The condemned were taken from the jail to Gallows Hill. (There is a park outside of downtown Salem called ?Gallows Hill Park? at the intersection of Hanson and South Streets. However, historians' opinions differ on the precise location of the ... The Charter Street Cemetery is the final resting place for at least two members of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, including physician Bartholomew Gedney and magistrate John Hathorne, who was the great-great grandfather of writer ...