Old Day Cemetery
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Old Day Cemetery

Also known as Tennessee Road Cemetery

West Winfield, Herkimer County, New York, USA

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    Coordinates: 42.87287, -75.16835
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Update 5/25/99 From Kathy Huxtable: I located the "Old Day" Cemetery today. It is indeed within the town of Winfield on the grounds of the Tennessee Gas Company's Compressor Station on Tennessee Road. I spoke with a Mr. Anderson and he escorted me to the site. It has greatly changed since the DAR did the reading. When the gas line came through in about 1954, they established a substation southeast of West Winfield. As part of the deal to purchase the land for the site the town required that the company maintain the cemetery located on the property. The company hestitated without some modification as the cemetery was overgrown with brush and the company did not want to deal with the cleanup and mowing around all those stones. An agreement was eventually reached. The cemetery was cleared and all the stones, but one, were laid flat and covered with sod. The area is marked with 4 white posts at the corners and a bronze plaque listing the information from the stones. Peleg Brown's tombstone stands solitary in the lush grass. Next to it is a veteran's flag holder for the Revolutionary War. The name given to the cemetery on the plaque is Tennessee Road Cemetery. Kathy Huxtable. April 24, 1998
Update 5/25/99 From Kathy Huxtable: I located the "Old Day" Cemetery today. It is indeed within the town of Winfield on the grounds of the Tennessee Gas Company's Compressor Station on Tennessee Road. I spoke with a Mr. Anderson and he escorted me to the site. It has greatly changed since the DAR did the reading. When the gas line came through in about 1954, they established a substation southeast of West Winfield. As part of the deal to purchase the land for the site the town required that the company maintain the cemetery located on the property. The company hestitated without some modification as the cemetery was overgrown with brush and the company did not want to deal with the cleanup and mowing around all those stones. An agreement was eventually reached. The cemetery was cleared and all the stones, but one, were laid flat and covered with sod. The area is marked with 4 white posts at the corners and a bronze plaque listing the information from the stones. Peleg Brown's tombstone stands solitary in the lush grass. Next to it is a veteran's flag holder for the Revolutionary War. The name given to the cemetery on the plaque is Tennessee Road Cemetery. Kathy Huxtable. April 24, 1998

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