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Patriot Burials

Howlett Hill Cemetery

 
 
Patriot Burials Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, August 20, 2024
1. Patriot Burials Marker
Inscription.
Burials as early as ca. 1803. At least seven veterans of the Revolutionary War interred here between ca. 1803-1851.
 
Erected 2022 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 16.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesWar, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Patriot Burials (WGPF) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1803.
 
Location. 43° 0.869′ N, 76° 17.353′ W. Marker is in Syracuse, New York, in Onondaga County. It is on Howlett Hill Road (County Route 40) south of NE Townline Road, on the right when traveling north. Located at Howlett Hill Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Syracuse NY 13215, 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, 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)
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Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Howlett Hill Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Casetown (approx. one mile away); Early Church (approx. 1.9 miles away); Camillus Cutlery (approx. 2 miles away); Martisco Station Museum (approx. 2.4 miles away); Plaster Mill (approx. 2½ miles away); Thirteen Curves (approx. 2.6 miles away); Gilbert Cemetery (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Syracuse.
 
Patriot Burials Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, August 20, 2024
2. Patriot Burials Marker
Gravestones in Howlett Hill Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, August 20, 2024
3. Gravestones in Howlett Hill Cemetery
Howlett Hill Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, August 20, 2024
4. Howlett Hill Cemetery
 
 
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 351 times since then and 22 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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