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Burial Place of Lieut. Adam Helmer

 
 
Burial Place of Lieut. Adam Helmer Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, August 20, 2024
1. Burial Place of Lieut. Adam Helmer Marker
Inscription.
Burial place of Lieut. Adam Helmer and wife Anna Bellinger. Helmer, a famous Mohawk Valley scout in Revolutionary War, purchased this farm in 1803
 
Erected by Cayuga County History.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1803.
 
Location. 43° 2.578′ N, 76° 31.211′ W. Marker is in Weedsport, New York, in Cayuga County. It is on Cottle Road east of Jericho Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3332 Cottle Road, Weedsport NY 13166, 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 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
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3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Meech Cemetery (approx. one mile away); Jordan Lock 51 (approx. 2.1 miles away); The Canalway Trail:Elbridge/Lock 51 (approx. 2.1 miles away); Firehouse (approx. 2.1 miles away); First Baptist Church of Weedsport (approx. 2.1 miles away); God's Acre (approx. 2.2 miles away); Tug Boat Marion (approx. 2.2 miles away); Weed's Basin (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Weedsport.
 
Also see . . .  Lt Adam Frederick Helmer (Find a Grave). (Submitted on August 20, 2024, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York.)
 
Burial Place of Lieut. Adam Helmer Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, August 20, 2024
2. Burial Place of Lieut. Adam Helmer Marker
Burial Place of Lieut. Adam Helmer Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, August 20, 2024
3. Burial Place of Lieut. Adam Helmer Marker
Burial Place of Lieut. Adam Helmer Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, August 20, 2024
4. Burial Place of Lieut. Adam Helmer Marker
No gravestones are present.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 20, 2024, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 336 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 20, 2024, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
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