Utica Cemetery is located in section 33 of Shelby Township on Shelby Road south of 21 Mile Road. It became Registered Michigan Historic Site No. 2048 in 2001. The state marker located near the entrance gates reads as follows: "John and Mary Stead deeded 4.45 acres of land to the Utica Cemetery Association in 1863. Included in that parcel was a section referred to as the "Old Burying Ground " and a family plot called " Stead's Reserve. " The first burial occurred in 1817 upon Thomas Squire's death, who was among Shelby Township's first white settlers. Buisnessmen, doctors, farmers and teachers who influenced the area's history are buried here, including Lyman T. Jenney, the county's first doctor, and antislavery activists Peter and Sarah Lerich. Also interred here are Joseph Stead, who platted the village of Harlow in 1829 and Gurden C. Leech, who in 1833 suggested that the town be renamed Utica." Revolutionary War veteran Nathaniel Squire's grave is in Utica Cemetery. Squire and his family were Shelby Township's earliest settlers in the area in 1817. Officials formally recognized Squire's service in a 2017 ceremony and a memorial grave marker from the U.S. Department of Veterans. Squire served from 1777 to 1779 in the Revolutionary War. Squire hailed from Connecticut and was part of his local militia at age 25. Later he enlisted in the formal army after a stint as a prisoner of war in New York. After his service, Squire moved to Canada and later to Michigan after it became a territory. As a whole, cemeteries in Shelby Township are home to 84 U.S. Civil War veterans, and Utica Cemetery features the largest number of these sites with 49 U.S. Civil War veterans. In addition to Squire and the Civil War veterans, Utica Cemetery features veterans' resting places from every U.S. conflict. The Utica Cemetery is still active.