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Queensbury Quaker Burying Ground, also known as the Queensbury Friends Cemetery and Old Quaker Cemetery, is a historic Quaker burying ground located near Queensbury in Warren County, New York. It was established about 1765 and remained in service until 1837. This cemetery was the first in Queensbury. [2] 1911 marker
The Nine Partners Meeting House and Cemetery is located at the junction of NY state highway 343 and Church Street, in the village of Millbrook, New York, United States. The meeting house , the third one on the site, was built by a group of Friends ("Quakers") from the Cape Cod region, Nantucket and Rhode Island in 1780.
Quaker meeting houses in New York City (5 P) Pages in category "Quaker meeting houses in New York (state)" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
A small path goes to it between two new houses. It is a small, quiet graveyard surrounded by woods, with stones dating to the mid-19th century. Of the Quaker graveyards in the county, it is the one closest to the original principles. [2] It is not certain whether the cemetery and meetinghouse were originally on the same large parcel.
There is a state owned carry down launch located in Allegany State Park off NY-280. [2] The state park also offers a swimming area and facilities on the lake. Quaker Lake was constructed in the 1960s, one of the byproducts of the Kinzua Dam construction. A spillway across Route 280 empties the lake into the Allegheny Reservoir.
The congregation originated during the Quaker schism of 1828 when Creek Friends Meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox meetings. The Orthodox meeting moved about a mile north of Clinton Corners to the Shingle Meeting House [ 2 ] located on the grounds of the current Friends Upton Lake Cemetery. [ 3 ]
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The village is located on U.S. Route 11 at the junction with New York State Route 26. US-11 leads southwest 17 miles (27 km) to Watertown, the Jefferson county seat, and northeast 18 miles (29 km) to Gouverneur. NY-26 leads northwest 18 miles (29 km) to Alexandria Bay on the St. Lawrence River. The Indian River runs through the center of the ...