Town of Dover
Dutchess County, New York
Updated 4/13 /2001
Facts and Figures from JW Poucher's "Old Gravestones of Dutchess County", 1924. See Dutchess County Cemetery Internments for Poucher's exact comments.
Beers = found on 1867 Beers Atlas
Terraserve
= found on topographical map on web
| Cemetery | Hamlet | Earliest
Stone |
2nd
Stone |
# | Comments | |
| Chestnut Ridge Friends | Chestnut Ridge | 1833 | 1843 | 40 | Chestnut Ridge (CR 23) and CR 24. In 1913, "Overgrown and uncared for. Chestnut Ridge Friends' Meeting was organized in 1790. It has been extinct now for many years and the meeting house is in ruins, but the burial ground has been used occasionally within recent years. | |
| Chestnut Ridge Methodist | Chestnut Ridge | 1849 | 1849 | 17 | Chestnut Ridge (CR 23) between High View street
Only 1 stone was found in 2000 visit. In 1913, "Overgrown and deserted. The Methodist Church at Chestnut Ridge was organized ( ) years prior to 1849, in which year a church building was erected. |
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| Plymouth Inn | Dover Plains | 1851 | 1852 | 10 | Not yet Found. In 1913, "Private ground near Plymouth Inn. Uncared for. Accurate particulars about this ground have not been obtained. It is said to have belonged to the Baptist Church and that many stones have been removed from it. | |
| South Dover | Wingdale | 1767 | 1775 | 204 | CR 13 and CR 17
In 1913, "At South Dover (Wingdale). Well cared for. The "First Baptist Church of Dover," organized 1757, built the "Red Meeting House" at South Dover in 1758. This ground lies a little to the west of the site of the meeting house and was probably begun by the meeting house congregation either as a churchyard or a community ground. The first pastor of this church, Samuel Waldo, is buried in this ground. |
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| Valley View | Dover Plains | 1776 | 1786 | 250 | Rt 22 and South Nelie Hill
In 1913, "Known as the Valley View Cemetery. A community [ ] ground was started at Dover Plain early in the history of the settlement. In 1871 the Valley View Cemetery Association was organized and acquired several acres of land adjoining the burial ground The latter was then put under the care of the new cemetery corporation, the old and new grounds together forming one cemetery of about twenty acres. The following list gives the inscriptions in the old section of the cemetery." 3 stones removed to Valley View from ? dated 1759/ 1770/ 1777" see Dutchess Co website above. |
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| Dover Road
(Kickerbocker) |
Dover Plains | 1769 | 1770 | 34 | Not yet found. Directions from an acquantance who played in field as child in the 70's, "East Side of Rt22, just south of Butts Hollows rd intersection. Stones laying face down". In 1903, "Burying ground on the Belden farm between Wassaic and Dover:" | |
| Knickerbocker | Dover Plains | 1832 | 1836 | 7 | Not yet found, In 1903, "In a small enclosure on the Belden farm on west side of road, between Wassaic and Dover, N.Y": | |
| Nase | Dover Plains | 1829 | 1836 | 4 | A small yard on the Benson farm on the Dover Road has the following: | |
| East Mountain | Dover Plains | 1813 | 1813 | 31 | Not yet found: In 1913, "Community ground. Three miles east of Dover Plains, in the woods on the top of East Mountain. Overgrown and deserted. In former years this mountain was more thickly and prosp settled. The farms are now almost all deserted. This old place is difficult to find, being in the midst of a dense ta( ) the woods." | |
| Family Ground | 1834 | 1 | Not yet found, in 1914, " Family ground. Plymouth Hill Farm, Dover Plains, in 1914 the property of Horatio N. Rain. In an open field. A local recluse requested that when he died he should be buried alone in this field." | |||
| Hoag Family Ground | Wingdale | 1830 | 1838 | 37 | Found: about 1.5 miles west of Wingdale on North
side of Pleasant Ridge Rd (CR21), Just past the intersection of Dover Rd
(CR20)
In 1914, "A mile west of Wingdale, on the farm of Sanford Hoag." |
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| Sheldon Family | Wingdale | 1841 | 1845 | 8 | Found: About 0.75 mile south of Hoag Family Cemetery;
Go south on Dover Rd (CR 20) and then straight onto Pawling Rd another
0.5mile. It's in good shape and on east side of road.
In 1914, "One mile west of Wingdale." |
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| Webetuck | Webetuck | 1793 | 1805 | 46 | Currently mislabled as "Deuel Family Ground".
It is located on the east side of Deuel Hollow Rd, ~0.75 miles south of
Rt 55 (close to the Conn Border). Close to a trail head of the Appal.
Trail. Overgrown.
In 1914, " Community ground. Two miles east of Webatuck, on the farm of E. M. Bacon. Fairly good condition". |
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| Deuel Family Ground | Webetuck | 1779 | 1803 | 17 | From Cindy Deuel in post on Dutchess Co Geneology site,
2001, "Turn onto Byrd's Hill Road off of Deuel Hollow Road. Go about a
1/4 mile up the road. Park. To gain your bearings look for a recently built
home. Find the spot where the driveway of that home meets Byrd's Hill Road.
About 30 feet downslope of that spot there is an old farmer's wall, follow
that wall about an 1/8 to 1/4 mile into the woods, then walk to your right
about an 1/8 of a mile, you should hit the cemetery. It was originally
built on a raised mound surrounded by farmer's walls. The walls and
the mound are somewhat collapsed. It is about 35 ft. by 35 ft. It is extremely
overgrown.
Note: See Webetuck Cemetery above. In 1914, "Two miles southeast of Webatuck, on the hill above Deuel Hollow. Overgrown and deserted." |
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John B. Dux ajdux@prodigy.net