Dry Creek Cemetery
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Dry Creek Cemetery

Also known as Moravia Rural Cemetery

Moravia, Cayuga County, New York, USA

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    Coordinates: 42.70167, -76.41694
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Dry Creek Cemetery 1885 New York 38A Moravia, NY 13118 Dry Creek Cemetery in Cayuga County, which contains Revolutionary War veteran graves and the graves of many of the village of Moravia's earliest settlers. It is on the edge of Fillmore Glen State Park, Moravia, NY. It is also located just behind an elementary school. The cemetery is an open area surrounded by woods on a hill slanted slightly with steep banks. On the south side of the cemetery is Dry Creek. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. The cemetery opened in 1807 but an earlier grave of 1804 has been reported. The cemetery holds over 375 graves. Approximately 180 headstones and monuments remain standing. A number of headstones exhibit typical New England-style funerary art from the early 19th century. Dry Creek Cemetery was the town's official cemetery until July 21, 1863 when Dry Creek paradoxically flooded the cemetery after a massive rainstorm and unearthed about 40 graves, sending 16 caskets downstream. One of those graves contained the casket of the recently buried Civil War veteran, Lieutenant George Cobb Stoyell. The powerful current swept away Stoyell's casket intact and swiftly carried it down the swollen creek almost to the Owasco Inlet. Sadly, many other caskets were smashed and their contents strewn helter skelter. The receding floodwaters left a horrifying scene. After that disaster, the village established Indian Mound Cemetery. Late in October 1863, and thereafter, many bodies were removed from the old cemetery and interred in Indian Mound Cemetery.
Dry Creek Cemetery 1885 New York 38A Moravia, NY 13118 Dry Creek Cemetery in Cayuga County, which contains Revolutionary War veteran graves and the graves of many of the village of Moravia's earliest settlers. It is on the edge of Fillmore Glen State Park, Moravia, NY. It is also located just behind an elementary school. The cemetery is an open area surrounded by woods on a hill slanted slightly with steep banks. On the south side of the cemetery is Dry Creek. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. The cemetery opened in 1807 but an earlier grave of 1804 has been reported. The cemetery holds over 375 graves. Approximately 180 headstones and monuments remain standing. A number of headstones exhibit typical New England-style funerary art from the early 19th century. Dry Creek Cemetery was the town's official cemetery until July 21, 1863 when Dry Creek paradoxically flooded the cemetery after a massive rainstorm and unearthed about 40 graves, sending 16 caskets downstream. One of those graves contained the casket of the recently buried Civil War veteran, Lieutenant George Cobb Stoyell. The powerful current swept away Stoyell's casket intact and swiftly carried it down the swollen creek almost to the Owasco Inlet. Sadly, many other caskets were smashed and their contents strewn helter skelter. The receding floodwaters left a horrifying scene. After that disaster, the village established Indian Mound Cemetery. Late in October 1863, and thereafter, many bodies were removed from the old cemetery and interred in Indian Mound Cemetery.

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