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Postcard of the earliest Sullivan's Monument on Newtown Hill
This collection of information is the work of the late Isabel Ridall of Elmira.
The extra copy of Isabel's work given to Steele Memorial Library was given to the site by Steele.
Patriots of the American Revolution who settled and died in Chemung County, New York
Listing by Towns and Cemeteries.
Compiled by Isabel Ridell.
Retyped by Ruth Bryan.
TOWN OF ASHLAND
Baptist Church Cemetery
Benjamin Burt 10 May 1826 ae 77 y 2m 1d
David Burt 20 Jun 1828 ae 68y 3m 5d
Richard Comfort 6 Mar 1824 in the 77th y of his age
Alpeus Gillett 28 Jun 1841 ae 81y 5m 9d
Abner Kelsey Born 29 Jun 1755 Died Nov 1816 (no stone)
James Mitchell 16 Feb 1831 ae 73y 3m 11d
Nathan Roberts 23 Dec 1813 aged about 73y
Richard Stiles (no stone)  
Abner Wells Sr. 21 Sep 1797 ae 59y 8m 21d
Abner Wells Jr. 1 Sep 1831 ae 68y 7m
Miller Cemetery
Abraham Miller 25 Jul 1815 ae 80y 3m 25d
Roushy Cemetery
George Brown 17 Dec 1833 ae 76y 7m 6d
Scudder Cemetery
Samuel Middaugh Born Mar 1733 Died 6 Nov 1826
The Knoll
Isaac Baldwin Sr. Born 12 Jun 1730 Died 9 Jun 1791
Isaac Baldwin Jr. Born 8 Jan 1765 Died 21 Nov 1815
Thomas Baldwin Born 23 Feb 1735 Died 10 Jan 1810
Waterman Baldwin Born 1 Aug 1757 Died 21 Apr 1810
Unknown
Nathaniel McCauley Died of his wounds on Monday, August 30, 1779
     
TOWN OF BALDWIN
Hicks Cemetery
George Hicks 3 Aug 1833 ae 79y 3m 1d
William Tillman 6 May 1846 ae 84 y
McCumber #1
Robert DeForest Herrington Died 3 Jan 1803  
Peter Killmore 15 Dec 1860 ae 94y 7m 15d
McCumber #2
Daniel VanCampen A pensioner age 79 in 1840, possibly here
North Chemung Cemetery
Jason Hammond said to be bur here no stone found
Henry Tice 7 Oct 1851 ae 92y
     
TOWN OF BIG FLATS
Big Flats Cemetery
Jonathan Boyer 11 Jan 1828 ae 65y 6m 15d
George Gardner 3 May 1848 ae 76y 7m 4d
William Mapes 1 Apr 1856 in the 103rd y of his age
Hugh Miller 22 Sep 1826 ae 86y 6m 22d
David Reynolds 6 Feb 1853 ae 91y 8m
Joel Rowley 4 July 1854 ae 90y
John Williams Died 1831  
Forsaken Cemetery
Christian Myneer (Minier) may be bur here  no stone
Whitney Cemetery
Roswell Goff Born 15 Oct 1762 Died 27 Oct 1825
Amos Stark 21 Mar 1850 ae 82y 4m 21d
     
TOWN OF CATLIN
Barber Cemetery
Reuben Barber Born 1753 Died 1835/1845, no stone
Tompkins Corners Cemetery
Daniel Middaugh Born 15 Mar 1735 Died 27 Jan 1837, no stone
     
TOWN OF CHEMUNG
Batterson Cemetery
Abijah Batterson 24 Jan 1835 ae 71y 3m
Chemung Cemetery
Elijah Buck 26 Jul 1830 ae 81y 14d
William Buck 13 Mar 1799 ae 77y
Drake Cemetery
Thomas Burt Lived to age 96 Stone not found
Dry Brook Cemetery
Absalom Carey Born 9 Apr 1865 Died 30 Dec 1841
Dutchtown Cemetery
Elias Middaugh 17 Nov 1819 ae 63y
John Middaugh Aged 88 years
Daniel Orcutt 28 Oct 1818 ae 83y 2m 25d
John Westbrook 18 Jan 1843 in the 80th year of his age
Samuel Westbrook 16 Jan 1811 ae 84y
French Cemetery
John Scott 17 Nov 1839 ae 82y
Hillman Cemetery
John Hillman Born 30 Dec 1739 Died 29 Mar 1822, not located
Fred Price Cemetery
Henry Snyder Stone not found  
Riverside Cemetery
Samuel Beidelman 28 Nov 1833 ae 82y 6m 11d
Abraham Brewer 17 May 1814 ae 70y 1m 2d
John Brewer 18 Apr 1821 ae 91y
Jacob Decker 19 Feb 1849 ae 95y 6m 2d
Christopher Denn 21 Feb 1841 ae 78y 2m 14d
Elijah Griswold Born about 1735 Died after 1818, no stone
Thomas Keeney 10 Jan 1840 ae 88y 5d
Daniel McDowell 28 Nov 1806 ae 43y 5d
Alex Murray Died 24 Mar 1845 in his 84th year
Israel Parshall  18 Nov 1827 ae 90y 12d
Stephen Savey 18 Nov 1847 ae 88y 12d
Warren Cemetery
(destroyed, exact location not known)
Enoch Warren Born 1764 Died 1834
Wells Farm
Asahel Burnham 13 Aug 1820 ae 83y 11m
Wynkoop Farm
(Exact spot not known)
William Wynkoop    
     
TOWN AND CITY OF ELMIRA
Greatsinger Cemetery
Ezekial Rhodes Died 11 Aug 1849 ae 103y 11m 20d
Jenkins Cemetery
Samuel Jenkins Died 18 Mar 1846 or 1816 Stone not found
Second Street Cemetery
Robert Armstrong 16 July 1846 ae 79 y 9m
Joshua Cleeves 23 Nov 1840  ae 84y, stone not found
Stephen DeWitt 30 Sep 1811 ae 84y 
Derostus Hatch 12 Mar 1843 ae 83y
John Johnson Stone gone  
Elijah Jones Born 1752 Died 1797, stone gone
Henry C. Leonard 6 May 1817 ae 66y 8m 3d
William Stewart 18 Sep 1824 ae 59y 6m 11d
Barnabus Tuthill Stone supposed to be bur in son Samuel's plot  
Woodlawn Cemetery
Matthew Carpenter 6 Oct 1839 in the 81st y of his life, Sec EE
William Carr 14 Jan 1814 ae 82y 6m 6d, Sec EE
William Dunn 17 Feb 1805 ae 40y, Sec. U, Lot 34
John Goodwin Born June 1755 Died 18 Oct 1833, Sec. EE
Andrew Gregg 8 Oct 1807 ae 74y, Sec. R, Lot 5
John Hendy 15 Mar 1840 ae 82y 6m 12d, Sec E
Joseph Hinchman 28 Jul 1802 ae 40y, Sec EE
John Kline 23 Apr 1837 ae 77y 3m 3d, Sec. A, Lot 3
John Sly 26 Aug 1856 ae 92y, Sec. D, Lot 40
John Smith  15 May 1817 ae 63y, Sec. EE
John Terwilliger Born 1753 Died 1846, Sec. E, Lot 3
Benjamin Woodward Born 4 May 1759 Died 24 Sep 1846, Sec.C, Lot 56
     
TOWN OF ERIN
Austin Hill Cemetery
Alexander Park Born 7 Mar 1755 Died 21 Feb 1825
Robert Park Born 1740 Died 1833, stone not found
Charles White 26 Feb 1816 ae 82y
Old Scotchtown Cemetery
Alexander T. McKey 3 Jun 1830 in the 72nd year of his age
Red Chalk Cemetery
David Caywood Stone not found  
Tuthill Ridge Cemetery
John Brewster Tuthill 27 Feb 1845 ae 84y 4m 25d, stone gone
     
TOWN OF HORSEHEADS
Barbour's Corners Cemetery
Henry Brees 3 Jun 1835 ae 81y 9m 4d
Alexander Miller Born 22 Feb 1738 Died 3 Jan 1843 (May be here)
Maple Grove Cemetery
John Brees Born 8 Nov 1738 Died 24 Mar 1829
Joseph Conklin 28 Aug 1812 ae 55y
Stoddard Conklin 20 Aug 1820 ae 64y 3m 14d
Isaac Cowan 1 Jan 1812 ae 58y 11m 11d
Anthony Jackson 12 Jan 1817 in the 70th year of his age
Selah Mathews 9 Nov 1833 ae 71y
Ebenezer Sayre 26 Aug 1840 ae 80y 1m 6d
James Sayre 4 Jun 1826 ae 76y 3m 2d
Samuel Stewart Died 1851 aged 85 years
Jonathan Sturdevant 8 Mar 1841 ae 81y 1m 1d
Shadrack Thompson 17 Mar 1838 ae 78y 7m 12d
John Trusdell 26 Aug 1819 ae 78y 5d
Marsh Cemetery (Wygant Road)
John Rickey 30 Nov 1836 ae 86 y 5m 27d
Samuel Shoemaker 8 Nov 1841 ae 81y 3m 16d
Westlake Family Plot
(Exact place not known)
Benjamin Westlake Born 15 Apr 1756 Died 15 Sep 1833 or 1835
     
TOWN OF SOUTHPORT
Baldwin-Jenkins Cemetery
William Jenkins Born 30 Oct 1764 Died 1 Nov 1846
Wilkes Jenkins 1 Apr 1838 ae 70y 8m 13d
Fitzsimmons Cemetery (Old Settlers)
Caleb Baker 26 Jun 1819 in his 85th year
Solomon Bovier 11 Nov 1810 ae 62y
John Fitzsimmons 4 July 1851 ae 90y 3m 20d
David Griswold Born 1761 Died 1859
Lebeus Hammond 19 Jul 1826 ae 72y
Silas Burton Judson 12 Nov 1842 ae 73y 5m 10d
Enoch Kinyon 27 Mar 1831 ae 71y 2m
John Miller 16 Apr 1833 ae 73y 2m 16d
Caleb Seely Born 2 Jul 1770 Died 12 Dec 1790
Nathaniel Seely 31 Oct 1799 ae 67y 20d
Samuel Seely 11 Jan 1827 ae 72y 11m
Job Smith 3 Oct 1810 ae 58y
John Smith 12 May 1836 ae 75y 6m
Martin Smith 14 Mar 1817 ae 51y
Solomon Smith 3 May 1829 ae 48y 8m 6d
Jacob Stull 14 Nov 1809  in the 68th year of his life
Ware Cemetery
James Sloan 7 Sep 1831 ae 82y 10m
Timothy Smith 27 Apr 1809 ae 52y 2m
Webb Mills Cemetery
Jacob Weaver Aged 90 years  
     
TOWN OF VAN ETTEN
Barnes Cemetery
Abraham Barnes 31 Mar 1847 ae 82y 1m 22d
Rumsey Swartwood Cemetery
John Swartwood 12 Dec 1832 ae 83y 9m 15d
Swartwood Cemetery
Jacob Swartwood Died June 1838  
Peter Swartwood Died 22 May 1841 ae 97y 3m 7d
Westbrook Cemetery
Daniel Swartwood 28 Feb 1841 ae 80y
     
TOWN OF VETERAN
Kendall Cemetery
Joshua Kendall 23 Mar 1812 ae 82y, stone not found
Greeno or Green Bentley Cemetery
Green M. Bentley Born 3 Mar 1741 Died about 1823, stone gone
Millport Cemetery
David Thomas 1761 - 20 Dec 1833  
Newton Cemetery
James Leonard 6 May 1817 ae 66y 8m 13d
Adolf Vanduzer 25 Dec 1844 ae 82y 3m 7d
Parsons Cemetery
John Morehouse 10 Apr 1844 ae 81y
Daniel Parsons Apr 1841 ae 79y 1m
St. Johns Cemetery
Jonathan Sherwood 29 Apr 1842 ae 89y
     
     
Burial Site Not Known
Richard Andrews Age 76 in 1840 Town of Erin
David Bosworth 25 Apr 1750 - 9 Dec 1809  
Levi Brooks 24 Jul 1738 - 1831  
John Carr Age 83 in 1840 in Town of Southport
Edward Comfort Age 78 in 1840 in Town of Southport
Roswell Crippen c. 1755 - after 1810  
James B. Decker Age 109 in 1840 in Town of Elmira
William Gardner 13 Nov 1759 - 16 Nov 1823 in Southport
James Green Age 90 in 1840 in Town of Chemung
Silas Hall Age 84 in 1840 in Town of Elmira
Dudley Hammond 1757/8 - 1802  
Jacob Kress Died at Chemung  aged 94 years
James Matthews 1742 - 1816  
Mathew McConnell 2 Dec 1739 - 18 Jun 1817  
Ichabod Meeker 1749/50, died after 1840 Town of Veteran
Samuel Nichols Age 76 in 1840 in Town of Southport
Theodore Norton Age 76 in 1840 in Town of Elmira
Jonathan Rockwell 10 Jan 1738 - 1919 Town of Big Flats
Nathan Sayre Age 92 in 1840 in Town of Southport
Peter Stryker 31 Dec 1755 - 20 Sep 1801 Big Flats
David Taylor Died before 1814 lived near Breeseport
Lebbeus Tubbs 15 Sep 1730 - 1799/1800 Died at Newtown
Cobus Westbrook    

Published On Tri-Counties Site On 3/24/2001
By Joyce M. Tice