Burial Sites in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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P11-038 African Burying Ground, Between State and Court Streets on the former location of Chestnut Street, USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35677, N477040, Zone 19 (43° 4' 29.01"N, 70° 45' 33.51"W), In 2003 the site of a cemetery for persons of African descent in Portsmouth was rediscovered beneath Chestbut St. Since then a memorial park has been created to honor the anonymous individuals buried there., Source: Webmaster site visit 2021 MAP
P11-013 Balch, no markers, USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35500, N476614, Zone 19 (43° 2' 10"N, 70° 46' 48"W), Burials believed to remain here, but no surface evidence., Source: L. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-014 Beck/Tabor, Greenland Ave., USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35325, N476874, Zone 19 (43° 3' 32.80"N, 70° 48' 7.51"W), Source: L.H. Tallman 1988, updated Webmaster 2022 MAP
P11-010 Calvary (Catholic), Greenland Road (Rte. 33), USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35443, N476843, Zone 19 (43° 3' 24"N, 70° 47' 15"W), (large active cemetery), Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-006 Cotton, in South St. Cemetery, USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35694, N476951, Zone 19 (43° 4' 0"N, 70° 45' 25"W), This is one of the 4 cemeteries of South Street Cemetery. The others: Harmony Grove, P11-008, Proprietors', P11-007 and Sagamore, P11-009, Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
------ Dorr, See: Marden, P11-023
------ Elwyn, See: Langdon, P11-020
P11-005 Episcopal Churchyard, Chapel St., USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35707, N477083, Zone 19 (43° 4' 43"N, 70° 45' 21"W), Memorial plaques inside Church also., Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-015 Fieldstone, off Lafayette, USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35577, N476744, Zone 19 (43° 2' 52"N, 70° 46' 15"W), According to tradition this is the burial ground for the slaves of the Langdon family., Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-016 Fieldstone, off Ocean Rd., USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35267, N476540, Zone 19 (43° 1' 44"N, 70° 48' 30"W), Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-036 Fieldstone, off Ocean Road, USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35242, N476645, Zone 19 (43° 2' 18"N, 70° 48' 42"W), Source: L.H. Tallman 1993 MAP
P11-017 Hall, rear 280 South St., USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35723, N476973, Zone 19 (43° 4' 8"N, 70° 45' 13"W), This has had severe damage by vandals., Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-008 Harmony Grove, in South St. Cemetery, USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35692, N476922, Zone 19 (43° 3' 51"N, 70° 45' 26"W), This is one of the 4 Cemeteries in South St. Cemetery., The others are: Cotton, P11-006, Proprietors', P11-007 and Sagamore, P11-009, Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-018 Huntress/Shannon, Echo Ave., USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35436, N477153, Zone 19 (43° 5' 4"N, 70° 47' 21"W), Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-019 Lang, off Lang Road, USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35496, N476417, Zone 19 (43° 1' 6"N, 70° 46' 48"W), Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-020 Langdon, off Elwyn Road, USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35593, N476727, Zone 19 (43° 2' 47"N, 70° 46' 8"W), This is well maintained as a part of the Urban Forestry Center., Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-021 Langdon, off Lafayette, USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35597, N476891, Zone 19 (43° 3' 40"N, 70° 46' 7"W), Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
------ Langdon, See: Whidden, P11-032
P11-022 Marden, off Lafayette Rd. (Rte. 1), USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35339, N476484, Zone 19 (43° 1' 27"N, 70° 47' 58"W), Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-023 Marden/Dorr, Wallis Road, USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35362, N476530, Zone 19 (43° 1' 42"N, 70° 47' 48"W), Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-024 Marden, off Wallis Rd., USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35383, N476517, Zone 19 (43° 1' 38"N, 70° 47' 39"W), Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-034 Marden, off Lafayette Rd. (Rte. 1), USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35407, N476575, Zone 19 (43° 1' 56"N, 70° 47' 28"W), This is to the rear of AAMCO Transmissions, and is maintained by the company., Source: L.H. Tallman MAP
P11-025 Marston, off Suzanne Dr., USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35387, N476534, Zone 19 (43° 1' 43"N, 70° 47' 37"W), Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-035 Marston, Cutts Ave., USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35577, N477167, Zone 19 (43° 5' 9"N, 70° 46' 19"W), Source: L.H. Tallman MAP
P11-026 Moses/Odiorne, off Elwyn Road, USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35683, N476757, Zone 19 (43° 2' 57"N, 70° 45' 28"W), Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-002 North, Maplewood Ave., USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35647, N477081, Zone 19 (43° 4' 42"N, 70° 45' 47"W), This cemetery is maintained by City of Portsmouth. Union Cemetetry, P11-003, is a smaller strip to the west., Source: L.H. Tallman MAP
P11-027 Norton, off Lafayette Rd. (Rte. 1), USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35397, N476500, Zone 19 (43° 1' 32"N, 70° 47' 32"W), Markers are on an eroding island in the middle of Ralph's Truck Sales., Source: L.H. Tallman MAP
------ Odiorne, See: Moses, P11-026
P11-037 Otis/Palmer, Banfield Road, USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35304, N476613, Zone 19 (43° 2' 8"N, 70° 48' 14"W), Source: L.H. Tallman 1993 MAP
------ Palmer, See: Otis, P11-037
P11-028 Perkins, off Lang Road, USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35479, N476433, Zone 19 (43° 1' 11"N, 70° 46' 55"W), Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-004 Pleasant St. Cem., Pleasant Street, USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35711, N477031, Zone 19 (43° 4' 26"N, 70° 45' 18"W), Maintained by the City of Portsmouth, Source: L.H. Tallman MAP
P11-001 Point Of Graves, Mechanic St., USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35737, N477047, Zone 19 (43° 4' 32"N, 70° 45' 7"W), This City of Portsmouth cemetery has the oldest marked gravestones in New Hampshire, Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-007 Proprietors' Cemetery, in South St. Cem. at the corner of South Street and Sagamore Avenue, USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35689, N476940, Zone 19 (43° 3' 57"N, 70° 45' 27"W), This is one of the 4 Cemeteries in South St. Cemetery. The other 3 cemeteries are: Cotton, P11-006, Harmony Grove, P11-008 and Sagamore, P11-009, Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
------ Rand, See: Marden, P11-024
------ Rand, See: Marston, P11-025
P11-029 Rand, off Lafayette Rd. (Rte. 1), USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35424, N476526, Zone 19 (43° 1' 41"N, 70° 47' 20"W), Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-009 Sagamore Cemetery, in South St. Cem. at the corner of South Street and Sagamore Avenue, USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35700, N476908, Zone 19 (43° 3' 46"N, 70° 45' 22"W), This cemetery is one of the 4 units that make up South St. Cemetery. The other 3 are: Cotton, P11-006, Harmony Grove, P11-008 and Proprietors', P11-007, Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
------ Shannon, see Huntress P11-018
P11-030 Sherburne, Islington St., USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35459, N476872, Zone 19 (43° 3' 33"N, 70° 47' 8"W), This is in a side yard not far from Islington., Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
------ Slave, See: Fieldstone, P11-015
------ South St. Cemetery, This is a 4-cemetery complex: See individual cemeteries: Cotton, P11-006, Harmony Grove, P11-008, Proprietors', P11-007 and Sagamore, P11-009
P11-011 St Mary's, Greenland Rd. (Rte. 33), USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35424, N476851, Zone 19 (43° 3' 26"N, 70° 47' 24"W), This is the older Catholic cemetery., Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 ed MAP
------ St. John's, See: Episcopal Churchyard, P11-005
------ Tabor, See: Beck, P11-014
P11-012 Temple Israel Cem., Banfield Rd., USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35485, N476749, Zone 19 (43° 2' 53"N, 70° 46' 56"W), Source: L.H. Tallman 1988, Note: Although all abut each other, this is actually a 3 cemetery complex which includes the Workman's Circle Cemetery. MAP
P11-003 Union, (beside North Cemetery, P11-002), Maplewood Ave., USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35642, N477083, Zone 19 (43° 4' 43"N, 70° 45' 49"W), maintained by City of Portsmouth. In 2022 this cemetery was added to the NH Registry of Historic Places., Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-031 Whidden, Lafayette Rd. (Rte. 1), USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35465, N476586, Zone 19 (43° 2' 0"N, 70° 47' 3"W), Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-032 Whidden/Langdon, Lafayette Rd. (Rte. 1), USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35428, N476547, Zone 19 (43° 1' 48"N, 70° 47' 19"W), Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
P11-033 White, off Spinney Rd., USGS Portsmouth Quadrangle, E35545, N476920, Zone 19 (43° 3' 49"N, 70° 46' 31"W), This is a single marker., Source: L.H. Tallman 1988 MAP
------ Workman's Circle, See: Temple Israel, P11-012

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