St. Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery

St. Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery The parcel of land in which St. Patrick's Oratory of Truxton is located was conveyed by deed dated May 19, 1854, from John Miller of Truxton to the Right Rev.

John McClosky, Roman Catholic Bishop of Albany. John McDevitt and Patrick McDonald purchased the land for the sum of $200. The church was a wooden structure with small dimensions. Little is known about this church except that it burned in 1878. The present St. Patrick's Church was built in 1880, which makes it the oldest Catholic Church in Cortland County. St. Patrick’s Cemetery is believed to be

the oldest known Catholic Cemetery in Cortland County, established in 1869 on grounds purchased by Bishop McNeirney for St. Patrick’s Catholic Church (now Oratory) in Truxton NY.

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PO Box 15
Truxton, NY
13158

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