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Pioneer Cemetery resides in Phelps, Ontario County, New York. The earliest burials date from 1799 and carry through to 1912. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2152611/pioneer-cemetery
"Pioneer Cemetery 1000 graves 1803-1857 -Here lie 16 Revolutionary soldiers and a Lexington Minute Man. Pioneers include Robison, Granger, Deane, Swift, Dickinson, Hildreth." The marker was erected by the Phelps Historical Society. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=64930
"In the old Pioneer Cemetery on Main Street in Phelps there are two Revolutionary War soldiers buried.
One soldier was Murdock McLeod, the only known Red Coat buried in Ontario County. Murdock died in 1843 at age 90.
The other soldier, Israel Nims of Conway, Mass. died when he came to visit his son in Phelps in 1828 - age 77 years. Israel was one of the men on Lexington Green when the British fired upon them in 1776.
In the SW corner of the cemetery many slaves are buried. They were not allowed to have large tombstones, but one small one reads: "Hannah Riney c. April 3, 1849 age 85 years". -
Donated by Doris Spink, Phelps Historical Society
https://ontario.nygenweb.net/pioneercemphelps.htm