Union Grove Cemetery
Copied from an old record book and pertaining to an old abandoned cemetery known now as the State Line or Pond Cemetery.
A meeting of the Union Grove Burying Ground Society was held at the Methodist Meeting House on the State Road on the 17th day of Oct. 1863. Organized by choosing William Townsend chairman and J. J. Wheeler secretary. Resolved that the trustees be elected to serve one, two and three years and
that one be elected each year hereafter.
On motion, Lorenzo Preston was elected trustee for a term of three (3) years, James Mahan for two (2) years, and Charles Pond for one(l) year. Lorenzo Preston was duly elected clerk of the Society and Nelson Preston treasurer.
Moved that the Burying Ground be fenced by a fences composed of pine board firmly nailed upon posts well set in the ground. Said posts to be of good sound chestnut timber and split from the tree.
Moved that a book be procured of sufficient size to contain a draft of the Burying Ground, and the minutes of the proceedings of the Society one year after another.
On motion, adjourned. Farmington Oct. 17, 1863
J. J. Wheeler William Townsend
Sect. Pres.
Lorenzo Preston
Clerk
The Foster sexton said this cemetery was cared for by the Foster Cemetery Association until labor rates became too high and they were unable to care for both adequately. At that time this cemetery was abandoned and is now grown over with poison ivy and the stones are mostly off base or in rubble; many have disappeared.
Copied 1965 Jamestown Chapter DAR
Jamestown, New York
Farmington April 27, 1867
Meeting of the Union Grove Burying Society met at Lorenzo Preston's. Meeting called to order. Friend Curtiss appointed chairman, N. Preston secretary.
On motion Lorenzo Preston, Charles Pond and James Maham were appointed Trustees to serve the term of three (3) years. On motion, Nelson Preston was appointed treasurer and Lorenzo Preston appointed clerk.
On motion the Trustees area authorized and required to build a good suitable fence to be build of pine or hemlock boards at their discretion. Also to use either white oak or chestnut posts. Said posts to be faces and capped.On motion the Trustees are requested to enlarge the Burying Ground two tiers of lots on the east and west sided of said ground if land can be bought at
reasonable price.
On motion meeting adjourned. Lorenzo Preston Clerk
The paragraphing was done by the copier for easier reading.
Trustees met April 1867 at Charles Pond's and resolved to build a Burying Ground fence as instructed by Society of hemlock boards and chestnut posts sawed and to sell new lots for $2.75 and tax old lots $1.50 for building said fences and paying for land.
April 1, 1968 Trustees agreed to sell lots for $3.00 after this date.
Trustees met at Charles Pond's and agreed to levy a tax of $.50 on lots.
Sep. 20, 1873
Receipts; money Borrowed & receipts from sale of new lots and tax on the old ones.
Received of Charles Pond money borrowed $50.00
Calvin Johnson $ 1.50
Lyman Northrop $ 1.50
Benjamin Franklin $ 2.88
Lorenzo Preston $ 1.50
Nelson Preston $ 2.75
Chancy Mix $ 2.75
William Townsend $ 4.25
Harvey Northrop (crossed out and E. Weatherby inked in) $ 2.75
Charles Pond $ 1.50
John Mahan $ 1.50
James Mahan $ 1.50
James Burton $ 1.50
Friend Curtiss $ 1.50
David Foster $ 1.50
Riley Preston $ 1.50
Henry Gardner $ 1.50
Alex Stewart $ 1.50
J. D. Stewart $ 2.75
Horace Mix Sr. $ 1.50
Steven Gardner $ 1.50
Henry Stewart $ 1.50
David Mahan $ 1.50
Vilbert Northrop $ 1.50
R. J. Cowles (looks more like a "r" than a "w") $ 1.50
Mile Skinner $ 1.50
James Cooper $ 1.50
Alfred Cowles $ 1.50
Horatio Stanford $ 1.50
John Aylsworth $ 1.50
Marvin Humeston $ 1.50
William Bowdish $ 1.50
Alpheus Weatherby $ 2.75
Joseph Wheeler $ 1.50
Isaac Johnson $ 2.75
Margret Gates $ 1.50
Lorenzo Smith $ 1.50
Moses Rowley $ 1.50
Orange White $ 1.50
Levi Northrop Estate $ 1.50
Horace Hill $ 1.50
Munson Northrop heirs $ 1.50
Mrs. Rounds $ 1.00
Jasper Cowles $ 3.00
William Mahan $ 3.00
Elihu Johnson $ 1.50
V. R. Thompson $ 1.50
Loring Jones $ 3.00
Money in hands of Treasurer N. Preston $ 1.38
Burr Penfield $ 3.00
Total $140.51
Eli Curtiss $ 1.50
Aaron Scranton $ 1.50
Vetus Pond $ 1.50
Lorenzo Preston $ 0.50
Friend Curtiss $ 0.50
Alex Stewart $ 0.50
Josiah Wilson $ 0.50
James Foster $ 0.50
J. D. Stewart (for lot) $ 0.50
Riley Preston $ 0.50
Alfred Cowles $ 0.50
Henry Stewart $ 0.50
carried over $152.01
received from the hand of C. Pond $152.01
J. S. Wilson $ 1.50
Mrs. Fetterly $ 1.50
William Rowland $ 2.88
P. Dunbar $ 1.50
C. Laning $ 2.80
J. Derby $ 1.50
C. Pond $ 0.50
H. Gardner $ 0.50
H. Townsend $ 0.50
J. J. Wheeler $ 0.50
James Mahan $ 0.50
Total $166.19
The amount of money received by L. Preston from Union Grove Burying Ground
Society up to January 1, 1875 $166.19.
Moneys paid out for enlarging and fencing the Union Grove Burying Ground.
Paid to L. Parker for 1000 feet of chestnut posts $ 10.00
M. Miles for 1940 feet of fencing $ 17.47
Hes Culver for 10 days making fence at $ 1.75 per day $ 17.75
Paid Culver's boy for assisting $ 0.10
Robert Miller for 58 rods of land $ 39.70
to L. Preston for rails, spade, drawing lumber, etc. $ 10.16
James Mahan for drawing two loads of board 4 miles $ 1.50
to Harry Mahan for drawing one load from Parker's Mill $ 1.50
John Manard 3 1/2 days work at fencing at $ 1.50 per day $ 5.25
Paid to Charles Pond Oct. 27, 1867 $ 10.00
Paid to Charles Pond Oct. 24, 1868 $ 12.00
Paid to Charles Pond Dec. 26, 1868 $ 10.00
Paid to Charles Pond Jun. 28, 1869 $ 5.00
Total $140.43
To recorder for recording deed from Miller $ 1.80
To Charles Pond from V. Pond $ 1.50
to Fosburg for mowing cemetery $ 1.00
to Lungdrain for mowing and raking burying ground $ 1.50
to C. Pond Sep. 1873 balance on note $ 13.00
interest on the same $ 1.68
Total $163.91
Amount of money paid out by L. Preston for enlarging and repairing Union
Grove Burying Ground up to Jan. 1, 1875 $163.91
Money in hands of L. Preston Jan. 1, 1875 $ 2.28
Received of Weatherby for lot (H. Northrop's) $ 3.00
Oct. 16 received of R. Fosburg for boards left from building fence $ 2.25
Received of H. Mix's son $ 0.50
Received of Chancy Mix $ 0.50
Jun. 6, 1882 received of heirs of C.P. Hill for lot $ 3.00
Total $11.53
A meeting of the Union Grove Burying Ground Society was held at the Burying Ground May 24, 1872. John Mahan was chosen President, N. Preston Secretary, James Mahan, Charles Pond, Lorenzo Preston were chosen Trustees to serve three (3) years. L. Preston was chosen Treasurer and Secretary of said society.
Paid to R. Fosberg for mowing cemetery July 3, 1875 $ 1.25
Aug. 30, 1875 paid R. Fosberg for repairing cemetery fence $ 6.00
Sep. 1, to A. Strickland for repairing pick $ 0.50
July 1, 1876 paid to R. L. Gardner for mowing cemetery $ 1.00
Aug. 8, 1877 paid to R. Fosberg for mowing cemetery $ 1.00
May 13, 1878 to L. Preston for repairing fence $ 1.00
July 22, 1880 paid to Joel Gardner for mowing cemetery $ 0.50
Total $11.25
Money in hands of L. Preston June 14, 1882 belonging to the Union Grove
Burying Society $ 0.28
July 5, 1882 paid to Joel Gardner for mowing cemetery $ 1.25
Aug. 2, 1884 paid J. R. Gardner for mowing cemetery $ 0.75
Aug. 27, 1887 received of Francis Townsend for burial lot $ 3.00
Jun. 21, 1888 balance in hands of Treasurer $ 1.28
Money in hands of C. B. Mix for D. S. Stewart Nov. 10, 1889 $ 0.50
A meeting of the Union Grove Burying Ground Society was held at the cemetery Jun. 21, 1888. Organized by choosing J.J. Wheeler president and Homer Preston Secretary/Treasurer. On motion Chancey Mix, Henry Preston and Homer Preston were elected Trustees to serve three (3) years. On motion the Trustees were empowered to place the grounds in a proper condition and levy a tax on lots sufficient to cover all expenses On motion at tax of $0.50 per lot was levied. On adjoined to meet at call of president.
J. J. Wheeler President Homer Preston Secretary
June 21, 1888 Money in hands of Treasurer $ 1.28
Received from tax levied on lots:
J.J. Wheeler $ 0.50
Horace Hill $ 0.50
Lorenzo Preston $ 0.50
Benjamin Franklin $ 0.50
Worthy Stanford $ 0.50
William Miller $ 0.50
William Townsend (H. H. Townsend) $ 0.50
H. H. Townsend $ 0.50
Charles Pond $ 0.50
Charles Penfield $ 0.50
Eli Curtiss $ 0.50
Josiah Wilson $ 0.50
Loren Jones $ 0.50
C.B. Mix $ 0.60
Horace Mix Sr. $ 0.50
1889 William M.Curtiss $ 0.50
N. Preston $ 0.50
A. Cowles $ 0.50
Riley Preston (by N. Preston) $ 0.25
Disbursements
July 4, 1888 paid J. R. Gardner for mowing cemetery $ 1.00
June 18, 1889 paid Henry Preston for drawing one load of posts and fence
boards from Mix's mill to cemetery $ 0.75
June 18 paid A. R. Mix for 288 feet of fence boards $ 2.00
For chestnut posts at $0.05 each $ 1.00
Paid Briggs and Son for 5 pounds of nails at $.05 per pound $ 0.25
June 25 paid J. R. Gardner for mowing cemetery $ 1.00
June 26 paid J. R. Gardner for building fence $10.00
Received from tax June 26, 1889 from Wilbert Northrop $ 0.50
March 24, 1890 tax received from J. D. Stewart $ 0.50
1890 amount received $12.03
$ 8.50
Sep. 10 amount in hands of treasurer $ 2.53
Sep. 1, 1891 balance in hands of treasurer $ 1.75
Sep. 1, 1892 balance in hands of treasurer $ 0.03
Sep. 1, 1892 received from James Cooper $ 0.50
1893 balance in hands of treasurer $ 0.53
May 29, 1895 received of William Curtiss $ 0.50
Balance May 29, 1895 $ 1.03
Disbursements
1890 Sept. paid J. R. Gardner $ 1.50
1890 Amount of disbursements $ 8.60
1891 paid J. R. Gardner for mowing cemetery and digging down road $ 1.75
1892 Aug. 4th paid J. R. Gardner for mowing cemetery $ 1.00
1892 Aug. 22 paid J. R. Gardner for raking cemetery $ 0.75
Total 1892 $ 1.75
Receipts and disbursements were on two (2) pages continuing across. The
amounts did not seem important to copier, only names and dates.
1893 money received from tax levied on lots
James Cooper $ 0.50
1895 received Jun. 30 of J.J. Wheeler ? $ 0.60
Received of William Curtiss (look as if erased or partly smudged) $ 0.50
Money paid May 30, 1895
Paid Will Gardner for work $ 1.00
Balance on hand June 1, 1895 $ 0.53
1896 paid Will Gardner for last years work $ 1.25
1896 paid Will Gardner for mowing cemetery on June 2nd $ 0.25
1896 June 15th deficiency $ 1.00
Meeting of Union Grove Burying Ground Society held at cemetery June 17, 1901. J. J. Wheeler elected Chairman, M. E. Cowles Secretary/Treasurer. J. J. Wheeler, Charles Hill, and M. E. Cowles were elected Trustees for a term of three (3) years or until their successors are elected or appointed. In cases of death or resignation of any of the Trustees, the remaining two shall have power to appoint a third whose term shall continue until his successor is duly elected. Adjourned to meet in May 1902 at the call of the president.
Account of Union Grove Cemetery
M. E. Cowles, Treasurer
Paid Received
June 17, 1901 of H. M Preston $ 1.50
June 17, 1901 of C. B. Mix $ 0.75
June 24, 1901 of L. D. Northrop $ 3.00
May 10, 1902 of E. Weatherby $ 5.00
May 22, 1902 of Francis Smith $ 0.75
$ 4.05 June 19 paint for fence posts
$ 4.50 Jan. 27, 1903 C. B. Mix for care of cemetery
$ 2.00 Aug. 19, 1904 C. B. Mix for hitching posts
$ 1.50 Sep. 1, 1910 $ 1.00
May 24, 1921 D. J. Ball $ 5.00
May 24, 1921 for work Mrs. Gertie A. Brown $ 5.00
May 24, 1921 Mr. & Mrs. A. H. Rowe $ 1.00
June 1st Mrs. Ella Strong $ 2.00
June 2nd E. D. Stewart $ 5.00
$ 5.00 June 29 for work E. J. Strong
$ 3.00 June 30 for work E. A. Anderson
Aug. 19th, Mrs. Gustafson $ 1.00
$ 4.00 Aug. 20th for work
$ 4.00 May 27th for work
June 12, 1922 Mrs. W. E Chapman $ 1.00
$ 2.50 Sep. 16 for E. A Anderson
Oct. 15th, Mrs. Cora Jenkins $ 3.00
A meeting of Union Grove Cemetery Society was called by the president for May 15, 1902. There were present J. J. Wheeler, C. W. Hill, M. E. Cowles, Trustees, and C. B. Mix. C. B. Mix was appointed to care for the grounds during the current year and to keep and itemized account of worked and expenses to be presented to Trustees for payment. M. E. Cowles Secretary
This is the end of the little book containing the records. The caretaker of the Foster Cemetery at Lander (formerly Farmington) told me that this cemetery was cared for until expenses for mowing became too high for the income of the cemetery. It was then abandoned and is today, 1965, a mess of poison ivy, broken stones--many thrown out in rubble at one side. The Northrop lot contains the body of Gideon Northrop, a soldier of the Revolution. Other lots contain soldiers of the Civil War era. Noah Chapel, also of the Revolution, was buried here.
Edna Ingham, ch.
Genealogical Records
Jamestown Chapter NSDAR
Jamestown, New York
LOT # NAME OF PERSON IN LOT LOT # NAME OF PERSON
1 44 S. Rathbun
2 45 Horatio Stanford
3 William Rowland 46 Benjamin Franklin
4 47 Riley Preston
5 Aaron Scranton 48 William Townsend
6 Lorenzo Smith 49 Alex Stuart
7 Rounds 50 J. Derby
8 A. Cramer 51 Merrit Northrop
9 W. Smith 52 Vetus Pond
10 S. B. Dunbar 53 Orange White
11 Loring Jones 54 Stephen Gardner
12 Noah Chappel 55 A. Hill (Horace)?
13 Harris 56 S. Johnson (Elihu)?
14 A. Green 57 E. Northrop
15 Eliand Curtiss 58 G. Gates
16 Josiah Wilson 59 E. Morse
17 James Burton 60 David Mahan
18 Joseph O'Dell 61 Joel Howd
19 Calvin Johnson 62 Levi Northrop
20 N. W. Skinner to H. Post 63 William McIntyre [and Belinda]
21 Miles to Jasper Cowles 64 Henry Stuart
22 George White 65 J. C. Preston
23 B. Rowley (Moses Rowley)? 66 James Cooper
24 John Mahan 67 Elihu Johnson
25 Milo Skinner 68 Scranton
26 J. Fetterly 69 William Bowdish
27 M. Johnson 70 Horace Mix Jr.
28 C. Pond 71 S. Chappel
29 B. Gray 72 Jesse Laning
30 V. R. Thompson 73 Alpheus Weatherby
31 F. Smith (Lorenzo)? 74 Isaac Johnson
32 C. Pond 75 James D. Stuart
33 J. J. Wheeler 76 H. Townsend (Hosea or Hale?)
34 Horace Mix Sr. 77 F. Townsend (Francis or Frances?)
35 C. Pond 78 Meriman
36 Henry Gardner 79
37 Alfred F. Cowles 80 E. Weatherby from H. Northrop
38 James Foster 81 J. D. Stewart(adjoining lot 75)
39 H. Brown 82 C. B. Mix (probably Chancy)
40 Gideon M. Northrop 83 Nelson Preston
41 David Northrop 84
42 James Mahan ? 85
43 Jasper Cowles 86 Mclntyre
87 C. P. Hill
Lot 78 may contain his first wife and infant daughter. He is buried in Stillwater Cemetery, Chautauqua County New York with his second wife though she has no stone. His son is also in Stillwater Cemetery with out a stone.Contributed for use by the Warren County Genealogy Project (http://www.pa-roots.com/warren/)
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