Quaker Cemetery aka VanHolde Cemetery

Historic Site #:	14-045 (Exists) Type: B1	Town:	Williamson
Site Name:	Quaker Cemetery aka VanHolde Cemetery	GPS Coordinates:	43.212406, -77.190283
Address:	4007 Pearsall Road Williamson NY
Description:
18 Memorials N. side Pearsall Road, off Rt. 21 Located back from road on first left hand turn south of village of Williamson, off Route 21. Much overgrown. 2005 Driving Directions - Rte. 21N into the limits of Williamson, and Right hand turn onto Pearsall Rd. Cemetery is behind first house on the Left. You must pass through someone's property to reach cemetery. The people are very friendly (2019) and will be glad for you to visit this cemetery.


Photograph Contributed by © 2005 Daryl VerStreate Jr. and Amanda VerStreate	Photograph Contributed by © 2005 Daryl VerStreate Jr. and Amanda VerStreate

Griffith Cooper is buried here. Photo courtesy of Williamson Pultneyville Historical Society	Griffith Cooper Headstone. Photo courtesy Edith Farrington (2019)

Historic narrative:
Griffith Cooper lived almost across the street from this cemetery and was a Quaker, abolitionist and a good friend of Frederick Douglass and is buried here. Here is his story: http://waynehistorians.org/Places/site.php?site=766 For a list of those buried here, click this link: http://wayne.nygenweb.net/cemeteries/wilsmallcems.html To search for an individual buried here, click this link: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2580273/quaker-or-vanholde-cemetery?

References:

NYGENWEB Cemetery web page

Findagrave web page for this cemetery