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Callicoon Center Cemetery, Callicoon Center, New York

Callicoon Center Cemetery, opposite the Dutch Reformed Church, Callicoon Center, Sullivan County, New York, and is badly neglected. As the Old Dutch Reformed Church records are in German, the following inscriptions will be helpful to those interested in the early settlers of this section of the County. KRAFT, Ludwig, b. 16 (10?) Jul 1813, d. 16 Apr 1886 DORE, Margaret, wife of John DORE, d. 6 Feb 1886, ae 30 y, 2 m, 6 d BISCHOFF, Louisa, b. 20 Oct 1826, d. 6 Nov 1888J.G. aus Ketsigen, Konigreich gestarben 4 Aug 1883, ae 77 y, 7 m, 8 d GUNGLACH, […]

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Burials in the Old Stone Fort Cemetery at Schoharie, New York

Burials in the Old Stone Fort Cemetery at Schoharie, New York

About one mile north of the Court House at Schoharie, New York, stands a substantial stone building erected and used as a church before the Revolution. In October 1780. Sir. John Johnson, the Indian Chief Brant, with a large force of soldiers, Tories and Indians visited the Schoharie Valley, murdered one hundred of the inhabitants, destroyed their houses and barns and 100,000 bushels of grain. The invaders attacked the Fort which had been constructed about the church, but it was defended with such vigor they withdrew. A cannon ball fired by the enemy pierced the roof of the church and

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