Cemeteries

The individual Hilltowns are quite large, and transportation was difficult. Settlers tended to gather together in small hamlets, villages, or communities. Each hamlet has its own history.

Cemeteries	Cemeteries of Berne Cemeteries of Knox Cemeteries of Rensselaerville Cemeteries of Westerlo

Town	Cemeteries
Berne Cemeteries	Baptist Church Burying Ground Berne and Beaverdam Cemetery Bogardus Farm Burying Ground Dyer Family Burying Ground Eli Miller Family Burying Ground Huntersland Christian Cemetery Pine Grove Cemetery (Lutheran Church Cemetery) South Berne Rural Cemetery Turner Burial Ground Wood Family Burying Ground Woodlawn Cemetery Zeh Family Burying Ground
Knox Cemeteries	from a list compiled by Larry Jackson using 1940 list by William Brinkman Armstrong Family Burying Ground - on the Armstrong farm homestead on Knox Cave Barckley Family Burying Ground Bassler Family Burying Ground - on Lot 644 at the end of Hill & Dale Rd. Family of Frederick Bassler b. 1712 is buried there. Field stone markers were unreadable and perhaps can no longer be located. Linus Bassler Burial Ground Brunk Farm Burying Ground Cornell Family Burying Ground Eldridge Farm Burying Ground - On the Jacob Eldridge place, west of the house, on the north side of the road in the woods. Elsass Cemetery - on Rte 156A. Finch Family Burying Ground Frink Cemetery on Gibbs Lane, Know Warners Lake Road- Groat Family Burying Ground High Point Cemetery (Also known as Whipple Cemetery) - 408 Old Stage Road. (Tax Map #47.00-2-40) Christopher Keenholts Farm Burying Ground - about 200’ west of the house on the old Keenholts Farm. Old Knox Cemetery - Berne - Altamont Rd (Tax Map #57.00-2-26) Knox Cemetery - Located in the hamlet of Knox on Rt 156 (Tax Map #57.00-3-19) Billisbie Lawyer Farm Burying Ground Lee’s Church Cemetery, also known as the Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery - on the corner of Knox Cave Road and Beebe Rd Lewis Farm Burying Ground - west of Lee’s Church on the east side of Merrill Baker’s stone wall fence on a knoll north of the highway. Barent Lewis Farm Burying Ground No. 13 Orlup Family Burying Ground Ostrander Family Burying Ground - south of the Bozenkill Creek Quackenbush Farm Burying Ground Quay Road Cemetery Saddlemire Family Burying Ground Schoonmaker Family Burying Ground Snyder Farm Burying Ground - In the Bozenkill hollow road leading to Lee’s Church and west of George Williamson house. VanAuken Family Burying Ground Wilber Farm Burying Ground Williams Family Burying Ground‎ - one half mile north of the hamlet of Knox. Williamson Farm Burying Ground - On Gage Farm northeast of Lee’s Church and about 400’ north of the road leading to Bozenkill Hollow on the north side of this road about 400’ and on the west side of a ravine west of the old red house Wolford Family Burying Ground Jonathan D. Wood Family Burying Ground
Rensselaerville Cemeteries	Boardman Cemetery Cheese Hill Road - near farm of Hillicoss - Tax Map #147-1-10 Episcopal Church Cemetery - in hamlet of Rensselaerville, on old Albany Hill Rd Hagadorn Cemetery - South of Rt 357, west of Ten Mile Creek on land of Gene Kellam Medusa Cemetery - near where Rt 403 meets Rt 351 Potter Hollow Cemetery - near Church on Scott Patent Rd. out of hamlet of Potter Hollow Preston Hollow Cemetery - near Baptist Church in hamlet of Preston Hollow on Rt 145 Quaker Cemetery Rensselaerville Cemetery - in hamlet of Rensselaerville, on Methodist Hill Rd Roney Road - at right angle in Roney Rd in field on right of a long abandoned road that went up to Travis Rd. Shafer-Miller Burying Ground Shaw Burying Ground - Schnible Farm, Fleming Rd., Rensselaerville, Albany Co., New York. Possible this cemetery sits on top of a hill behind a very old rock wall. On the left side just a few feet up the road is possibly the home of the owner of the farm land surrounding the Shaw Burying Ground. The home is a two story colonial style wood sided home which possibly dates before 1800. Further research with local historians will be necessary to locate the Shaw Burying Ground. Snyder Cemetery - East of Ten Mile Creek on land of Eveleen Olson
Westerlo Cemeteries