Amenia in the Harlem Valley.  The pictures do not do justice to the valley.  Pictures taken from westbound Rt44, at curve above Island Green Golfcourse.  The height of the location is higher than it appears.   Left picture:  Looking north toward Wassaic,  Right Picture:  Village of Amenia (middle of picture).

Beers = found on 1867 Beers Atlas
Terraserve = found on topographical map on web
 

	Cemetery	Hamlet	Earliest Stone	2nd  Stone	#	Comments
1	Amenia Island	Amenia	1834	1834	566	Rt 44, 1/2 mile east of Rt 22 and Rt 44.  Active Cemetery in good shape.  Visited 2000.  Beers / Terraserver
2	Amenia Lake Road	Amenia				Rt 22, ~1mi S of Rt 44.  Active Cemetery in good shape.  Visited 2000.
	Bendon				14	Not yet found,  1924,LOCATION: On the Belden farm between Wassaic and Dover.
	Benton				19	Not yet found
3	Seperate Cemetery		1795	1799	81	Amenia Rd just north of Rt 44 (Sharon Turnpike).  Old Cemetery, overgrown with stone wall, iron gate.  Visited 2000. "The Separate Church" (Congregational) was built south of Smithfield at an early date. Prior to 1800 the Rev. John Cornwall ministered to the congregation."  Terraserver
4	Amenia Burying Ground  (Red Meeting House)	Amenia	1750	1752	492	NE of Amenia (take either first Rd North or East of town) Old Cemetery in good shape.  Visited 2000."Presbyterian church, known as "Carmel in the Nine Partners", was organized in 1748.  The "Red Meeting House" was built in 1758 on land given for a church and burial ground by Captain Stephen Hopkins of Amenia."  Terraserver
5	Amenia Union	Amenia Union	1735	1749	181	Many ancient Winegar stones repaired and relabeled.  Next to 1750s Winegar house that was still standing until recently. "WINEGAR, Ann B., wife of Uldrick, d. Oct. 7, 1735, ae. 38. This is the oldest stone in Amenia."  Active Cemetery in good shape.  Visited 2000.  Beers  ,
6	Amenia South	Amenia South	1787	1801	427	"Known as South Amenia Cemetery. When the Round Top Meeting House at Amenia Union was torn down in 1786 a new church was built at this point. The second building was followed by a third, called the "New Church of South Amenia". Some stones in this yard bear dates prior to 1786, which probably indicates removal from other places." Active Cemetery in good shape.  Visited 2000. Beers / Terraserver
	Kennee Ground		1768	1770	9	Not yet found In 1903, "About a mile south of "The Separate" burying ground; on the Kirby farm, by the side of the road leading past the Adams mill.
8	Smithfield	Smithfield (City)	1737	1742	361	CR 83 and CR 5. Active Cemetery in good shape.  Visited 2000. Graveyard administered by Smithfield Presb Church  845-373-8320.   Older graveyard supposedly next to church.  (See below tour).  Terraserver
	Steelworks	Wassiac	1759	1759	27	Rt 81 and Benson Rd?  Not yet found "Here was buried in 1746, Mr. Richard SACKETT, the earliest settler of Amenia. The stone that marked the spot has long disappeared.
	Presbyterian	Amenia
	Methodist Church 1905	Amenia Union
	St. Thomas Episcopal Church 1905	Amenia Union

See the Dutchess County Tourism Webpage for a quick historical tour thru this part of Dutchess County:
Tour Map #6    Description:  Tour #6 Description

Stop #T18  SMITHFIELD;  The Greek Revival Smithfield Church, 3rd on the same site since 1750, built 1847.  A great oak that stood across the way in the burying ground until the 1990's was the pulpit for the famous Methodist evangelist George Whitefield, who spoke here in 1770 at the height of the Great Awakening Revival.
Stop #T19  DELAVERNE HILL;  Rt 44 rising out of the Harlem Valley
Stop #T20  AMENIA
Stop #T21  AMENIA BURYING GROUND and INDIAN ROCK SCHOOL HOUSE
Stop #T22  WASSAIC,  Home of Gail Borden's condensing milk plant in 1853