Potter's Field Cemetery

Potter's Field Cemetery (HM12U4)

Location: Manitowoc, WI 54220 Manitowoc County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 5.723', W 87° 41.654'

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The land was originally part of 80 acres owned by Jacob W. Conroe who built a sawmill at Manitowoc Rapids in 1856. In 1914 the farmland was purchased by Manitowoc County and the ground set aside as a free burial place for poor destitute and unknown persons. The cemetery contains 85 recorded burials interred between 1918 and 1973. Among those buried here are infants, old age pensioners, and a Lake Michigan sailor. The names of all, except ten, are known.

The name "Potter's Field" is of Biblical origin. After Judas Iscariot returned the 30 pieces of silver he had recieved for betraying Jesus Christ, the high priests of Jerusalem would not deposit it in the temple treasury since it was blood money. Instead, they bought a potter's clay field as a cemetery for foreigners. The term was widely used in the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries for public burial grounds of unknown persons, criminals and the poor.

The Potter's Field grounds were improved and headstones restored by a Beautification Committee of local concerned citizens in 1995. The large granite Memorial Marker was dedicated on May 20, 1996.
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HM NumberHM12U4
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Year Placed1996
Placed ByManitowoc County Historical Society
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Date Added Monday, September 8th, 2014 at 10:07am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 444429 N 4882701
Decimal Degrees44.09538333, -87.69423333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 5.723', W 87° 41.654'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 5' 43.38" N, 87° 41' 39.24" W
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Area Code(s)920
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 3801-3825 Meadow Ln, Manitowoc WI 54220, US
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