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The earliest burials are recorded to have taken place in the 1740s following shortly after the first settlement of this area by [[Rhineland-Palatinate|Palatine]] [[Germans]] in the middle of the Eighteenth Century. These graves are noted for their intricately carved [[headstone]]s and [[footstone]]s which feature unique German [[Funeral|funerary]] [[symbolism]] and in many isntances, [[German language|archaic German text]]. |
The earliest burials are recorded to have taken place in the 1740s following shortly after the first settlement of this area by [[Rhineland-Palatinate|Palatine]] [[Germans]] in the middle of the Eighteenth Century. These graves are noted for their intricately carved [[headstone]]s and [[footstone]]s which feature unique German [[Funeral|funerary]] [[symbolism]] and in many isntances, [[German language|archaic German text]]. |
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The cemetery was also the location of the first |
The cemetery was also the location of the first buildings to house the [[Stillwater Presbyterian Church (Stillwater, New Jersey)|Stillwater Presbyterian Church]] which in its early years was first a union church serving both the [[Lutheran]] and [[German Reformed]] faiths. It is presumed that a rudimentary church made of logs, dating from as early as 1745 to 1750, predated a 1771 structure built from local fieldstone. That structure, which had not been used since 1838 was razed in 1847 and the local fieldstone used to construct a wall along the cemetery's southern and western perimeter. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 15:12, 28 November 2006
Stillwater Cemetery is a burial ground located in the village of Stillwater in Stillwater Township, Sussex County, New Jersey (USA).
The earliest burials are recorded to have taken place in the 1740s following shortly after the first settlement of this area by Palatine Germans in the middle of the Eighteenth Century. These graves are noted for their intricately carved headstones and footstones which feature unique German funerary symbolism and in many isntances, archaic German text.
The cemetery was also the location of the first buildings to house the Stillwater Presbyterian Church which in its early years was first a union church serving both the Lutheran and German Reformed faiths. It is presumed that a rudimentary church made of logs, dating from as early as 1745 to 1750, predated a 1771 structure built from local fieldstone. That structure, which had not been used since 1838 was razed in 1847 and the local fieldstone used to construct a wall along the cemetery's southern and western perimeter.
History
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Notable burials
See also
- Harmony Hill Methodist Church (Stillwater, New Jersey)
- History of New Jersey
- Paulins Kill
- Stillwater Presbyterian Church (Stillwater, New Jersey)
- Stillwater Township, New Jersey
- Sussex County, New Jersey