Kings County Cemetery, also known as Kings County Farm Cemetery or County Farm Cemetery, was a cemetery located on Clarkson Avenue, East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City.[1] The cemetery was also called Potter's Field (name for paupers' grave), not to be confused with the Potter's Field at Hart Island, the Bronx.[2][3] The cemetery was disestablished and newspaper reports at the time indicated the remains were moved to North Brother Island.[4]
Many unclaimed dead were buried at Potter's Field.[5] At one time, mass graves were used at Potter's Field with large pits containing 100 burials.[6]
Potter's Field on Livingston Street
The was also a Potter's Field, considered a public burying grounds, on the northwest corner of Livingston Street and Boerum Street in present day Downtown Brooklyn.[7][8][9]
References
- ^ French, Mary. "Kings County Cemetery", New York Cemetery Project website (blog), December 13, 2008. Accessed January 11, 2025.
- ^ "Kings County Potter's Field: The Forgotten Dead", New York Genealogical and Biographical Society website, May 4, 2017. Accessed January 11, 2025.
- ^ "Undertakers Delap's Explanation. He Buried Susan Young in the Potter's Field on a Charities Department Permit.", The Brooklyn Citizen, Brooklyn, New York, volume XXV, number 162, June 12, 1899, page 11. (subscription required)
- ^ "Keeper of God's Acre Soon to Lose Place", The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York City, volume 77, number 181, July 1, 1917, Telegraph and Long Island/Telegraph and Social News section, page 6. (subscription required)
- ^ "Where Brooklyn Buries Her Pauper Dead", The Standard Union, Brooklyn, New York, volume XLII, number 168, December 17, 1905, second section, page 12. (subscription required)
- ^ "Potter's Field Burial Permits", The Brooklyn Citizen, Brooklyn, New York, volume XXV, number 161, June 11, 1899, page 2. (subscription required)
- ^ "Rain Water Doctor", The Long-Island Star, Brooklyn, New York, volume XXX, number 101, June 6, 1839, page 2.
- ^ French, Mary. "Public Burial Ground, Brooklyn", New York Cemetery Project website (blog), December 30, 2022. Accessed January 1, 2025.
- ^ "Brooklyn Items", New-York Tribune, Manhattan, New York, volume XVI, number 4,971, March 26, 1857, page 7. (subscription required)
