Champlain in Clinton County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Judge Pliny Moore

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2024

1. Judge Pliny Moore Marker

Inscription.
Erected A.D. 1903 in memory of Judge Pliny Moore the first settler of the Town of Champlain in 1787 by his daughter Helen M. Hoyle and presented by her to Glenwood Cemetery as a temporary resting place for the dead.

Erected 1903.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1787.

Location. 44° 59.539′ N, 73° 26.774′ W. Marker is in Champlain, New York, in Clinton County. It can be reached from Oak Street 0.4 miles north of Elm Street, on the left when traveling north. The marker is mounted on the Pliny Mausoleum, about 120 meters west of the Glenwood Cemetery entrance. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Champlain NY 12919, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

in the Adirondacks & North Country,

and in the Champlain 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

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the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

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: Site of Burying Yard (approx. 0.2 miles away); Jehudi Ashmun (approx. 0.2 miles away); First School (approx. ¼ mile away); Pliny Moore House (approx. 0.4 miles away); St. Mary's Academy (approx. half a mile away); Bill Earl Park (approx. half a mile away); The Shipwrights of Champlain / La construction navale á Champlain (approx. half a mile away); Site of Delaware and Hudson Railroad Station (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Champlain.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Judge Pliny Moore

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1. Pliny Moore, the Founder of Champlain.

Excerpt: Pliny Moore was born in Sheffield, Massachusetts, on April 14, 1759. When he was a child, his family moved to Spencertown, New York, just south of Albany. He also lived in Kinderhook. In 1776, at the outbreak of the Revolutionary
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2024

2. Judge Pliny Moore Marker
The marker is mounted at eye-level on the east/front facade of the Pliny Memorial building.
War, Pliny enlisted in the New York militia. After his term expired, he enlisted several more times and earned considerable bounties of land from the state for his service.
In 1785, Pliny applied for a 11,600-acre grant of land in what is now the Town of Champlain. The land was for him and 17 of his fellow soldiers. He surveyed the land in 1785 and 1786 and built Champlain’s first sawmill near Perry’s Mills in 1788. In February of 1789 he permanently moved to Champlain. Pliny lived in Champlain for most of his life and died August 18, 1822, at the age of 63. His Champlain land grant is called the Smith and Graves Patent or the Moorsfield Grant and he is known as Champlain’s founder.

(Submitted on March 20, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Pliny Moore of Champlain, New York.

Excerpt: Published Histories of the Founding of Champlain
The Village of Champlain was founded by Pliny Moore after he received the title to the 11,600 acres of the Smith and Graves Patent in 1785. He found settlers for the town and made two trips to that location to survey it. A number of written histories about Pliny Moore and
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2024

3. Pliny Memorial Building
Looking west; the Pliny Memorial Building is about 120 meters west of the Glenwood Cemetery entrance.
the founding of Champlain have been preserved and are reproduced here.

(Submitted on March 20, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Pliny Moore and Pamela Moore Gravestones image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2024

4. Pliny Moore and Pamela Moore Gravestones

(son and daughter-in-law of Judge Pliny Moore)
Pliny Moore
Died 9th March 1872
aged 73 years.

Pamela Moore
Died 13th December 1875
aged 74 years.

Glenwood Cemetery Entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2024

5. Glenwood Cemetery Entrance

The cemetery entrance is on Oak Street, about 0.4 miles north of Elm Street.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 20, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 20, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 193 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on March 20, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.