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Gilead Burying Ground
Carmel, NY
| Current Status: | Abandoned. |
| Description: | Bottom step of stile was broken and both gate dogs were damaged by machinery from the neighboring development when rain drainage and a sewer connection were installed under the cemetery parking lot. This work also obliterated the old Horse Pound Road, which ran along the cemetery; across that dirt path, the house of Rev. Elnathan Gregory (later the long-time home of the Craft and Kemp families) still stands, though endangered by age, but its adjacent buildings, including a barn and the pre-1840 meeting house, are long gone. National Register of Historic Places. |
| GPS: | N41° 24.480' W 073° 40.395' |
| Location: | .30 mile south from Carmel Village on Seminary Hill. |
| How To Access: | 29 Mechanic Street, at Northgate Road |
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| Owner of Record: | |
| Size & Use: | About 1 acre |
| Earliest Gravestone: | Sarah Smith (wife of Jesse Smith), died in 1766. Thomas Belden (from Norwalk, CT) was buried here. He died Mar. 21, 1762, but does not have stone. |
| Most Prominent: | This cemetery is on the National Register. It contains the grave of Enoch Crosby, Patriot spy, during the Revolutionary War. |
| Current Condition: | Graves are mapped and listed, generally in good condition |
| Maintained By: | Town of Carmel |
| Repairs Needed: | |
| Troy #: | 1H |
There are 29 uncarved or deteriorated stones listed under Unknown for which there are no visible names, dates or other useful information; some are mere shards. The obelisk in Gilead Burying Ground was topped with an urn, which fell off. Rescued by Beverly DeVingo (Schappach) while living at 27 Mechanic Street, it is still stored in the barn there.
Read the 1988 proposal for listing of Gilead burying ground on the State and National Registers of Historic Places, researched and written by Ken Warnecke of Mahopac. Mr. Warmecke prepared this listing of interments, categorized the various stones he found, and prepared a map of the cemetery (layout can be viewed and printed by clicking here).
References: Pelletreau pp. 288, 315-317; Horton pp. 19-33; Fisher p. 48; Fisher #56; Buys p. 229. Emma J. Foster and Julia R. Livingston resurveyed the Gilead inscriptions in mid-1900.
Click on a name below for photo of headstone and location in cemetary. Generally only burials before 1912 are included in this website, however there are later burials in this cemetery which are included here.