Deansboro in Oneida County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Samson Occom Grave Site
Photographed by Phillip Gioia, November 8, 2019
1. Samson Occom Grave Site Marker
Erected 1969 by Oneida County DPW.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Education • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is July 14, 1792.
Location. 43° 0.253′ N, 75° 26.872′ W. Marker is in Deansboro, New York, in Oneida County. It is on Bogusville Hill Road 1.3 miles west of New York State Route 12B, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Deansboro NY 13328, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Mohawk Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Great North Woods, 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Deansboro Depot (approx. 1.3 miles away); Kirkland College (approx. 3.8 miles away); Hamilton College (approx. 3.8 miles away); Harding Farm (approx. 3.9 miles away); Elihu Root (approx. 3.9 miles away); Lock Company (approx. 3.9 miles away); Hamilton College Chapel (approx. 4 miles away); First Grist Mill (approx. 4.2 miles away).
More about this marker. Samson Occom was a Mohegan Native American missionary in Connecticut, Long Island, New Hampshire, Stockbridge Massachusetts,
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Regarding Samson Occom Grave Site. The gravesite is on private property. To visit, please call the number on the small sign shown in the photo.
Also see . . . Samson Occom (Wikipedia). (Submitted on July 6, 2020, by Phillip Gioia of Auburn, New York.)
Credits. This page was last revised on August 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2020, by Phillip Gioia of Auburn, New York. This page has been viewed 857 times since then and 53 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on July 3, 2020, by Phillip Gioia of Auburn, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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