Kings County Cemetery (Brooklyn, New York)

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Kings County Cemetery
Kings County Cemetery (Brooklyn, New York)
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Clarkson Avenue, East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 40°39′26″N73°56′00″W / 40.65720°N 73.93342°W / 40.65720; -73.93342
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Kings County Cemetery, also known as Kings County Farm Cemetery or County Farm Cemetery, was a cemetery located on Clarkson Avenue, East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City. [1] The cemetery was also called Potter's Field (name for paupers' grave), not to be confused with the Potter's Field at Hart Island, the Bronx. [2] [3] The cemetery was disestablished and newspaper reports at the time indicated the remains were to be moved to North Brother Island. [4]

Many unclaimed dead were buried at Potter's Field. [5] At one time, mass graves were used at Potter's Field with large pits containing 100 burials. [6]

Potter's Field on Livingston Street

There was also a Potter's Field, considered a public burying ground, on the northwest corner of Livingston Street and Boerum Street in present day Downtown Brooklyn. [7] [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ French, Mary. "Kings County Cemetery", New York Cemetery Project website (blog), December 13, 2008. Accessed January 11, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Kings County Potter's Field: The Forgotten Dead", New York Genealogical and Biographical Society website, May 4, 2017. Accessed January 11, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Undertakers Delap's Explanation. He Buried Susan Young in the Potter's Field on a Charities Department Permit.", The Brooklyn Citizen , Brooklyn, New York, volume XXV, number 162, June 12, 1899, page 11. (subscription required)
  4. ↑ "Keeper of God's Acre Soon to Lose Place", The Brooklyn Daily Eagle , New York City, volume 77, number 181, July 1, 1917, Telegraph and Long Island/Telegraph and Social News section, page 6. (subscription required)
  5. ↑ "Where Brooklyn Buries Her Pauper Dead", The Standard Union , Brooklyn, New York, volume XLII, number 168, December 17, 1905, second section, page 12. (subscription required)
  6. ↑ "Potter's Field Burial Permits", The Brooklyn Citizen , Brooklyn, New York, volume XXV, number 161, June 11, 1899, page 2. (subscription required)
  7. ↑ "Rain Water Doctor", The Long-Island Star, Brooklyn, New York, volume XXX, number 101, June 6, 1839, page 2.
  8. ↑ French, Mary. "Public Burial Ground, Brooklyn", New York Cemetery Project website (blog), December 30, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Brooklyn Items", New-York Tribune , Manhattan, New York, volume XVI, number 4,971, March 26, 1857, page 7. (subscription required)
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