East Palmyra in Wayne County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Patriots Burials

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 22, 2025

1. Patriots Burials Marker

Inscription. East Palmyra Cemetery
At least seven patriots
of the Revolutionary War
interred here between
ca. 1812 - 1846

Erected 2024 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 105.)

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Patriot Burials (WGPF), and the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) series lists.

Location. 43° 4.962′ N, 77° 8.87′ W. Memorial is in East Palmyra, New York, in Wayne County. It is on Whitbeck Road (County Route 224), on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2073 Whitbeck Road, Newark NY 14513, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

in the Finger Lakes,

and in the Rochester 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,

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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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: East Palmyra Cemetery War Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); East Palmyra Church (about 600 feet away); This Tank (approx. 2.2 miles away); A Memorial to All (approx. 2.2 miles away); The Fox Sisters (approx. 2.2 miles away); The Birthplace of Modern Spiritualism (approx. 2.2 miles away); A Vast Enterprise (approx. 2.3 miles away); Rope Walk (approx. 3.1 miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Palmyra Area (was approx. 2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Patriot Burials (William G. Pomeroy Foundation). Excerpt:

East Palmyra Cemetery in Wayne County is the final resting place of many of the community’s early residents. Among those buried here between ca. 1812 – 1846 are at least seven Revolutionary War veterans, including Barnabas Horton, Daniel Wood, Humphrey Sherman, James Reeves,
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 22, 2025

2. Patriots Burials Marker in East Palmyra Cemetery
Jeremiah Perry, Samuel Hildreth, Thomas Cory. In addition, two other veterans of the War, Jedediah Foster and Parshall Terry, may be interred in the cemetery as well; however, as of 2024, definitive primary evidence of their burial has not been located.

(Submitted on August 23, 2025.)

Patriots Burials Marker in East Palmyra Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 22, 2025

3. Patriots Burials Marker in East Palmyra Cemetery

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 22, 2025

4. Patriots Burials Marker

Looking North From the Patriots Burials Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 22, 2025

5. Looking North From the Patriots Burials Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 97 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 23, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.