Near Elmira in Chemung County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Knoll Cemetery
Photographed By Paul Crumlish, June 25, 2011
1. Knoll Cemetery Marker
& their families, including
casualties of the Battle
of Newtown, August 29, 1779.
Erected by Chemung County Historical Society.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is August 29, 1779.
Location. 42° 1.868′ N, 76° 43.449′ W. Marker is near Elmira, New York, in Chemung County. Marker is at the intersection of Oneida Road (County Road 60) and Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling west on Oneida Road. The marker stands in the unincorporated hamlet of Lowman. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Elmira NY 14901, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Our Foe Redmen & British (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Native Voices (approx. 0.2 miles away); Newtown Defense (approx. 0.2 miles away); Newtown Battlefield (approx. 0.2 miles away); Line of Rude Breastworks (approx. 0.2 miles away); Routes of the Armies / Newtown 1779 (approx. ¼ mile away); This Ridge (approx. 0.3 miles away); Line Occupied - Rifle Corps (approx. 0.4 miles away); Newtown (approx. 0.8 miles away); Divided Peoples (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elmira.
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More about this marker. Knoll Cemetery is also known as Baldwin Cemetery. The site is located on lands originally owned by the first settlers, the Issac Baldwin family. Many of the identified graves are members of that family or direct descendants.
Photographed By Scott J. Payne, July 18, 2015
2. Knoll Cemetery Marker
Grave marker for Isaac Baldwin Jr., veteran of the Revolutionary War.
Photographed By Mira Earls, March 13, 2024
3. Knoll Cemetery Gravestone
Unknown
Privates
Continental
Line
Rev War
Aug 29 1779
Killed at the Battle of Newtown
September 21, 2015
4. Knoll Cemetery Marker
Photographed By Paul Crumlish, June 25, 2011
5. Wide view of the Knoll Cemetery Marker
Photographed By Brian Scott, September 21, 2015
6. Knoll Cemetery Marker
Photographed By Paul Crumlish, June 25, 2011
7. View of the Knoll Cemetery
The small cemetery is among the stand of trees on the top of the hill at the center of the photograph.
Photographed By Forest McDermott, July 19, 2013
8. Knoll Cemetery located north of the Marker on a hill.
Photographed By Forest McDermott, July 19, 2013
9. Knoll Cemetery
View of about half of the stones in the cemetery.
Photographed By Forest McDermott, July 19, 2013
10. A Specific Grave Stone related to Newtown Battle
This grave stone was particularly interesting stone in the cemetery about the burial as the stone states, "Our Foe - Redmen & British who fell - August 29, 1779 - lie here."
Photographed By Mira Earls, March 13, 2024
11. Knoll Cemetery Gravestones
Credits. This page was last revised on March 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 29, 2011, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. This page has been viewed 850 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 29, 2011, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. 2. submitted on March 4, 2016, by Scott J. Payne of Deposit, New York. 3. submitted on March 14, 2024, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. 4. submitted on November 5, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 5. submitted on June 29, 2011, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. 6. submitted on November 5, 2015, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 7. submitted on June 29, 2011, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. 8, 9, 10. submitted on July 22, 2013, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. 11. submitted on March 14, 2024, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York.
