Upper Burial Ground

Upper Burial Ground
U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property
Upper Burial Ground Marker
Location	Germantown Ave. and Washington Lane Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°2′37″N 75°10′51″W / 40.04361°N 75.18083°W / 40.04361; -75.18083Coordinates: 40°2′37″N 75°10′51″W / 40.04361°N 75.18083°W / 40.04361; -75.18083
Built	1692

The Upper Burial Ground is a cemetery in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is notable as the last resting place of 58 American soldiers from the Battle of Germantown in the American Revolution. Here also lies many of the founders of Germantown, including William Dewees, sheriff of Germantown's independent government. Also buried here is Zachariah Poulson, who died in 1844 after having published The American Daily Advertiser, Philadelphia's principal daily newspaper for many years. One of the earliest stones is Cornelius Tyson who arrived in Germantown in 1684 and died in 1716 at age 63.^[1] It is adjacent to the Concord School House.

Marker on the presumed site of the mass grave of 58 American soldiers killed in the Battle of Germantown

The Upper Burial Ground is a contributing property of the Colonial Germantown Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

References

Sources

• Jenkins, Charles Francis. The Guide Book to Historic Germantown, Prepared for the Site & Relic Society. 1926.

External links

• Germantown: Historic School and Gravesite in ‘Sweet Concord’, Philadelphia Neighborhoods, Temple University. Text and video, accessed January 24, 2012.
• The Upper Burial Ground at Find a Grave