Pitts or Blackmer Cemetery
Abbey Rd., Richmond, NY
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ABANDONED CEMETERY
Camouflaged
by almost a century's growth of vines and myrtle, the original cemetery of the
Listed
in the town cemetery records as Pitts or Blackmer Cemetery, it's located on what
used to be Abbey Rd. The
cemetery contains about 40 graves, dating from 1820 to 1898.
Although
some bodies were exhumed and moved to
The
bodies of members of the Pitts family were among those moved. Today, one of the
largest standing stones in the cemetery is that of William R. Pitts, who died
The
most prominent marker in
Many
of the old graves have sunk into the ground. Others, never filled, caused the
headstones to topple and fall. Some markers were solid pieces of rock, with,
inscriptions carved into a lighter veneer; the outside layer has now fallen
away, and many graves are marked by only a rough piece of rock.
The
Hidden
from the rest of a rapidly-changing town,
Following
is an inscription from a gravestone in
"A
sadder call
awake
you all
0
stop and think on Death
By
this you see how frail you be
Uncertain
of your breath.”
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| ABBEY | Alice | died Sept 13, 1859; 2y,5m; d/o George & Julia |
| ABBEY | Sally | died Aug 5, 1828; 20y |
| ABBEY | William | died Sept 2, 1820; 52y |
| ABBEY | W. A. | hand written initials on a stone |
| BRAY | Cornelius | died Sept 1858; 61y; h/o Mary CRANDALL |
| BRAY | Mary | w/o Cornelius; nee CRANDALL |
| BRAY | William | died Dec 28, 1863; 26y,4m; s/o Aaron & Irene |
| BURNS | John | died Aug 2, 1849 |
| BURNS | Robert | died Apr 6, 1869; 40y |
| GREENE | Irving | died July 27, 1840; s/o Moses & Jerusha |
| GREENE | Jerusha | 1770 - June 23, 1849; 79y; w/o Moses |
| GREENE | Moses | 1769 - Jan 22, 1855; 87y h/o Jerusha |
| GREENE | Olin | died Mar 31, 1855; 13y; s/o Moses & Jerusha |
| GREENE | Paul W. | died Dec 6, 1854; 27y; s/o Moses & Jerusha |
| GREENE | William C. | died Mar 4, 1855; 24y; s/o Moses & Jerusha |
| HAMILTON | Hannah G. | died 1841; 22y; w/o Andrew |
| HAWKINS | William James | died Aug 16, 1832; 1y,10m,22d; s/o Morrison & Lucy |
| HAWKS | Deborah R. | died Nov 25, 1845; 39y w/o Dexter K.; d/o Samuel PITTS |
| HAWKS | Dexter K. | 1804 - Oct 6, 1866; 62y; h/o Deborah R. PITTS & Julia C. |
| HAWKS | Julia C. | 1811 - Nov 15, 1862; 51y; 2nd w/o Dexter K. |
| HAWKS | Othello P. | died Apr 10, 1832; 4y; s/o Dexter K. & Deborah R. (Pitts) |
| HAZEN | Edward | died Apr 27, 1838; 77y; h/o Mercy HASKELL |
| HAZEN | Henry H. | died Oct 25, 1812; 27y; War of 1812 Vet - [NO MARKER] |
| HAZEN | Mercy | died Oct 17, 1837; 70y; w/o Edward; nee HASKELL |
| HAZEN | Wheeler E. | died Apr 16, 1846; 61y |
| HENRY | Celia | 1810 - Jan 22, 1896; 86y; w/o Martin |
| HILBORN | Amos R. | died May 4, 1871; 46y,4m,13d |
| Mc CLURG | Mary | 1783 Ire - Sept 14, 1854; 71y,9m; w/o James |
| Mc CLURG | Mary | 1821 Ire - Feb 12, 1858; 37y w/o Wm. |
| MURREY | Addie | died Sept 21, 1865; 1y,9m,7d; twin d/o Robert & Jemima |
| MURREY | Almeda | died Sept 13, 1865; 1y,9m; twin d/o Robert & Jemima |
| NARACONG | Polly | died Oct 24, 1864; 69y; w/o Joseph |
| PERSONS | Albert | died Dec 8, 1846; 1y,4m,28d; s/o Anson J. & Loretta |
| PERSONS | Anson J. | Aug 8, 1808 - Sept 9, 1847; 39y,1m,1d h/o Loretta |
| PERSONS | Emer Jane | died Nov 30, 1868; 32y,6m,7d; w/o Levi |
| PERSONS | Loretta | died Apr 11, 1846; 36y,1m,29d; w/o Anson J. |
| PHELPS | Alanson | 1846 - June 11, 1855; 8y,8m |
| PHELPS | Bernitha | 1801 - Jan 26, 1881; 79y,8m,2d; w/o Daniel; nee HOPKINS |
| PHELPS | Daniel | 1801 - Feb 22, 1876; 74y,6m; h/o Bernitha HOPKINS |
| PHELPS | Dewey | 1834 - Oct 29, 1856; 21y,11m,9d |
| PHELPS | D. P. | Sept 7, 1822 or 1842 hand made stone [research further] |
| PHELPS | P. | 1844; hand made stone |
| PHELPS | Ransome H. | 1833 - May 4, 1851; 18y,3m,18d |
| PITTS | William (Col) | 1769 - Mar 14, 1815; 47y; War of 1812 Vet |
| PITTS | William R. | 1795 - Apr 23, 1829; 33y |
| RUSSELL | Margaret | died Feb 21, 1833; 68y; w/o Hamilton |
| SIBLEY | Eber | died 1813; 27y; War of 1812 Vet |
| SWAN | Amos | died May 9, 1846; 58y,2m,4d; h/o Casia |
| SWAN | Casia | died May 19, 1869; 77y,5m,27d; w/o Amos |
| SWAN | Edwin | died Dec 8, 1851; 1y,7m,29d; s/o Seneca & Mary E. |
| SWAN | George A. | died July 26, 1863; 3y; s/o Seneca & Mary E. |
| TUBBS | Austin S. | died Aug 11, 1846; s/o Seth Jr. & Sarah Ann |
| TUBBS | Sarah Ann | died Sept 16, 1846; 25y; 1st w/o Seth Jr. |
| VOORHEES | Adaline A. | died Oct 10, 1844; 19y; d/o Gilbert & Emily (Beagle) |
| VOORHEES | Eleanor S. | died May 2, 1846; 11y,3m; d/o Gilbert & Emily (Beagle) |
| VOORHEES | Emily | 1820 - May 5, 1899; 79y; w/o Gilbert; nee BEAGLE |
| VOORHEES | Gilbert | 1798 - Mar 13, 1871; 72y; h/o Emily BEAGLE |
| WHISKERS | James | Jan 9, 1812 - Nov 19, 1889; 77y; h/o Mary |
| WHISKERS | Mary | Apr 3, 1821 - Mar 3, 1892; 70y; w/o James |
| WHISKERS | Mary Ann | Sept 2, 1849 - Sept 12, 1859; 10y; d/o James & Mary Ann |
| WHISKERS | William G. | Feb 1, 1845 - Nov 7, 1864; 19y; s/o James & Mary Ann; Co. K., 15th Reg NYV - Civil War Vet |
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