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In addition to the large public Knox Cemetery, there are numerous small family burial grounds in Knox.
 
In addition to the large public Knox Cemetery, there are numerous small family burial grounds in Knox.
 
==Transcriptions of stones==
 
==Transcriptions of stones==
Records of early burial places on the farms in the town of Knox, N.Y. were compiled by WILLIAM A. BRINKMAN, HISTORIAN, Town of Guilderland, Altamont NY RD1, 1940. His information is included in the list below.
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Records of early burial places on the farms in the town of Knox, N.Y. were compiled by WILLIAM A. BRINKMAN, HISTORIAN, Town of Guilderland, Altamont NY RD1, 1940. Diane Snyder Ptak wrote ''Cast in Stone: Selected Albany, Rensselaer and Saratoga County, New York Burials,'' published by Kinship in 1990, which used information from Brinkman and other sources.
*[[Transcriptions from smaller cemeteries in Knox]]
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*[[Cast in Stone: Selected Albany, Rensselaer and Saratoga County, New York Burials]] - Knox Cemeteries, including another map
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*[[1994 list of transcriptions of Knox Cemeteries]] - source unknown
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*[[Transcriptions from smaller cemeteries in Knox]] - 675 names, not complete, but extensive
 
*[[Numbered list of cemeteries and locations that matches above transcriptions]]
 
*[[Numbered list of cemeteries and locations that matches above transcriptions]]
  
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*(19) [[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.
 
*(19) [[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.
 
*(27) [[Barent Lewis Farm Burying Ground]]
 
*(27) [[Barent Lewis Farm Burying Ground]]
*(13) [[No. 13]]
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*(13) [[No. 13]] - West of the new Altamont Reservoir Dam
 
*(29) [[Orlup Family Burying Ground]]
 
*(29) [[Orlup Family Burying Ground]]
 
*(20) [[Ostrander Family Burying Ground]] -  south of the Bozenkill Creek
 
*(20) [[Ostrander Family Burying Ground]] -  south of the Bozenkill Creek
 
*(23) [[Quackenbush Farm Burying Ground]]
 
*(23) [[Quackenbush Farm Burying Ground]]
*(8) [[Quay Road Cemetery]]
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*(17) [[Quay Road Cemetery]]
 
*(1) [[Saddlemire Family Burying Ground]]
 
*(1) [[Saddlemire Family Burying Ground]]
 
*(14) [[Schoonmaker Family Burying Ground]]
 
*(14) [[Schoonmaker Family Burying Ground]]
 
*(21) [[Snyder Farm Burying Ground]] -  In the Bozenkill hollow road leading to  Lee’s Church and west of George Williamson house.
 
*(21) [[Snyder Farm Burying Ground]] -  In the Bozenkill hollow road leading to  Lee’s Church and west of George Williamson house.
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*(6) [[Spaurback Family Burying Ground]] - Behind the White Farm House on White Road
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*(8) [[Henry Staeback Grave]] - On Quay Road, southeast of the Gun Club
 
*(4) [[VanAuken Family Burying Ground]]
 
*(4) [[VanAuken Family Burying Ground]]
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*(9) [[Van Benscoten Burying Ground]] - Quay and Bell Roads across from the pond
 
*(25) [[Wilber Farm Burying Ground]]
 
*(25) [[Wilber Farm Burying Ground]]
 
*(5) [[Williams Family Burying Ground‎]] - one half mile north of the hamlet of Knox.
 
*(5) [[Williams Family Burying Ground‎]] - one half mile north of the hamlet of Knox.
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*(24) [[Wolford Family Burying Ground]]
 
*(24) [[Wolford Family Burying Ground]]
 
*(16) [[Jonathan D. Wood Family Burying Ground]]  
 
*(16) [[Jonathan D. Wood Family Burying Ground]]  
 
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Latest revision as of 01:33, 14 June 2013

Back to Knox

Visit Cemeteries for a listing of all know cemeteries in the Hilltowns. In addition to the large public Knox Cemetery, there are numerous small family burial grounds in Knox.

Transcriptions of stones

Records of early burial places on the farms in the town of Knox, N.Y. were compiled by WILLIAM A. BRINKMAN, HISTORIAN, Town of Guilderland, Altamont NY RD1, 1940. Diane Snyder Ptak wrote Cast in Stone: Selected Albany, Rensselaer and Saratoga County, New York Burials, published by Kinship in 1990, which used information from Brinkman and other sources.

List of Cemeteries and Burial Grounds

Detailed Knox map showing cemeteries and other resources.
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from a list compiled by Larry Jackson using 1940 list by William Brinkman

Sources