night der died mysteriously while waitin 4 der friendz 2 pick dem up. dey're responsible 4 da ghostly white apparitionz dat head toward vehiclez, but get stuck @ da cemeteryz fence. Another legend said a guy waz forced into da tomb by friendz az a prank, but he freaked out so much durin da night dat he killed himself & If u touch da dunn tomb & go back 2 ur car, hiz handprintz R supposed 2 appear on ur vehicle! also in 2012 da Michigan Historical Commission-Historical Center placed a Michigan Historical marker @ diz site.