Does anyone know when Potters Field started burials? I see Wesley Pippenger refers one to St. Elizabeth Hospital and that was established in 1855. Was Potters Field started before then? Thanks, Elizabeth Fairport, NY ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

The two cemeteries on the grounds of St. Elizabeth is a military cemetery, mostly Civil War burials as the hosptial was for that time used as a general hospital. It is a very old mental hospital, began in 1855 by the federal government as the Government Hospital for the Insane. I've found no mention of any other cemeteries on the property. Here's a list from the National Archives in 1964 with some name of burials: http://www.allfortheunion.com/ste/CW.htm And here's a longer story about the hospital http://dmh.dc.gov/dmh/cwp/view,a,3,q,636030.asp BTW: This is the mental hospital John Hinckley has been in since trying to shoot President Reagan in the 1980's. Kathi Jones-Hudson, National Coordinator Tombstone Transcription Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/index.html ____________________________________________________________________________________Give spam the boot. Take control with tough spam protection in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_html.html