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The cemeteries in which Stephentown's people are buried. That's a broader subject than just the boundaries of the town. As expected the data which the Society has includes people who were buried here. It also has individuals whose bodies ended up in cemeteries in nearby and sometimes even foreign cemeteries. Some moved away, some were buried in family plots located elsewhere, and more than a few were only short-time residents or had ties to the town which may be discovered in doing historical research.

And Remember: in the early days, Stephentown covered a much larger area, including parts or all of many Rensselaer County towns. (See Map.) An older cemetery may have been in Stephentown when it was in use, but could now be in another town. Town locations in the table below are the current (2010) towns and communities.

The geographical influence of living here in the mountains and valleys also tends to be more important than political subdivision. The northern Jericho Valley section of Hancock, MA has a long-standing affinity to the Stephentown community. Similarly, the West Stephentown community often showed stronger connections with Sand Lake. But then, some of the listed cemeteries never were in the old Stephentown nor were geographically connected; they just are the final resting place of folks important to the history of Stephentown.
Key:
Location - This field shows a brief general location. If a more detailed location is available a green push-pin appears at the right - run your mouse over it to pop up the longer description.
# in File - This is the number of graves currently in our database for this cemetery.
Notes - The little icon that looks like sticky notes indicates that detailed access instructions, visit reports, and descriptive information may be available.  Run your mouse cursor over the symbol to pop up the notes.
Map - A click on a Globe icon will take you to a Google Earth view of the cemetery location (Google Earth, which is free, must be installed on your computer for this feature to work.)
Graves List - Click on the book icon for a new window to open with detailed data on the cemetery and an inventory of all the graves which have been recorded in our database.
Cemetery Code
Cemetery Name
Location
# in File
ST001
Adams
Losty & Southard Roads
9
DD000
Anatomical Donor
 
11
ST002
Arnold
RT. 22
9
ST057
Babcock
East Road
5
ST003
Bailey
Garfield Rd.
19
ST004
Bennett
Wemple Rd.
12
ST005
Berry
Adams Rd.
6
ST006
Bishop
Bateman Rd.
4
ST007
Bligh
Hanky Mull Rd.
 
ST008
Boardman #1
Osgood Rd.
11
ST009
Boardman #2
RT. 22
6
ST010
Brainard #1
Branerd Rd.
1
ST075
Brainard #2
Horse Heaven Rd.
3
ST011
Briggs
East Rd.
 
ST012
Brockway
Madden Rd.
6
ST067
Brown
Black River Rd.
 
ST015
Calvin Cole
Black River Rd.
 
ST013
Carpenter
RT. 22
58
ST014
Chapman
Brainard Rd.
2
ST016
Cranston
Intersection of Cranston Hill Rd. & Newton Rd.
24
***CC000
Cremation
N/A
54
ST017
Dension
Giles & East Rd.
42
ST018
East Nassau
Garfield Rd.
782
ST019
Eddy
Bateman Rd.
10
ST020
Farrington
Hotel Rd.
10
ST021
Fellows
Hager Rd.
17
***ST081
Gardner Earl
Troy NY Creamatorium
10
ST062
Gardner Slave
RT. 43
 
ST064
Gardner, Lower
Madden Rd.
2
ST025
Gardner, Upper
Madden Rd.
 
***ST022
Garfield
Garfield Rd.
1115
ST068
Goodrich
Black River Rd.
4
ST024
Greenman
Madden Rd.
13
ST023
Greenman Hill
Greenman Hill Rd.
38
ST026
Harrington
Black River Rd.
6
ST070
Harrington #2
Old Black River Rd.
2
ST027
Harris #1
RT. 22
 
ST028
Harris #2
Garfield Rd.
 
ST082
Hayes
Bert Hager Rd.
2
ST029
Hillside
Fire Tower Rd.
1109
ST030
Hoxsie-O'dell
Griffin Rd.
17
ST031
Huntington #1
Garfield Rd.
7
ST032
Huntington #2
Garfield Rd.
26
ST033
James
Horse Heaven Rd.
3
ST069
Johnson
Shepard Rd.
 
ST034
Kittle
Staples Rd.
69
ST059
Knobloch
Hunt Rd.
 
ST063
Launt
Rt. 43 & Williams Rd.
 
ST035
Leonard
Hunt Rd.
4
ST065
Little Jack
Goold Rd.
 
ST036
Moon
West Rd.
7
ST078
Orphan Gravestone
Garfield Rd. & Staples Rd.
1
ST037
Presbyterian
​Presbyterian Hill
163
ST038
Reynolds
East Rd.
8
ST061
Reynolds Slave
East Rd.
 
ST039
Rogers #1
Rt. 22
1
ST058
Rogers #2
Losty Rd.
 
ST040
Root
Tayer Rd.
47
ST041
Rose #1
West Rd.
9
ST079
Rose #2
West Rd.
 
ST076
Rose #3
West Rd.
 
ST042
Sacred Heart
Cranston Hill Rd.
6
ST044
Senter
RT. 43
5
ST045
Shaw #1
East Rd.
17
ST074
Shaw #2
C.C.C. Dam Rd.
 
ST046
Sheldon
Losty & Southard Rd.
2
ST073
Sprague
Sprague Rd.
1
ST043
St. Joseph's 
Rt. 43
271
ST047
Stephentown (a/k/a Baptist)
Cemetery Hill Rd.
755
ST048
Stephentown Center Baptist
Calvin Cole Rd.
87
ST049
Strait
Gentile Rd.
43
ST071
Sutherland
Hunt Rd.
 
ST072
Taplin Pond
Garfield Rd.
1
ST050
Tayer #1
Tayer Rd.
3
ST051
Tayer #2
South Stephentown Rd.
24
ST052
Tifft
Greenman Hill Rd.
50
ST053
Tinley
Tinley Rd.
9
ST083
Turner
Stephentown Rd. & Hoad's Corner
15
ST066
Weatherby
Firetower Rd.
Value
ST060
Webster
Horse Heaven Rd.
1
ST054
Wilcox
Black River Rd.
3
ST077
Williams Rd.
Williams Rd.
 
ST055
Winston
Hager Rd.
4
ST56A
Wylie A
Wyomanock Rd.
 
ST56B
Wylie B
Wyomanock Rd.
 
Cemetery Code
Notes
ST001
DD000
There was a need to enter persons who have donated their remains and were not entered into a cemetery.
ST002
ST057
All small slate stones.
ST003
**Note Card in file:Bailey Cemetery is about 1/4 mile East of the Strauss house on Garfield Roda, Stephentown. It is on the North side of the road back in among a clump of trees. Most of the stones are down and many are broken (1974).19 names on list - Researched 1974 - Copied 12/19/80.
ST004
**Note on card file:Bennett Cemetery - Across from Kenneth Brown's home on Wemple Rd.9 names on list - copied 12/19/80.
ST005
Value
ST006
**Note on card file:Bishop Cemetery - On former Leon Face Property on the North sided of Billy Bateman Road about 800' off Horse Heaven Road.4 names on list.
ST007
ST008
ST009
**Note on card file:Boarman Cemetery - Next to Liebenow home on Route 22, below Pease Farm.5 names on list - copied 12/19/80.
ST010
**Note on card file:Brainard Cemetery - Located on Brainard Rd., opposite William Luchow Place, has a fence around it.4 Names on list - Researched 12/05/1978 - Copied 12/19/80.
ST075
​The two graves were relocated to Hillside Cemetery.
ST011
Removed from East Road to Stephentown Cemetery
ST012
**Note on card file: Brockway Cemetery - is located on the side of Madden Road on the former Freihofer Farm, owned by the Morelli family (2010).\
\
3 Names on list
ST067
Metal posts in corners hold up a metal cable around it.
ST015
No known dates for time period in use.
ST013
​Has iron fence surrounding it.\
\
**Note on card file:\
\
Carpenter Cemetery - Behind Elmer Stuart\'s Place Route 22 approximatedly 1/2 mile below route 43 & 22 intersection.\
\
52 Names on list - Copied 12/19/80.
ST014
ST016
**Note on card file:\
\
Cranston Cemetery - Newton Rd., Stephentown 1982 tax, .28 acre, 40.92\' frontage, 234.30 depth, $-----total exempt.\
\
21 Names on list
CC000
There was a need to enter persons who were cremated but not entered into a\
cemetery.
ST017
ST018
**Note on card file:\
\
East Nassau Cemetery - is located in the Town of\
Stephentown, a short distance from the village of East Nassau on County Rd.\
#26 on the left hand side of the road travelling from E. Nassau. The\
cemetery is in good condition, fenced to the road with entrances at two\
gates.\
Section 1 - Extreme right as one enters cemetery.\
Section 2 - Middle section between the 2 gates.\
Section 3 - Extreme left, West Section, starting from the driveway at the\
West gate working to the West, 9 Rows of lots.\
Section 4 - The rear section\
***Mr. Arthur Laier, in charge of the cemetery says it was established\
c.1850.\
Stephentown 1982 tax, 3.71 acres, Rte 23, 410\' front $----total exemption.\
770 Names on list - Researched 06/05/1974.\
\
Note: In 2010 - Stephentown accepted Thomas Laier into the position of Town Historian. Thomas also became a member of the Stephentown Historical Society at this time.
ST019
​**Note on card file:\
\
Eddy Cemetery - On Turner Hill Road (behind Beebe\'s).\
\
9 Names on list.
ST020
**Note on card file:\
\
Farrington Cemetery - Located between Zwack\'s & Stephentown Hotel on Route 43.\
\
9 Names on list - Researched August 1980.
ST021
Value
ST081
ST062
​Gravestones, if any, were removed many years ago. Local story states 
someone started to excavate for gravel, found human bones and quit!
ST064
​There are no gravestones.
ST025
**Note on card file: 
 
Upper & Lower - is on Carter Griswold property on Madden Road. 
2 Names on list
ST022
​**Note on card file: 
On Garfield Road, Stephentown. Founded in 1805 
Originally called "Elmwood Cemetery" 
Received a legacy from William L. Cranston $3,000. 
The committee estimated it was established c.1805. 
 
**1921 Newspaper (in Garfield file) states there are 23 graves of CIVIL WAR veterans. 
 
Stephentown 1982 tax, Cty Hgwy 26, 5.45 acres, 400' frontage, $8,700 total exemption. 
 
Done thru 1974 & 1975.
ST068
​There are no gravestones.
ST024
ST023
**Note on card file: 
 
Greenman Cemetery - Stephentown 1982 tax, Greenman Hill Road, .93 acres, 250' frontage, 210' depth, $2,000 total exemption. 
 
See William & Loretta Murray.
ST026
ST070
Walter Harrington searched for these stones several times, including one search with Donald Harrington from Pittsfield, MA. 
 
When Walter's father, Walter H., wished to make mowing easier he laid the three markers down. Since that time the elements have rotted and grown inches above the stones and they and the horse buried here are not visible. The cemetery is across from the remaining foundation of the family barn.
ST027
ST028
​Before the removal on November 27, 1983, the cemetery was on top of a hillock about 20' above the present area. Removed to Garfield Cemetery.
ST082
​**Note on card file: 
 
Hayes Cemetery - is located on Bert Hager Rd. It is small, in the woods off Bert Hager Rd., Stephentown. Appears to be four family plots, one in each corner. 
 
6 Names on list - Researched April 14, 1973 - Copied 12/19/80
ST029
​**Note on card file: 
 
Hillside Cemetery - West Stephentown. From Route 43 go onto Firetower Rd. and it is on the right. 
Section A. - To the left as you enter Central Drive, all the way up to the Dirt Driveway. 
Section B. - Left side of Central Drive, above the Dirt Driveway. 
Section C. - To the right of Central Driveway from the bottom of hill all the way to the top to the walking path. 
Section D. - Is from the walking path to the right to the embankment. 
Section E. - The new section is cleared and partially grassed. *There is a hand-drawn map on the back of card. 
 
The committee estimates it was established c.1812. 
 
1098 Names on list - Researched August 1974 - Done thru 1974 & 1975. 
 
**Note on 2nd card in file: Stephentown 1982 tax, Fire Tower Rd., 3.04 acres, 20' frontage, $5,800. Total exempt.
ST030
**Note on card file: Hoxie-Odell Cemetery - Route 43 to Griffin Rd. At Mr. Elmer's stop to let them know you want to go there. They will kindly show you the way which is past their mailbox, up a rising lane to the right. Go past this then off lane and up into pine woods on right. Keep going up and right - cemetery is 200 feet or so uphill and right from lane, at top edge of gravel pit and also bordering another gravel pit. 
 
14 Names on list - Researched 11/03/1974 - Copied 12/19/80.
ST031
​**Note on card file: 
 
Huntington Cemetery A/#1 - is located about 1/4 mile off the North side of Garfield Rd., Stephentown. It is on the East side of an Old Coach Rd., in the woods on the Stewart Estate. It is in fair condition as of 1974. 
 
Total of 31 Names on lists A/#1 and B/#2 - Researched 1974 - Copied 12/19/80.
ST032
​**Note on card file: 
 
Huntington Cemetery B/#2 - In Heatherkill Woods on South side of Garfield Road back in a lane about 1/4 mile East entrance to the cemetery. 
 
Total 31 Names on lists for A/#1 & B/#2 - Researched 1974 - Copied 12/19/80.
ST033
ST069
​Stone was present in spring 1985 and missing in spring 1986.
ST034
**Note on card file: 
See: Carpenter Cemetery
ST059
Unmarked at this time, this family graveyard has three humans, two family dogs and one family cat.
ST063
​These gravestones disappeared at the time of the relocation of the highway and the use of this bank for the fill.
ST035
ST065
ST036
ST078
​Stones without bones.
ST037
​Presbyterian Cemetery - 12th June, 1820 George Holcomb used his oxen and Ephraim Pierces cart to draw stone to fence in the burying ground near the Presbyterian Church. 
 
John Russell must have been in charge of the Presbyterian burying ground because on Feb. 16, 1824 he gave the family liberty to bury Beriah Holcomb there next to his grandson George Jay (a little to the south of the head of the first grave mentioned). 
 
**Note card in file: 
 
Presbyterian Cemetery Assoc. - 1887 - Theo D. Platt will give title of old ground and 20 subscriptions to pay for new addition. E.R. Garvey and wife will give right of way through their lands for road. E.R. Potter, $25.00; C.M. Reynolds $10.00; J.W. Smith $10.00; Wm. McGill $20.00. The Church was moved down the hill into Garfield. They used his property as a cemetery, calling it Elmwood Cemetery and the later changed the name to Garfield Cemetery. 
 
Trustees meeting Dec. 14, 1887 - considering cemetery lot owned by J. W. Smith, adjoing lot now full and formerly owned by T.D. Platt. E.R. Garvey and wife Mary gave right of way through their lands for road to Presbyterian Cemetery 1887. 
 
January 18, 1981 talked to Audrey Foody and she says no one has been buried here since at least 1974. 
 
Stephentown 1982 tax, 1.02 acres, 150' frontage, $2,400 total exemption. 
 
162 Names on list - Researched 1981 - Copied 11/05/1990.
​ST038
ST061
ST039
The State Highway Department deposited these gravestones here when the road was widened.
ST058
​The graveyard was here until about 1970 when the gravestones and a stone wall were bulldozed out of the way to make a path for a logging operation. Only one stone has been found (1985) and it has been given to the Stephentown Historical Society for safekeeping.
ST040
​Root Cemetery - Stephentown 1982 tax, Tayer Rd., .52 acres, 230' frontage 190' depth, $------total exempt. 
 
42 Names on list - Researched 1938? - Copied 12/19/1980.'
ST041
​Rose Cemetery - Over 300 feet West of West Road on boundary line. 150' North of house in old overgrown orchard on Frank Mohos property. 
 
6 Names on list - Researched Sept. 1978 - Copied 12/19/80'
​ST079
​Possibly 10 gravesites? Until about 50 years ago (per 1990 statement by Elizabeth W McClave) this was located on West Road. The cemetery was located where the new house now stands.
ST076
​Possibly 6 gravesites? About 50 years ago there was a family cemetery here.
ST042
​Sacred Heart Cemetery Assoc. - Stephentown 1982 tax, no information, Total exemption. 
 
1917 tax shows a 2 acre cemetery, $100.00 bordered by S. Potter, W. Robinson, N. Kent and E. Highway. It is on North side of Cranston Hill Road, behind the home of Scott McEwan.
ST044
From the Senter farm on Staples Road, proceed to Route 43. It is almost 150' due North across the road and up into the woods. There is one large stone. 
 
3 Names on list
ST045
Value
ST074
​Possibly 6 gravesites? There may be more burials there. The 1784 map confirms this to have been owned by Shaws.
ST046
​This was a joint cemetery with the Adams (#1), had a fence surrounding it, with an arch entrance. 
 
**Note on card file: Sheldon Cemetery is in Atwater Hollow. 
 
4 Names on list.
ST073
​Two known burials in recent years (cremations).
ST043
​St. Joseph's Cemetery Assoc. - Stephentown 1982 tax, 3.25 acres, Route 43, 630' frontage, 48,900. total exemption. 
 
On route 43 Southeast corner of Route 22 - Established 1896 
 
250 Names on list - Done thru 1974 & 1975 - Rubbed & Mapped 1987
ST047
​Baptist Cemetery - Cemetery Hill Road, Stephentown. Stephentown 1982 tax, Cemetery Hill Road, 4.59 acres, 550' frontage, $7,300. total exemption. 
 
Received $100.00 in August 1957 when the Will of Cora A. Robinson of Stephentown was probated. 
 
The Committee guesses it was established c.1795 
 
Stephentown 1982 tax, no details, $1,700. total exemption. 
 
294 names on list - done thru 1974 & 1975.
ST048
This is no longer a seasonal road.
ST049
​**Note on card file: 
 
Strait Cemetery - On Garfield Road, Stephentown, back in East of the Old Strait School which is now the residence of Buntings. 
 
36 Names on list - Researched 1938.
ST071
There were three grave markers here according to Sheldon Sutherland.
ST072
One known burial (George W. Meacham, died Aug. 2, 1915) here, as told to me by Benjamin Franklin Pratt, Jr., Dec. 21, 1981. Also buried was Mary Taplin (died before 1805).
ST050
​We believe this was stolen from East Nassau Cemetery where this child's parents were buried and placed on Tayer Road. It has now been returned to its original place.
ST051
ST052
​.45 mile on Greenman Hill Road from Horse Heaven Road. There is a logging road on the right. Walk up, parallel to stone wall in distance on left, for about 500'. When the wall comes toward you around a knoll, the cemetery is on the knoll. 3 sides have a stone wall and the 4th side is fenced with a gate.
ST053
​**Note on card file: 
 
2 Names on list
ST083
**Note on card file: 
 
Turner Cemetery 
 
14 Names on list - Researched 1938
ST066
​These two gravestones are reported by neighbors (who are hunters).
ST060
ST054
ST077
​Not located at this time.
ST055
ST56A
ST056B
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