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McGraw in Cortland County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Old Baptist Cemetery

1820-1864

 
 
Old Baptist Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, March 14, 2020
1. Old Baptist Cemetery Marker
Inscription. 1st cemetery in McGrawville
 
Erected by William G. Pomeroy Foundation.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites.
 
Location. 42° 35.789′ N, 76° 5.515′ W. Marker is in McGraw, New York, in Cortland County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (New York State Route 41) and Highland Avenue (County Route 116), on the left when traveling west on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mc Graw NY 13101, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and specifically in Central New York. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: McGraw World War II (about 600 feet away,
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measured in a direct line); Lamont Memorial Library (about 700 feet away); McGraw Rural Cemetery Veterans Memorial (about 700 feet away); McGrawville Civil War Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Churches (approx. Ό mile away); Site of New York Central College (approx. 0.4 miles away); Port Watson (approx. 3.4 miles away); Samuel G. Hatheway (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in McGraw.
 
Old Baptist Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, March 14, 2020
2. Old Baptist Cemetery Marker
Gravestones in the Old Baptist Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, September 16, 2020
3. Gravestones in the Old Baptist Cemetery
An old gravestone engulfed by a tree. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, September 16, 2020
4. An old gravestone engulfed by a tree.
An old gravestone engulfed by a tree. image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, September 16, 2020
5. An old gravestone engulfed by a tree.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 302 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 14, 2020, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.   3, 4, 5. submitted on June 24, 2023, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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