Revolutionary Soldiers that lived in Yates Co., NY

If you would like to submit any Yates Co.  data to this site please contact me. Copyright resides with the contributor's information. 

 Information gleaned from various sources.  Below is a news article found in a 1967 Newspaper article, listing all the believed Revolutionary War Soldiers for Yates County, NY. 

 Contributed & transcribed by Dianne Thomas.

A Heroine of the Revolutionary War

Return to Home Page                                                Return to Military Index

     Geneva Times         Tuesday     Apr 18, 1967      contributed by:  Dianne Thomas

     Buried In Yates County  - Revolutionary War Veterans Are Listed

    Penn Yan - The American Legion Veterans Graves Registration Committee in cooperation with the Gu-Ya-No-Ga Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution,  has compiled a list of Revolutionary War Veterans who have been buried in Yates county. 

When this information was compiled it has been stated that it was not intended to convey the impression that these are all of the Revolutionary War veterans that may be buried somewhere in Yates County. There may be others that have not been identified.

The DAR and Frederick J. Egger, chairman of the American Legion Veterans Graves Registration Committee desire any information the public can furnish as to the location of any Revolutionary War veterans graves, or of any possible errors or omissions in the list.

        BENTON -

     Bellona Cemetery: Thomas Barden, James Parker, Truman Spencer, Jacob Whitney

     Briggs Cemetery:  Caleb Briggs

     Ketchum Cemetery: James Taylor

     Cronk Cemetery: John Cronk

     Merrifield Cemetery: (Flat St.): Daniel Brown

     Benton Rural Cemetery: Benjamin Dean

     Old Bellona Cemetery: James A. Baker, John Lester, Peter Webs

        ITALY- 

     Italy Hill Cemetery:  Elisha Bennett, Henry Roff

     Italy Valley Cemetery:  John Graham

     West River Cemetery:  Daniel Whipple

        MIDDLESEX-

     Overackers Cemetery: Anthony Blackford, James Harrington

     Pine Corners Cemetery: John Blair, Samuel Smith

       MILO- 

     Hunt Cemetery: Richard Hendersen (possibly moved to Lakeview Cemetery in Penn Yan)

     Goundry Baker Cemetery: John Comer

     Old Himrod Cemetery (Fitzwater): Phillip Morse

     Lakeview Cemetery (Penn Yan):  William Cornwell, John Raywait, Richard Smith,  Lawrence Townsend, John Van Pelt, 

    Amos C. West,  Thomas Lee, Benedict Robinson,  John Dorman (awaiting verification), Joseph Finton (removed from Barrington)          and Michael Francisco  (removed from Hazen Cemetery). 

      POTTER-

French Cemetery: Chester Adams, James Fitch, Isaac Page, Jonathon Pratt, Nathan Loomis

Yatesville Cemetery: Achilles Comstock

Nettle Valley Cemetery: Phillip Robinson, William Hobart

Baldwin Corners Cemetery (Rushville):  Solomon Blodgett, Henry Green

     STARKEY-

Hillside Cemetery (Dundee): Ichabod Andrew, Tewalt Swarts

Eddytown Cemetery: Andrew Booth

Jones Cemetery: Abner Hurd (maybe incorrectly recorded; [most likely in Eddytown or Lakemont ceme]

Old Presbyterian Cemetery: Simeon Hard

Old Fulkerson Farm Cemetery:  Caleb Fulkerson

Harpending Cemetery (by the Grace Episcopal church in Dundee): Peter Harpending

Rockstream Cemetery : Nathaniel Rusco, Richard Hurd, Jesse Cox

     TORREY-

Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (or Kipps Cemetery): Samuel Jayne, Stephen Whitaker

City Hill Cemetery: Eliphat Norris, John Remer, Andrew Castner, Jonathon J. Hazzard Sr., Griffin B. Hazzard (possibly)

There may be other Revolutionary War veterans buried in Yates County, but not recorded  ...

They are:  Jonathan J. Hazard, reported lost at sea; Enos Tubbs, Seth Hull, Cyrus Buell, William Buell, Sr., Eliphath Hull, William LaPott, Thomas Haven, Elijah Brown, John Race, Jonathan S. Barber, Jacob Shuman, Samuel Bigelow (maybe in Steuben Co), Ezra Loomis, James Knapp, Jabez Gillett, John Coates,  Andrew Coates, Alexander Andersen, William Thyall, Henry Hutchings.

Other Revolutionary War veterans who are not recorded but are most likely to be buried in Yates County, since they lived in this county in 1840 are:

Geneva Times    Saturday               Jan 3, 1970         contributed by:   Dianne Thomas

Chester G. Matthews - PENN YAN - Funeral services for Chester G. Matthews, 73, of Sand Hill Rd., Penn Yan, who died Friday, will be at3:30 p.m. Monday at the Weldon Funeral Home. The Rev. Donald O'Polka, pastor of the Penn Yan Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Heart Fund.

Mr. Matthews had lived all his life in Yates County. He was a veteran of  World War I and a member of the Johnson-Costello American Legion Post in Penn Yan. He was also a member of the Forty and Eight.  He was a member of the Penn Yan Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Sands Matthews; two brothers, Wendell of Cohocton and George of Bluff Point; several nieces and nephews.

Glen DeWitt- PENN YAN - Funeral services for Glen DeWitt, 73, of Lakeland, Fla., formerly of Bluff Point, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Weldon Funeral Home, Penn Yan. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home tomorrow from 7 to 9 p.m. Mr. DeWitt had operated a vineyard at Bluff Point for many years retiring in 1965 and moving to Lakeland, Fla.

He was a member of the Bluff Point United Methodist Church, a member of Keuka Lodge 149, IOOF, and the Penn Yan Grange.

He is survived by his wife, Anna, a son, Donald of Branchport; a daughter, Mrs. Exton Kelley of Penn Yan RD 5; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Griffith of Penn Yan; 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

William A. Morgan - PENN YAN - Funeral services for William A. Morgan, 56, of 349 Clinton St., who died Friday at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital, will be Monday at the convenience of the family in the Cahill Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Mr. Morgan had operated Morgan's Grocery Store on East Elm St. for the past 12 years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Arral Ayres Morgan; a son, Bruce; his mother, Mrs. Lottie Morgan; and two grandchildren, all of Penn Yan.

HTML by Dianne Thomas
These electronic pages may be printed as a link or for personal use, but is NOT to be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by ANY other organization or persons.
2014  Contact  Webmaster Dianne Thomas
Copyright 2005 - 2016

  [NY History and Genealogy] 

additions by Greg Cornwell

additions by Sonja Abates