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Sparta Cemetery

 
 
Sparta Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, September 17, 2011
1. Sparta Cemetery Marker
Inscription. Set apart by Col. Philipse. Graves of Rev. soldiers. Cannon fire hit tombstone. First site of pres. church moved to Sing Sing 1800
 
Erected 1932 by New York State Education Department.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1800.
 
Location. 41° 8.21′ N, 73° 51.662′ W. Marker is in Briarcliff Manor, New York, in Westchester County. It is on Albany Post Road (U.S. 9) north of Revolutionary Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 181 Revolutionary Rd, Briarcliff Manor NY 10510, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Hudson Valley and in the New York City Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Leatherman (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Birthplace of John L. Worden 1818-1897 (approx. 0.2 miles away); All Saints' Church (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Smith-Robinson House / La Casa Smith-Robinson (approx. 1.4 miles away); The James Robinson House / La Casa James Robinson (approx. 1½ miles away); The United Methodist Church / La Iglesia Metodista Unida (approx. 1½ miles away); Ossining United Methodist Church (approx. 1½
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miles away); The Mount Pleasant Academy Library / La Biblioteca de la Academia Mount Pleasant (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Briarcliff Manor.
 
Sparta Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, September 17, 2011
2. Sparta Cemetery Marker
Marker on Albany Post Road image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, September 17, 2011
3. Marker on Albany Post Road
Graves in Sparta Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Coughlin, September 17, 2011
4. Graves in Sparta Cemetery
Dating to 1764, Sparta Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Ossining.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 30, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 17, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,035 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 17, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
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