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Old Wesley Cemetery

Memorials	:	20
Location	:	Goshen, Cape May County, USA
Description	:	The original John Wesley church in Cape May County was located in Goshen, NJ, off of Goshen Swainton Road, (originally called Indian Trail). The church was founded by runaway slave John West from North Carolina and his wife Elsie Smith West. Elsie, who was a Cape May County slave, was freed after her husband purchased her release from Jedediah Tomlin. (c.1823) The Old Wesley church was used as a house of prayer from 1840-1908. It was the first organized negro methodist church in Cape May County. In 1908. a new church was built a couple of miles east in Swainton.... Read More	The original John Wesley church in Cape May County was located in Goshen, NJ, off of Goshen Swainton Road, (originally called Indian Trail). The church was founded by runaway slave John West from North Carolina and his wife Elsie Smith West. Elsie, who was a Cape May County slave, was freed after her husband purchased her release from Jedediah Tomlin. (c.1823) The Old Wesley church was used as a house of prayer from 1840-1908. It was the first organized negro methodist church in Cape May County. In 1908. a new church was built a couple of miles east in Swainton. The original church and burial ground were abandoned about the same time. They burial ground today has a few stones and bricks. It exists as a small clearing surrounded by woods and overgrown wood roads.

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Old Wesley Cemetery is located at No GPS information available Add GPSGoshen swainton Road, near Dennisville Court House Road and the rail road tracks. Goshen, Cape May County ,New Jersey ,USA.
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Coordinate: 39.1879349, -74.8532867

3. Rio Grande Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.1375999, -74.8541794

5. Bishop Farm Cemetery
Fishing Creek, Cape May County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2515488, -74.7294312

6. Union Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.2520420, -74.7017260

9. Tiffereth Israel Cemetery
Woodbine, Cape May County, USA
Coordinate: 38.9348280, -74.9194720

11. Woodbine Cemetery
Woodbine, Cape May County, USA

12. Henry Ludlam Family Cemetery
Dennisville, Cape May County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2494011, -74.6622009

13. Thomas Ludlam Family Cemetery
Dennisville, Cape May County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1879349, -74.8532867

15. Goshen Methodist Cemetery
Goshen, Cape May County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1375999, -74.8541794

16. Saint Elizabeths Cemetery
Goshen, Cape May County, USA
Coordinate: 39.1375198, -74.8543625

17. Wesley Methodist Churchyard
Petersburg, Cape May County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2515488, -74.7294312

18. Young Burying Ground
Petersburg, Cape May County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2520420, -74.7017260

19. Old Portsmouth Cemetery
Town Bank, Cape May County, USA
Coordinate: 38.9970310, -74.9667680

23. Alonzo Young Place Cemetery
Marmora, Cape May County, USA

24. Seaside Cemetery
Marmora, Cape May County, USA
Coordinate: 39.2494011, -74.6622009