Cold Water Cemetery facts for kids
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| Location | 15290 Old Halls Ferry Road, Florissant, St. Louis County, Missouri, 63034 |
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| Area | 1.5 acres |
| Built | c. 1809 |
| NRHP reference No. | 04000462 |
| Added to NRHP | May 19, 2004 |
Cold Water Cemetery (CWC), also known as the Sinks and the Patterson Family Cemetery, is a historic cemetery located at 15290 Old Halls Ferry Road in Florissant, St. Louis County, Missouri. The cemetery is 1.5 acres and was historically most active between 1809 to 1929, however it is still in use. It is managed by the Missouri State Daughters of the American Revolution. It is thought to be the oldest Protestant cemetery still in use, west of the Mississippi River.
It has been listed as one of the National Register of Historic Places since May 19, 2004.
History
John Patterson (1760–1839) was a Revolutionary War veteran who had emigrated from North Carolina, in 1798 he had been granted a Spanish land grant in Missouri. There is conflicting information around the size of the original land grant, with estimates between 600 acres to 1500 acres. The cemetery began as a family plot for the Patterson's, the earliest burial is estimated to be from 1809 for John Pattern's wife Keziah Horneday Patterson. Around 1809, a log church was erected on the site for the Salem Baptist Church, the church is no longer standing but there is a memorial plaque.
In the 1970s a restoration effort took place to clean up the landscaping and repair broken or misplaced headstones.
