Great Pasture Road Cemetery
Old Congregational Church Cemetery
Old Redding Cemetery
Redding, Connecticut
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Great Pasture Road Cemetery, also known as Old Congregational Church Cemetery and Old Redding Cemetery, is located on Great Pasture Road off of
Route 107 in Redding, Connecticut. The majority of the stones date from the late 1700s and 1800s. Many
of the men interred here are veterans of the Revolutionary War; several are listed as combatants in
the "Danbury Raid,"
when British General William Tryon attacked Danbury, Connecticut on 21 April 1777, nearly destroying the town.
Estimated number of interments, as of January 2024: at least 138.
Photos were taken 1 August 2014.
Gated entrance with memorial plaque to Joel Barlow:
"JOEL BARLOW
POET - PATRIOT - STATESMAN
Born Redding, March 24, 1754
Son of Samuel and Esther Hull Barlow
Died Zarnowiez, Poland, Dec. 26, 1812.
Yale 1778, Army chaplain, Order of Cincinnati.
Hartford Wit - United States Consul Algiers
United States Minister Plenipotentiary to France
Citizen of France.
Make patriot views and moral views the same.
Renounce the wish of war. Bid conquest cease.
Invite all men to happiness and peace.
The Conspiracy of Kings, Barlow."
The oldest extant stone in Great Pasture:
"A B MRCIS
1736"
The only marker for Mrs. Sarah Hull,
possibly dating to the 1730s.
"Here lyes buried the Body of
Mr. DANIEL BARLOW
Son of Mr. SAMUEL & Mrs. EUNICE BARLOW
Who Died Decem. ye 2d 1759
in the 25th Year of His Age"
"Sacred to the Memory of Mr. SAMUEL BARLOW
who departed this Life
Dec.r 20, 1773 aged 63 Years
His Son Mr. SAMUEL BARLOW
Resign'd his breath in the Service
of his ___ country he died and was buried at
Rynbeck on returns from the victory of
St. John's and Montreal
who died Jan 26, AD 1776
aged 23 Years
Thus age and youth without distinction fall
Death is the common lot prepared for all."
"Revolutionary War
Daniel Sanford
Danbury Raid
Died July 5, 1777"
"Revolutionary War
James Rogers
Danbury Raid
Died Apr. 19, 1823
AE 82."
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