Putnam Valley
Adams Corners
Barrett
Baxter
Entrott
Hadden
Horton
King David/Rose Hills
Lane/Lang
Lawson
Post
Selleck
Tompkins Corners
Travis/Bryant Hill
Wood Street
Adams Corners Cemetary (a.k.a. Methodist Cemetery; Village Cemetery; and Indian cemetery)
| Current Status: | Inactive |
| Description: | |
| GPS: | N41•21.296' W073• 50.229' |
| Location: | Just east of Quincy Road on Peekskill Hollow Road |
| How To Access: | From Peekskill Hollow Road |
| Tax Map No.: | Putnam Valley 84.7-1-30 |
| Owner of Record: | Grace Methodist Church. Contact: Tony Mecca |
| Size & Use: | Over 1 acre. 207 graves listed. 38 family names (Adams, Armstrong, Avery, Banker, Barger, Baxter, Buckbee, Bunnell, Chapman, Christian, Cole, Colegrove, Crawford, Curry, Denny, Dusenberry, Gilbert, Gillett, Hadden, Hills, Hopkins, Horton, Lee, Lickley, Loveless, McCabe, McCastline, Odelll, Owen, Pierce, Post, Robinson, Shelley, Smith, Tompkins, Travis and Vail. |
| Earliest Gravestone: | Ann Hills, born 1746, died January 30, 1794. Row 1, Area 16. |
| Most Prominent: | Twelve Revolutionary War veterans are buried here, as well as a European Princess, who with her German husband settled in the area about 1700. |
| Current Condition: | Fair. Many stones are in need of cleaning, repair and/or resetting. |
| Maintained By: | Grace United Methodist Church, Putnam Valley |
| Repairs Needed: | Identify trees and saplings that should be removed. Clean, repair and reset stones as needed. |
| Troy #: | 5A |
In quite early times (c. 1794) tradition states that Richard Curry came up to Peekskill Hollow from White Plains. He traveled by horse wtih his wife, bringing all his worldly goods with him, and settled below Adams Corners. While sitting one summer day with his young child between his knees, a flash of lightnening struck and killed the child instantly, leaving the father unharmed. The young victim of the "fires from heaven" was buried on the hill on the west side of the roakjd, and from that time to the present day this has been the village cemetary. (from History of Putnam County, by William Pelletreau).
The title of this burying ground seems to have remained in doubt for many years. October 5, 1842, Charles Adams and others sold, for a nomial consideration, to "the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal churce of Philipstown Circuit, in Putnam Valley," "all that certain tract of land situate on the northwesterly side of the Peekskill Hollow raod, beginning at an ash tree standing by the brook on the northwesterly side of said road, and running along the land of Nichols Purdy, thence north &ce., for the use of a burial ground for the neighborhood, and for all other persons, whom the party of the second part may permit to be buried there."
References: Eardeley pp. 4-21, Horton pp.2-11, Buys pp. 108-115
Click on a name below for photo of headstone and location in cemetary. A rough map of this cemetery layout can be viewed and printed by clicking here.
