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

Sarah Mills

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 7, 2014

1. Sarah Mills Marker

Inscription.
Sarah Mills
departed this life December
18, 1809 in the 65th year of
her age. First woman to die
in Town of Butler. Wife of
Rev. War Capt. Peter Mills.

Erected 2006 by Butler Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is December 18, 1809.

Location. 43° 9.692′ N, 76° 46.773′ W. Marker is in Butler, New York, in Wayne County. It is on Route 89 half a mile south of Everhart Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Savannah NY 13146, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker 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 the North Atlantic Region,

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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Samuel Ward and Antoinette Brown (approx. ¼ mile away); First Zion Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); Butler Veterans Memorial (approx. ¾ mile away); Town of Butler (approx. 0.8 miles away); Roe Cobblestone Schoolhouse (approx. 2.2 miles away); Northup Park (approx. 4.4 miles away); In Memory, World Wars 1 - 2 (approx. 4.4 miles away); Wolcott Falls (approx. 4.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Butler.

Regarding Sarah Mills.

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A small cleared area up the slope by the marker led me to find an apparent grave headstone. Only a few lightly cut letters can be seen on the stone. A significant layer of the stone is missing from most of the front. Was there an inset plaque?

Southward on NY 89 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 7, 2014

2. Southward on NY 89

Northward on NY 89 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 7, 2014

3. Northward on NY 89

Marker and Body of Water image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 7, 2014

4. Marker and Body of Water

Marker is across NY 89 from a body of water related to Wolcott Creek.

Sarah Mills Grave Headstone? image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 7, 2014

5. Sarah Mills Grave Headstone?

Marker at Center image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, November 7, 2014

6. Marker at Center

Back and top of apparent grave headstone in foreground.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 17, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 1,212 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 17, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.