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Briggs Cemetery

Gainesville, Wyoming County, New York, USA

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Get directions Gainesville, New York, USA

Coordinates: 42.62878, -78.07890
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A small cemetery on School Road off Route 19A in the town of Gainesville, tax map id #146-1-16. It is known by some as Briggs, others as Lot Two, Coggan or Brainerd probably taking various names as owners of nearby property changed. The land was surveyed by Joseph Ellicott and deeded in 1837 by Ethen Lamphere. Heustis, Briggs, Kellogg, Green, Cargill, Green, Caulkins, Day, and Wood were among the trustees for the fenced one-half acre for graves of early area settlers. A true copy of the original deed was recorded December 28, 1893 at Batavia, New York. Information from Historical Wyoming of January 1956, April 1961, July 1976; Wyoming County Historian Office, Stanley Rutherford, Town of Gainesville Historian, visual readings.

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