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Green Hill Cemetery (Amsterdam, New York)

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Schuyler, Derick W. TenBrook, Stephen Sanford, Hoel S. McElwain, S. Belding Jr., John McDonald Jr., Leonard Y. Gardinier, Charles Devendorf and Joseph W. Sturtevant. The Trustees immediately examined several localities in the vicinity for the lands of the cemetery. Days were spent surveying, digging pits to test the quality of soil, opinions were sought and weighed. All of the results were submitted to Burton A. Thomas, Esq./Civil Engineer “a man of cultivated taste and large experience”. As a result, the cemetery was located.
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containing 14 acres (57,000 m) were conveyed to the association from Joseph Cornell for the sum of $ 2,800. On October 31, 1865 the second parcel of land was sold to The Green Hill Cemetery Association again from Joseph Cornell. The property containing 22 and 87/100 acres of land was purchased for the sum of $ 7,218.
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A contract was then drawn for the purchase of 14 acres (57,000 m) of land and 36 people advanced money to the Association for the purchase and ornamentation of the grounds. The funds were to be refunded from the avails of the subsequent sales of lots. Early in the spring of 1858 the premises
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delivered the dedication address, which explained the role that cemeteries played in creating a "Christian Republic." It encompasses 14,860 individual interments marked by imposing mausolea, elaborate monuments, family plots, decorative markers, and simple stones. It includes four contributing
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At the meeting John J. Schuyler was appointed Chairman and Samuel Belding Jr. Secretary. It was then resolved to form the Green Hill Cemetery Association. It was also resolved that the affairs of the Association were to be managed my a 9-member Board of Trustees. By ballot were elected John J.
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Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
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structures: Church Street entrance gate, upper pedestrian gate and path,
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National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, New York
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and his grandson Lt. Benedict Arnold Leonard (1840–1864 
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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Clerks Office: Book 70 page 78 and Book 79 page 163
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Green Hill Cemetery (Amsterdam, New York) is located in New York
Green Hill Cemetery (Amsterdam, New York) is located in the United States
Amsterdam, New York
42°56′16″N 74°11′5″W / 42.93778°N 74.18472°W / 42.93778; -74.18472
05000166
rural cemetery
Amsterdam
Montgomery County, New York
Amory Dwight Mayo
receiving vault
National Register of Historic Places
Amsterdam, New York
Bruce Anderson
Medal of Honor
Mary Duncan
Benedict Arnold

William Barclay Charles
Clark Betton Cochrane
John Sanford
John Sanford
Stephen Sanford
John Knox Stewart
Samuel Wallin


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places

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