The Political Graveyard: First

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Cemeteries and Sites by Name: First

First
72 cemeteries and sites

In chronological order by year of founding (if known) or year of earliest politician burial in database.

Gay Family Cemetery No. 1, Sizerock, Ky. (1)
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Metuchen, N.J. (1)
First Baptist Church Cemetery, Hopewell, N.J.; 1779 (2)
First Presbyterian Churchyard, Orange, N.J.; 1834 (1)
First Baptist Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.; 1776 (1)
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Elizabeth, N.J.; 1780 (1)
First Presbyterian Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; 1786 (5)
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; 1813 (12)
First Presbyterian Churchyard, Newark, N.J.; 1791 (1)
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.; 1800 (7)
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.; 1801 (5)
First Presbyterian Churchyard, York, Pa.; 1806 (3)
First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pa.; 1806 (1)
First Presbyterian Churchyard, Trenton, N.J.; 1807 (1)
First Presbyterian Churchyard, New Brunswick, N.J.; 1807 (2)
First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, N.J.; 1807 (1)
First Presbyterian Churchyard, Trenton, N.J.; 1817 (3)
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.; 1817 (2)
United First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; 1818 (4)
First Presbyterian Church Burial Ground, Baltimore, Md.; 1819 (1)
First Presbyterian Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; 1820 (2)
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, White Plains, N.Y.; 1823 (2)
First Baptist Church Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.; 1824 (1)
First Reformed Church Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.; 1824 (2)
First Scots Presbyterian Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; 1828 (1)
First Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia, S.C.; 1830 (4)
Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; 1864 (9)
First Presbyterian Cemetery, Newtown, Queens, N.Y.; 1833 (2)
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.; 1834 (1)
First Reformed Church Cemetery, Hackensack, N.J.; 1835 (3)
Old First Presbyterian Church Graveyard, Lancaster, S.C.; 1863 (2)
First Reformed Church Cemetery, Lebanon, Pa.; 1836 (1)
First Parish Cemetery, Norwell, Mass.; 1839 (1)
First Presbyterian Church Burial Ground, Elizabeth, N.J.; 1839 (1)
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Newark, N.J.; 1842 (4)
First Bethel Cemetery, Bethel, Ohio; 1844 (1)
First Baptist Cemetery, Darlington, S.C.; 1848 (1)
Old First Street Cemetery, Moundsville, W.Va.; 1849 (2)
Cross Creek Cemetery No. 1, Fayetteville, N.C.; 1851 (6)
First Episcopal Church Graveyard, Reading, Pa.; 1853 (1)
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chambersburg, Pa.; 1861 (1)
First Baptist Churchyard, Darlington, S.C.; 1861 (2)
First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Cemetery, Fishkill, N.Y.; 1862 (1)
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Anderson, S.C.; 1864 (3)
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rockaway, N.J.; 1865 (2)
First Presbyterian Churchyard, Greensboro, N.C.; 1866 (1)
First Hopkinton Cemetery, Ashaway, Hopkinton, R.I.; 1867 (3)
Old First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C.; 1870 (1)
City Cemetery No. 1, San Antonio, Tex.; 1870 (6)
First Baptist Church Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.; 1871 (1)
First Baptist Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; 1871 (1)
First Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.; 1873 (1)
First United Methodist Church Cemetery, Conway, S.C.; 1873 (1)
First Presbyterian Churchyard, Shrewsbury, N.J.; 1878 (1)
First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Salem, N.J.; 1879 (4)
First Presbyterian Churchyard, Hamilton Square, N.J.; 1879 (1)
First Baptist Church Cemetery, Anderson, S.C.; 1880 (1)
First Methodist Church Cemetery, Franklin, N.C.; 1887 (1)
First Presbyterian Churchyard, Morganton, N.C.; 1892 (1)
First Congregational Church Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.; 1893 (1)
First Baptist Cemetery, Cape May Court House, N.J.; 1903 (3)
Havens Family Graveyard at First Baptist Church, Laurelton, Brick, N.J.; 1912 (3)
Carrollton Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; 1916 (2)
Old First Methodist Churchyard, West Long Branch, N.J.; 1921 (1)
First Baptist Church Cemetery, Kittery Point, Kittery, Maine; 1922 (1)
First Presbyterian Churchyard, Woodbridge, N.J.; 1926 (1)
First Unitarian Church, Chicago, Ill.; 1937 (1)
First Dutch Reform Church Cemetery, Pella, Iowa; 1939 (1)
First Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Batesville, Ind.; 1945 (1)
First Parish Cemetery, York Village, York, Maine; 1971 (1)
First Reformed Church Columbarium, Schenectady, N.Y.; 1982 (1)
Old First Church Graveyard, Bennington, Vt.; 1986 (1)

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