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Micajah Smith’s Meeting House Site and Cemetery

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Smith’s Meeting House Site and Cemetery
Main St. (Route 575) and Park Ave.
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Micajah Smith (1742 – 1807) was a privateer during the Revolutionary War; he was the captain of a ship name Sly. He built a Methodist church at this site circa 1800. [11] The church no longer stands, but its small cemetery still remains. Smith is buried here along with several other Revolutionary War veterans: [12]

James Bell
(1755-1831)

Jonas Morse
(1752-1824)

John Van Sant
Privateer Captain
(1726 -1820)

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