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More Small Cemeteries of the Town of Charleston, Montgomery County, NY

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Can anyone confirm the location of the small Town of Charleston cemeteries listed below and if they are still in existence? All of the lists, except two, were collected in the early 1920s by Edith (Van Heusen) Becker and Melvin W. Lethbridge. We have no information about any of the individuals listed.

10/12/98 Two new cemeteries, Un-named Shibley and Un-named Hillman family cemeteries, and update to Old Bell Graveyard.

UN-NAMED HILLMAN CEMETERY - TOWN OF CHARLESTON, MONTGOMERY COUNTY

10/12 Contributed by Clarence Putman "This cemetery, also in the town of Charleston, is located on Gordon Road, approximately 1 1/2 miles from NYS Route 30A. The cemetery is located on a small knoll to the right of the road. This is an old cemetery and some of the stones are difficult to read."

1. In Memory of Ezra Hillman

who died March 2, 1860

Aged ____ years 10 months ___ days

2. Permelia

wife of Ezra Hillman

Died Jan 25, 18__

3. In memory of

Shadrach Hillman

who died July 12, 1831

aged 63? years, 9 mo, 26 days

4. In memory of Prudence

wife of Shadrach Hillman

who died Feb 5, 1838

aged 65 years, 10 months and 19 days

5. In memory of

Sarah?

Wife of Joshua S____?(Shiff?)

who died Feb 4, 1834

aged 5_ years, 11 months ____ days

6. In memory of

Martha? Carey

who departed this life

May 5, 1833

aged 23 years & 12? days

7. Ruth L

wife of

C(G?) V Pul_ver

who died

Aug __, 1861

age _9 ys, 8 m, _9 ds

There are also 2 or three unreadable stones and several field stones.

UN-NAMED SHIBLEY CEMETERY - TOWN OF CHARLESTON, MONTGOMERY COUNTY

10/12 Contributed by Clarence Putman "This cemetery, also in the Town of Charleston, is located off the old Shibley Road, about 2 miles east of Logtown Road. There is a "Rural Grove State Forest" sign at the turn off Logtown Road onto Shibley Road. Shibley Road is a rough road. Adjacent to Shibley Road, 2 miles east of Logtown Road, there is a blue CEM painted on a tree. The cemetery is located about 700 feet south of this point following a small path from Shibley Road."

1. George R Shibley

Died May 31,1870

Aged 75 years, 1 mo & 13 days

2. David Shibley

Died April 23, 1872

in his 73 year

3. Clarissa

wife of David Shibley

died aged 57 years _ mos & 28 ds

4. Mahala Shibley

Died ___ 27, 187_

aged 82 years

5. Cyrena Shibley

Died May 21, 1899

Aged 86 years 1 mo. & 24 ds

6. Henry Shibley

(Broken Stone)

aged 91?years, 1 mo, __ ds

7. Caroline

wife of Henry Shibley

died May 3, 1878

aged 66 years & 16 ds

8. Between Henry and Caroline

unreadable stone

9. Small Stone

G.R.S.

10. Small Stone

J.S.

There were also a couple of unreadable stones and some field stones in this cemetery.

3/5/00

A more recent reading of the Quaker Graveyard was found in Vol. 253 of miscellaneous D.A.R. records from around NY State donated to the New York City Public Library in 1965. This second reading was made sometime in the early/mid 1960s by Mrs. Herschel C. Kilts of the Caughnawaga Chapter NSDAR of Fonda, N.Y. The reader will see missing family groups or persons whose names may have been on single stones in the early 1920s, e.g. Frances and Solomon Sharp. Although one shouldn't take for granted that absence of a previously-noted name on the new list means that the stone was gone, I'm going to make assumptions that 40 years later some stones were indeed gone, some were there but unreadable, others tipped over, and that persons might have been re-interred in other cemeteries during the interim. Mrs. Kilts tried to be thorough with this reading, including several field stones missed by Mr. Lethbridge, as well as making an effort to record accurate dates, ages, and inscriptions.

Notation for differences between readings:

** stone observed during 1960s reading that was present on 1920s list

++ stone not noted on 1920s reading

-- stone not noted on 1960s reading

[notes in brackets are commentary of mine, including info from the 2nd reading]

QUAKER GRAVEYARD - TOWN OF CHARLESTON, MONTGOMERY COUNTY

A note says "at Charleston Four Corners"

A. Stones

++ J. A. d. 1826 ae 23 [Note: on the 2nd reading this stone was noted as "J.A.d." and was near both Lydia, wife of James Dey, and the H.A.d. stone]

++ H. A. d. 1828 ae 26 [Note: see "D. stone" below; stone noted on 2nd reading as "H.A.d.]

** P. A. d. 1823 [d. July 18, 1828]

** R. A. d. Feb. 2, 1839 [Feb. 9, 1839]

** D. A. d. Nov. 16, 1839

** S. A. d. Mar. 13, 1840

** A. E. A. d. Feb. 18, 1851

++ R. H. d. Apl. 8, 1820

++ B. R.

++ E. R.

A note on the 1960s reading says "These are all field stones with initials and dates". The typists of the 2nd reading attempted to show where the stones were in relationship to each other. The fieldstones were listed by the Hoag burials.

-- BARLOW, Amanda GORDON b. 1837, d. 1920

** BOWDISH, Nathaniel d. Aug. 5, 1852 in 84th year

** BOWDISH, Deborah d. Apr. 23, 1844 in her 74th year wife of Nathaniel Bowdish

** BOWDISH, Melissa b. Sept. 2, 1804;

d. Apr. 23, 1879

[date of birth Sept. 2, 1801 on 2nd reading]

** BOWDISH, Sarah SHROVE d. May 20, 1849 ae 66yr 5mo 5da wife of Shadrach [surname given as SHOVE on 2nd reading; "Shadrach" spelled "Shadrack"]

** BOWDISH, Sarah ETT d. Aug. 15, 1856 ae 36yr 23da [date given as Aug. 13 on 2nd reading]

** BODISH, Ruth d. Jul. 23, 1868 ae 44yr 5mo wife of William HUBBS [name spelled Bowdish on 2nd reading]

BROWER, Mary b. Aug. 19, 1897;

d.Jul. 29, 1918

** CAIN, Ruth Van DUSEN d. Jul. 6, 1867 ae 20yr 3mo 2da wife of Albert Cain [number of months not on 2nd reading]

-- CARNRITE, Harriet d. Oct. 24, 1863 ae 42yr 7mo 11da

-- CARNRITE, Mercy d. Mar. 22, 1859 age 68 years wife of Samuel

-- CARNRITE, Dinah d. June 14, 1862 ae 52yr 3mo 27da wife of Hezekiah

-- CHAMBERS, James d. Nov. 9, 1868 ae 59 years

-- CHAMBERS, Albert d. Jan. 9, 1859 ae 7yr 1mo 16da son of James and Mary

** DEY, Lydia d. Feb. 28, 1848 in 31st year wife of James

** D. Stone - H.A.D. d. Aug. 26, 1828

[month and day not on 2nd reading; but "d." on 2nd reading was in lower case - see "A. stones" above]

-- DINGMAN, John d. Apr. 3, 1880 ae 62 years

** GAIGE, Ebenezer I. d. Jul. 3, 1843 ae 22yr 11mo 27da

** GORDON, Coray B. d. Dec. 28, 1863 ae 7mo 15da dau. of Wm. J. and Emily Gordon

** GORDON, Ellsworth d. Dec. 15, 1863 ae 1yr 5mo 7da son of Francis and H. M. Gordeon [age given as 1yr 5mo 1da on 2nd reading]

** HOAG, Henry d. May 11, 1864 ae 29yr 2mo 18da [age not given on 2nd reading]

** HOAG, Lansing M. d. Oct. 31, 1861 ae 2yr 8mo 14da son of Henry L. and Mary E. [age not given on 2nd reading, only note "Baby"]

** HOAG, Willie B. d. Jan. 25, 1864 ae 8mo 7da son of Henry L. and Mary E. [age not given on 2nd reading]

-- HOAG, Jesse d. May 17, 1846 ae 46 years

++ HOAG, Mary W. d. Aug. 8, 1847 ae 42yr 1mo 27da wife of Jesse Hoag

** HOAG, Elizabeth d. Oct. 21, 1840 ae 17yr 10mo 17da dau. of Jesse and Mary Hoag

** HOAG, Mark d. Dec. 6, 1853 ae 58yr 1mo 18da

** HOAG, Susan d. Mar. 10, 1843

wife of Mark [no date on 1960s reading]

** HOAG, Francis d. Jan. 2, 1854 ae 73yr 2mo 5da [age not given on 2nd reading]

** HOAG, Mary no dates

-- HOAG, Martin d. Jun. 11, 1850 ae 11yr 1mo 6da son of Francis and Mary

++ HOAG, Ira d. Mar. 23, 1858 ae 43yr 28da [Not listed on earlier reading]

-- HUBBS, Ruth

see BODISH

-- KOONS, Georgea d. Apr. 30, 1865 ae 4yr 8mo 17da dau. of Philip and Sarah; twin

-- KOONS, George A. d. Mar. 21, 1861 ae 7mo 7da son of Philip and Sarah; twin

-- KOONS, Richard B. d. Mar. 24, 1859 ae 4yr 1mo 10da son of Philip and Sarah

-- KOONS, Julia Etta d. Mar. 18, 1859 ae 8yr 11mo 4da dau. of Philip and Sarah

-- PALMER, James d. Jan. 25, 1856 ae 17yr 10mo 20da

-- ROBERTS, Martha A. b. 1835; d. 1907

-- ROBERTS, Sarah A. d. Aug. 9, 1863 ae 52yr 8mo 4da wife of Miner

-- ROBERTS, Frankie d. Feb. 21, 1864 ae 11yr 7mo 23da dau. of Miner and Sarah A.

** ROCKWELL, Sarah d. Feb. 12, 1849 in her 18th year wife of James W. Rockwell [O, calm and sweet, thy blest repose, Secure from sin, and all they foes. There naught will E'er disturb they sleep, Rrom which thou'll wake, but not to weep.]

-- SHARP, Solomon d. Jul. 13, 1865 ae 80 years

-- SHARP, Frances d. Feb. 27, 1863 ae 66 years wife of Solomon

-- SHARP, Francis d. Feb. 1, 1863 ae 31yr 8mo 0da

** SHROVE, Sarah

see BOWDISH

-- SIGSBEE, Frankie V. d. Jul. 20, 1865 ae 1yr 1mo 20da son of Jacob I. and Margaret A.

-- SIGSBEE, William T. d. Sept. 27, 1862 ae 4yr 24da son of Jacob I. and Margaret A.

** SLINGERLAND, Emmaline d. Sept. 12, 1863 ae 53yr 11mo 25da [date on 2nd reading is Sept. 18]

** Van DUSEN, Lydia d. May 12, 1849 ae 32yr 3mo 15da wife of Joseph Van Dusen [month and day not given on 2nd reading]

** Van DUSEN, Ruth

see CAIN

** WALKER, Mary d. Feb. 28, 1847 ae 58yr 2 mo 22da wife of Samuel I.

** WALKER, Louisa d. Sept. 11, 1851 in her 27th year wife of Isaac B. (or V.)

** WALKER, Louisa O. d. Jul. 3, 1857 ae 6yr 12da dau. of Isaac B. and Louisa [dau. of Isaac V. and Louisa Walker; "Weep not for me, my parents dear, I am not dead, But sleeping here"]

** WHITE, Amelia d. Jul. 8, 1853 ae 22yr 1mo 12da wife of Robert White [age and month/day of death not given on 2nd reading]

-- WHITE, Elizabeth d. May 17, 1855 ae 56 years wife of Ira

-- WHITE, Stephen P. d. Jan. 14, 1862 ae 21yr 4mo 28da died at Camp California, Va.;

Co. 57th Regt. N.Y.S.V.

** WING, Archibald b. Aug. 20, 1790;

d. May 17, 1860 ae 69yr 8mo 27da

** WING, Nancy b. Oct. 26, 1792;

d. May 22, 1832 ae 39yr 6mo 26da wife of Archibald [wife of Archibald not noted on 2nd reading]

** [Note: In addition to listing them separately, Mrs. Kilts also mentioned "A high monument erected to the memory of Archibald & Nancy Wing by Their Son, From Albany, N.Y.]

OLD BELL GRAVEYARD - TOWN OF CHARLESTON, MONTGOMERY COUNTY

In far center and eastern end of Charleston, west of Schoharie Creek

10/12/98 by Clarence Putman: "To find this cemetery go approximately 2 miles east from NYS Route 30A on Burtonsville Road to Goewey Road. Go 2 1/2 miles on Goewey Road to the end. The cemetery is located to the left of the road just before the turn around. I have nothing to add to the information already posted except some of the stones are in poor condition. The stone next to Rowland I had listed as unreadable now, with a footstone with M.B.B. I did not see the Mary Jane Bell Stone, so it may have been unreadable. Also, some of the dates on the other stones that were readable in the 1920's are now unreadable. "

BELL, Rowland d. Apr. 4, 1857 in 86th year

BELL, Mary BENNETT d. Nov. 28, 1836 ae 65yr 2mo 0da wife of Rowland

BELL, Eleanor d. Jul. 4, 1841 ae 28yr 2 mo 8da

BELL, Nelson d. Jan. 1, 1860 ae 26yr 11mo 4da

BELL, Mary Jane d. Nov. 15, 1856 ae 21yr 9mo 26da dau. of Henry and Mary

ROCKWELL FARM GRAVEYARD - TOWN OF CHARLESTON, MONTGOMERY COUNTY

At intersection of Careytown Rd. with Esperance-Oak Ridge Road

MONTANYE, Edward d. Mar. 8, 1850 ae 46yr 7mo 22da

MONTANYE, Mersha Ann d. Oct. 22, 1848 ae 5yr 4mo 11da dau. of E. and M.

MONTANYE, Abram C. d. Jan. 12, 1884 ae 78yr 0mo 12da

MONTANYE, Hannah CONOVER no dates

wife of Abram C.

UN-NAMED STALEY GRAVEYARD - TOWN OF CHARLESTON, MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Just beyond Corbin Hill School House, south of the farm house on the Montgomery-Schoharie County line

STALEY, Jacob b. Aug. 11, 1811;

d. Jan. 20, 1895

STALEY, E. Jane WINTER b. Jul. 15, 1814;

d. Sept. 22, 109

his wife

STALEY, Julia H. 1838-1839

daughter

STALEY, William J. 1842-1862

STALEY, Adelbert D. 1843-1863

"GAR markers on last 2.

One or both killed in battle."

STALEY, George d. Aug. 4, 1872 ae 7yr 7mo 14da

STALEY, Susan d. Dec. 19, 1864 ae 55yr 6mo 9da

STALEY, Henry C. d. June 24, 1837 ae 60yr 1mo 11da

STALEY, Decilia DODS d. Mar. 29, 1865 ae 88yr 6mo 11da his wife

PHELPS, Eliza STALEY b. May 25, 1817;

d. Mar. 29, 1894

wife of John A.

PHILLIPS, John no dates

SUITOR, Jane STALEY b. Aug. 20, 1798;

d. Nov. 1898

wife of William

SUITOR, Susan d. Aug. 18, 1839 ae 5yr 2mo 22da dau. of William and Jane

SUITOR, William L. d. Aug. 22, 1830 ae 2yr 0mo 6da son of William and Jane

SUITOR, John B. d. Sept. 11, 1848 ae 9yr 0mo 17da son of William and Jane

SUITOR, Thomas W. b. Dec. 23, 1829;

d. Apr. 3, 1880

WOOD, Milton d. May 25, 1848 ae 48

WOOD, Angelica d. Nov. 18, 1856 ae 52yr 3mo 0da his wife

WOOD, Maria STALEY d. Mar. 11, 1822 ae 22yr 3mo 6da his wife

WOOD, Richard d. Feb. 8, 1856 ae 29yr 5mo 26da

WOOD, Aaron M. d. Nov. 12, 1853 ae 25yr 6mo 5da

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