Kings County Cemetery, also known as Kings County Farm Cemetery or County Farm Cemetery, was a cemetery located on Clarkson Avenue,

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, Brooklyn, New York City. The cemetery was also called Potter's Field (name for paupers' grave), not to be confused with the Potter's Field at

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, the Bronx. The cemetery was disestablished and newspaper reports at the time indicated the remains were moved to North Brother Island. Many unclaimed dead were buried at Potter's Field. At one time, mass graves were used at Potter's Field with large pits containing 100 burials.

Potter's Field on Livingston Street

There was also a Potter's Field, considered a public burying ground, on the northwest corner of Livingston Street and Boerum Street in present day

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."Brooklyn Items"
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'', Manhattan, New York, volume XVI, number 4,971, March 26, 1857, page 7.

References

{{reflist Cemeteries in Brooklyn Former cemeteries