Oak Hill Cemetery

(Front):

On June 1, 1822, the Pontiac Company gave the citizens of Pontiac the first land for a village cemetery. It was "to be occupied and used forever as a burying ground." In 1839, when Captain Hervey Parke was employed ...

High Street Cemetery War Memorial

In Memoriam

to honor the many brave soldiers

who served our country in time of

war and rest here in eternal peace.

To those that made the supreme

sacrifice whereby we can enjoy

freedom in our great country.

Revolutionary War 1775-1783

War of 1812 1812-1815

Mexican War 1843-1846

Civil War ...

Hampstead Cemetery

(Front)

A cemetery established here in 1841, also known as “God’s Acre” and later “the German Cemetery,” was maintained by St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church until about 1860. That church, founded in 1840 by the rapidly-growing community of Germans in ...

Salisbury National Cemetery

Salisbury Prison and Trench Graves

Salisbury Prison was established by the Confederate government in October 1861 on the site of an old cotton factory. In preparation for the first prisoners, a portion of the grounds was enclosed by a stockade fence. ...

Slave Cemetery

c. 1820s

The burial ground where you are standing is the final resting lace for many members of Montpelier's enslaved community. Slaves' belief in a spiritual world - originating in African religions - was reinforced by Christianity. This drawing shows slaves, ...

The African American Cemetery

Discovering Madison

"I walk in the graveyard, I walk through the graveyard

To lay this body down.

I lay in the grave and stretch out my arms;

I lay this body down."

-African American spiritual from the era of slavery, as recorded in James Weldon ...

Bethsaida Baptist Church and Cemetery

Bethsaida Baptist Church, formed in 1829, was led by itinerant preachers traveling in the area. In April, 1843, John S. Dodd, was called to pastor the church on a permanent basis. He faithfully served the church for 50 years, retiring ...

The Madison Family Cemetery

Discovering Madison

"The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the Union of the States be cherished an perpetuated."

-James Madison, Advice to My Country, 1834

The Madison Family Cemetery is the understated resting place for two of ...

Dead River Cemetery

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On a hilltop nearby stands the old Dead River Cemetery named for the river which was at one time part of the Oconee. Dead River Church once stood there but was later moved to Longpond 2 miles north. In ...

Family Cemetery

Family Cemetery Of

Early Pioneer Jurrian Severson

Grave of John J. Vanaernam

Ensign, Revolutionary War

Born 1730 - Died 1814

Marker is on Brandle Road 0.1 miles south of Main Street (New York Route 146), on the left when traveling south.

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