New Haven Common Burial Ground

From the settlement of New Haven

1638 to 1796

the adjoining ground was occupied

as a common place of burial.

Then a new burying ground was opened

and divided into family lots

and city squares.

In 1813 this church was placed

over the monuments of several

whose names are ...

The Burial Sites

The Baker-Fancher emigrants buried the bodies of ten men killed during the siege somewhere within the circled wagons of the encampment located west of the current monument in the valley. Most of the Baker-Fancher party died at various locations northeast ...

Old Jewish Burial Ground

Established by Mordecai Sheftall on August 2, 1773 from lands granted him in 1762 by King George III as a parcel of land that "shall be, and "forever remain, to and for the use and purpose of a Place of ...

Clifts Plantation Burial Ground

Who Was Buried Here?

The Clifts Plantation cemetery was located on the opposite side of the current road. Because of long distances to the nearest church in the 17th and early 18th centuries, plantation burial grounds were common in the Chesapeake ...

John Jones 2nd Burial Site

The official Civil War roster of Company G of the Wisconsin 12th infantry lists two men named John Jones. They are listed as John Jones 1st and John Jones 2nd.

John Jones 1st gravesite has been located in the Ivy Green ...

Burial of Peter Lassen

“In November 1859 – almost half a year after Lassen’s death, another party with Joe Kitts, Antone Storff, and John Tutt, began a new trip back to Black Rock. The men were going to bring the remains of Peter Lassen’s ...

The Potts Family Burial Ground

Historic Pottstown Walking Tour

From our earliest times, the cemeteries of Pottstown have been for the most part associated with churches. The original Sprogell burying ground was an exception, as was that of the Potts, Rutter and Hobart families (although this ...

From Skirmish Line to Burial Ground

Some of the Union infantrymen who defended this ground on the night of September 14th returned the next day. Even though the Confederate strategy had won the battle for Harpers Ferry, and these Union soldiers were part of the largest ...

Burial Sites of Immortal 600

The Immortal 600 were a group of Confederate officers held prisoners of war at Fort Pulaski during the bitterly cold winter of 1864-1865. They were moved here from Charleston where they had been placed in the line of artillery fire ...

Sir Isaac Brock's First Burial Site

Placed Here by the Niagara

Historical Society

This Marks

The Spot Where

Gen. Sir Isaac

Brock,

was buried from

1812 To 1824

Marker can be reached from Queens Parade just south of Wellington Street.

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