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EARLY CEMETERY

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Cemetery
Location
2254 State Route 417, Elm Valley, NY
Lat/Long
42.151486, -77.85608
Grant Recipient
Allegany County Historical Society
Historic Marker

EARLY CEMETERY

Inscription

EARLY CEMETERY
COLE-DIKE CEMETERY FIRST
BURIAL ZERIAH DIKE IN 1798.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN
NATHANIEL DIKE 1747-1813
BURIED HERE.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2016

This early cemetery located in the hamlet of Elm Valley had its first burial in 1798. It is also the final resting place of Revolutionary War Veteran Nathaniel Dike.


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