Jamesville in Onondaga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Moses Dewitt

1766 - 1794

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, April 28, 2023

1. Moses Dewitt Marker

Inscription. Major of the militia
Judge of county courts
1st supervisor town of Pompey
for whom town of Dewitt
was named in 1835

Erected 1976 by Lafayette Bicentennial Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1766.

Location. 42° 58.786′ N, 76° 4.475′ W. Marker is in Jamesville, New York, in Onondaga County. It is on Apulia Road south of Coye road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jamesville NY 13078, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Central New York,

and in the Syracuse Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

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

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of this marker, measured as the crow flies: On-On-Da-Ga (approx. half a mile away); Safety Follows Wisdom (approx. 0.8 miles away); Saving the Safety Follows Wisdom Marker (approx. 0.8 miles away); Rounds Cemetery (approx. 3.3 miles away); Nedrow c. 1798 (approx. 3.4 miles away); Kana-Ta-Go-Wah (approx. 3½ miles away); The Iroquois Trail (approx. 3.6 miles away); James E. Heath Park (approx. 3.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jamesville.

Photographed by Kevin W., May 13, 2024

2. Moses Dewitt Marker

Moses Dewitt gravesite March 2019 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mira Earls, March 15, 2019

3. Moses Dewitt gravesite March 2019

Moses Dewitt Gravesite plaque March 2019 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mira Earls, March 15, 2019

4. Moses Dewitt Gravesite plaque March 2019

Moses Dewitt gravesite with plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mira Earls, March 15, 2019

5. Moses Dewitt gravesite with plaque

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2023, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 634 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 1, 2023, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. 2. submitted on May 19, 2024, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 25, 2023, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.