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OLD DOWNSVILLE CEMETERY
Corner of Covered Bridge Road and Warren Drive, Downsville . . . Town of Colchester
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One of the oldest cemeteries in Colchester, the Old Cemetery, sometimes referred to as the Covered Bridge Cemetery dates back to 1736. The first person buried here was a two year old pioneer girl Sally Hitt. The cemetery is surrounded by a locally cut dry stack bluestone wall. This cemetery has several examples of the itinerant gravestone carvers: “Coffin Man,” “Coffin Man's Apprentice” and “Eclectic Man.” During the early part of the nineteenth century itinerant carvers would travel from town to town carving gravestones. Archeological researchers have attributed these carvings to Jonas W. Stewart and his apprentices. Gravestones in this cemetery show examples of their Urn, Willow and Stag Horn carvings. Stewart carved stones in this area from the late 1790s to 1820. Some notable persons buried here are: William Holiday, a blacksmith and armaments maker for the Continental Congress; also served as a scout and Revolutionary War soldier. He was captured by the British in the Battle of Long Island and made a daring escape through a swamp to rejoin his unit. He moved to Colchester in 1795 where he made his home until his death at age 104. William Horton built the first grist mill in Delaware County in Colchester. People brought their grain to his mill in canoes from as far away as Equinunk, PA. As many as 7,000 bushels of wheat was ground at his mill in a single year. Horton was the first elected Town Supervisor in 1793; a member of the Assembly in 1798 and was one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, when the court was first organized in Delaware County in 1798. Honorable Judge John H. Gregory, a member of the New York Assembly in 1820 used his influence to bring the first State road into Colchester which was the first state road in Delaware County. James W. Stevens, a Civil War veteran that served with the 144th New York Regiment, Co. K. Colchester Historical Society www.colchesterhistoricalsociety.org
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This is the Covered Bridge Cemetery in the Town of Colchester.
I took the data from the CETA project and made additions and corrections as I think this is a key cemetery for genealogy in the area. --Collin Haight, July 5, 2000.
NAME AGE AT DEATH DIED NOTES
BARBER, Cornelia C. 67y November 13, 1870
BEATES, Elizabeth 45y January 25, 1845 Wife of James
BEATES, James 75y February 2, 1867
BLAKE, Mary Adah 11m March 29, 1850 Dau. of Rev,Wm & Sarah
BOGART, Phebe 69y May 5, 1868 Relict of JVD Bogart
BRAINARD, Dolly 45y February 10, 1832
BRAINARD, Isaac 72y June 6, 1854
BRAINARD, John 44y October 5, 1854
BRAINARD, Sophia 63y February 1, 1851 Wife of Isaac
BROCK, Catherine 83y December 17, 1851 A native of Scotland
BROCK, George 55y August 16, 1854 A native of Scotland
BROCK, Peter 51y November 22, 1853 A native of Scotland
BROCK, Robert 23y October 5, 1827 A native of Scotland
CAMPEL Mary 44y June 17, 1827 Wife of Archibald
CAMPELL, Ellen A. 14y December 19, 1858 Dau. of Daniel & Phebe
CONKLIN, Elizabeth 47y July 30, 1853 Wife of Ebeanezer
DANN, Calista 72y September 30, 1882 Wife of Harvey
DANN, Harvey 56y April 29, 1862
DANN, Mary 3y May 27, 1832 Dau. of Harvey & Celista
DANN, Maryett 2y May 17, 1841 Dau. of Harvey & Celista
DIBBELL, Emmy Jane 3y June 6, 1855 Dau. of Henry Dibbell
DIBBELL, Hiram 38y March 16, 1813
DIBBELL, Sarah 2y October 18, 1854 Dau. of Henry Dibbell
DIBBELL, ? ? May 29, 1808 Arrected by HJA Dibbell
DENIO, Eunice 27y June 9, 1854 Wife of John
DENIO, Iva Jane 6y June 20, 1860 Dau. of John & Eunice
DENIO, James S. 2y May 3, 1853 Son of John &.Eunice
ELWOOD, Abigail 73y April 13, 1842
ELWOOD, Gruman 50y April 16, 1818
ELWOOD, Hezekiah 74y April 26, 1860
ELWOOD, John 3y May 18, 1842
ELWOOD, Nathan 67y June 19, 1829
ELWOOD, Phebe 80y March 5, 1872 Wife of Ezekiah
FISHER, William 2y January 23, 1807
FOSTER, Almira A. 66y January 11, 1883
FRANCISCO, Infant 2m April 19, 1845 Dau. of Delonsa & Cennet
FULLER, Brainard D. 5m ? Son of E.D. & Catherine
FULLER, Chole 75y October 8, 1847 Wife of Nathan
FULLER, Chole 81y April 13, 1804
FULLER, Larana 3y July 3, 1841 Dau. of Ira & Abigail
FULLER, Nathan 74y October 4, 1845
FULLER, Ranson 52y May 8, 1853
GREGORY, George 31y August 29, 1852
HARMER, Hamilton 2y July 4, 1842 Son of Margaret & Robert
HARMER, Hon. John H. ? March 10,? Mason
HARMER, ? 1y September 3, 1845
HILL, Robert 2y August 29, 1796 Son of Ephram & Tenta
HITT, Esther 69y November 11, 1858 Wife of Daniel Hunter
HITT, Henry 3y January 1, 1845 Son of Robert & Phebe
HITT, Henry 75y March 13, 1826
HITT, Hiram 63y April 12, 1877
HITT, Orson 4y September 12, 1854 Son of Hiram & Elizabeth
HITT, Phebe 79y September 22, 1830 Wife of Henry
HITT, Samuel 83y September 4, 1858
HOBART, John 68y October 28, 1828
HOLIDAY, Anna 60y September 20, 1817 2nd Wife of William
HOLIDAY, George W. 8y February 22, 1811 Son of William & Julie
HOLIDAY, Pamphilia 91y February 20, 1813 1st Wife of William
HOLIDAY, Samuel S. 11y October 18, 1834 Son of William & Julie
HOLIDAY, Sabrah 72y January 16, 1839 3rd Wife of William
HOLIDAY, William 101y February 23, 1865
HOLON, Sarah 76y July 30, 1849 Wife of John
HORTON, Annis 22y October 27, 1822 Wife of David
HORTON, Lizzie 88y June 24, 1831 Wife of William
HORTON, William 88y April 4, 1831
JOHNSON, Adee 74y January 24, 1868
JOHNSON,? ? ?
JOHNSON, Delia C. 1y November 30, 1846
JOHNSON, Dr. H.B. 48y September 14, 1878 Died at Hamden Del Co
JOHNSON, Henry 73y September 24, 1849
JOHNSON, Orcelia ? ?
JOHNSON, Susan 61y February 28,1849 Wife of Timothy
KNAPP, Ann 27y November 1, 1830 Wife of James
KNAPP, Enoch 89y May 21, 1851 Born in Stamford CT
KNAPP, Ester 43y October 4, 1804 Wife of Enoch
KNAPP, Gritman 14y January 8, 1854
KNAPP, Herman 19y December 24, 1853
KNAPP, James W. 56y August 5, 1853 Veteran
KNOX, Arian 8y August 20, 1850 Son of Earl & Sarah
LINDSLEY, Mary 78y December 31, 1850 Wife of Nehmiah
LINDSLEY, Nehemiah 65y August 7, 1835
LINDSLEY, Sarah 16y May 8, 1831 Dau. of N. & Mary
LINDSLEY, Susan 59y July 20, 1853 Wife of John
LLOYD, Betsey 44y August 10, 1819 Wife of Anthony
LLOYD, Orson 7y October 18, 1828 Son of Henry & Prudence
LOWN, Ebenezer 20y January 8, 1841 Son of Herman & Harriet
LOWN, Harriet 82y January 4, 1869 Wife of Herman
LOWN, Herman 66y December 8, 1848
LOWN, Robert 27y June 7, 1840 Son of Herman & Harriet
MARTIN, Sally 63y June 30, 1860
MEAD, Jacob R. 67y September 29, 1853
MEIKLEHAM, Jean 68y November 5, 1864 Wife of John
MEIKLEHAM, John 82y May 5, 1875
PALMER, Ebenezer 15y March 6, 1852 Son of Abel & Clarrissa
PHELPS, Abigail 77y September 30, 1817
PHELPS, Amy 65y April 9, 1840
PHELPS, Antionette 24y October 20, 1848 Wife of George
PHELPS, George H. 4y ? Jurusha's Son
PHELPS, Jerusha 23y January 12, 1801 Wife of Gn. D. Phelps
PHELPS, Susan 27y January 12, 1801
PINE., Benjamin 79y March 3, 1849
PURDY, Lewis 33y 1830
PURDY, Nathan 28y 1822
RADCLIFF, Cornelius 68y June 9, 1832
RADCLIFF, Sarah 39y December 10, 1841 Dau. of Cornelius & Jane
RADEKER, Arthur M. 2y September 9, 1858 Son of Perry & L.C.
RADEKER, Elbridge 22y May 31, 1821 Son of Jacob
RADEKER, Elsie Marie 1y November 20, 1851 Dau. of Henry & Catherine
RADEKER, Frankie 10y December 21, 1862 Son of Henry & Catherine
RADEKER, Ida May 2y January 29, 1861 Dau. of Perry & L.C.
RADEKER, Jacob 86y April 3, 1857
RADEKER, Margaret ? April 23, 1836 Dau. of John & Adeline
RADEKER, Sarah 59y August 1, 1834 Wife of Jacob
RADEKER, Clarence 2y March 19, 1866
RAYMOND, Amelia 83y June 11, 1849
RHIND, Sarah 67y September 10, 1899
RYANT, Letta 6y December 10, 1833 Dau. of J.L. & Netta
SMITH, Bridget 47y October 18, 1856 Wife of Henry
SMITH, Henry 70y June 30, 1873
SMITH, Johnson L. 20y February 8, 1862 8th NY Bat. Died in Wash DC,
Son of Henry and Bridget
STEWART, Robert 21y October 8, 1853
STEVENS, Catharine 36 yrs Feb 13 1868 Wife of J.W.
STEVENS, Jennie Infant dau
STEVENS, J.W.
TANNER, Chancey A. 50y November 9, 1883
TANNER, George 3y March 17, 1848 Son of James & Marie
TOOL, J. 6y September 30, 1855 Son of James & Marie
TOOL, ? ? January 9, 1854 Wife of James
THOMPSON, Samuel R. 51y Aug 10, 1862
TIFORD, Mary 51y April 10, 1862 Wife of William Bock
V. Allert 61y March 28, 1861 Wife of Daniel
VERNOLD, John 21y July 21, 1857 Son of John & Rebecca
VERNOLD, ? 65y July 12, 1871
VERNOLD, ? 76y September 14, 1887 Wife of John
? ? January 7, 1860 Wife of Guy
? 26y October 9, 1865 Wife of ?
WILLIAMS, Ann 69y October 17, 1854 Wife of Lewis
WILLIAMS, L.M. 92y June 24, 1865
WILSON, George A. 1y December 21, 1860 Son of John & Sarah
WILSON, Peter W. 15y March 13, 1859
WRIGHT, Edwin 27y February 1, 1839
WOOSLEY, Abigale 36y May 22, 1804 Wife of Richard
A.A.K. ? ? Marker
A.F. ? February 17, 1799
A.M.R. ? ?
Chloe 1y May 24, 1838 James & Phebe Bogart's Dau.
E.T. ? ?
E.T. ? ? Marker
F.J. ? ?
George ? August 20, 1852
Infant ? January 29, 1860 Dau. of E.O. & C.C. Fuller
John H. 6m August 10, 1863
Josephine 2y July 8, 1870
P.K. ? ?
Rosewella 1y December 26, 1860
Sarah 71y April 17, 1845 Relict of Ebenezer Dan/Issac
S.H. ? ? Wilson (Afterwards of ?)
S.T. ? ?
23 Unknowns
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