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Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Morristown

Historic churchyard in Morris County, New Jersey

Field	Value
image	First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Morristown, NJ - area view.jpg
caption	Burying Ground of the Presbyterian Church
location	Morristown, New Jersey
coordinates
embed	yes
nrhp_type	cp	nocat = yes
partof	Morristown District
partof_refnum	73001126
designated_nrhp_type	October 30, 1973

The First Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a historic churchyard cemetery of the First Presbyterian Church in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places, listed as a contributing property to the Morristown District, on October 30, 1973.

History

The oldest interments date to 1731. There is a mass gravesite for about 150 soldiers of the American Revolutionary War who died from smallpox in 1777.

Notable burials

Samuel Beach Axtell (1819–1891), U.S. Congressman, Governor of Utah and New Mexico
Silas Condict (1738–1801), delegate to the Continental Congress
John Doughty (1754–1826), Revolutionary War Continental Army Officer
Jacob Ford Sr. (1704–1777), iron manufacturer, politician and judge
Jacob Ford Jr. (1738–1777) and Theodosia Ford (1741–1824), owners of the Ford Mansion, used by General Washington during the Revolutionary War
Jonas P. Phoenix (1788–1859), US Congressman
George Vail (1809–1875), represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1857.

References

(July 1973 }} With {{NRHP url). ["National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Morristown District"]({{NRHP url). [[National Park Service]].
(August 2021). "Eminent Remains". Skylands Visitor.
[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000001 George Vail], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed September 2, 2007.

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