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Easement to Graveyard Discovered

We are about to close on a home and during the title search it was discovered that there is an easement to a graveyard. Per the wording I was provided it is not clear if the graveyard is on the property, or even existed at all because it pre-dates the time any homes were developed on the land. There are no markers and somehow it never turned up during previous real estate transactions on the home (2 in 15 years).

The appraisal was re-worked to include this, but they said on there it has no effect on the value of the property.

Should I have any concerns? This is in a large neighborhood, with approximate 1/3rd to 1/2 acre lots, it's not a lot of land and there is definitely no graveyard visible on this property or any adjacent.

Thanks!

Edit: I should add that everything in town is essentially built on civil war battlefields and there are some small graveyards near the neighborhood and apparently one in the neighborhood about a 1/2 mile from our house according to my wife. A lot of young men died in this area sadly.

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