Some Small Cemeteries in the Town of Warren, Herkimer County, NY

Pooler Cemetery was prepared and donated by Contributing Editor Betsy Voorhees.

The reading of the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery was done by Mrs. M. M. Hatch of South Columbia, Herkimer County, in the early 1920s. It was noted on the November 1926 typescript of this list that the original Methodist Episcopal Church was entirely gone, including the foundation.

7/2/97 The first reading below of the Paul Crim Cemetery was also done by Mrs. M. M. Hatch of South Columbia, Herkimer County, in the early 1920s. It was noted on the November 1926 typescript of this list that the Paul Crim Cemetery was located east of Jordanville leading from Cranes Corners to Henderson on the top of the first hill.

The second reading of the Paul Crim Cemetery is a radically different interpretation. Copied by Mrs. Thomas D. (Corinne Wheeler) Watkins, of the Oneida Chapter of the D.A.R. and dated 1927, it notes that two people who Mrs. Hatch stated were Jacob and Elizabeth Bell were Jacob Crim and his wife Elizabeth. Four other Crim stones are also noted. There could be several reasons for this type of discrepancy, such as: the Watkins reading may have been taken before the Hatch reading yet not presented until later; an older list may have been located and added to Mrs. Watkins' reading: or the cemetery may have been cleaned, and buried or turned-over stones exposed. However, Mrs. Watkins said that the age portion of Adam Bell's headstone was broken off at the time of her own reading and did not indicate that she had supplemented her reading with other sources. Because the S.A.R. marker was not noted by Mrs. Hatch, a cleanup undertaken for the dedication of the marker is a plausible explanation. Or she may have just not noted it on her list.

Since Mrs. Watkins was a member of the Genealogical Research Committee of the Oneida Chapter of the D.A.R., and her name is often attached to Mrs. Hatch's lists, perhaps she questioned this particular reading and turned over some stones to get a better reading. She did not use Mrs. Hatch's death age for Adam Bell. Although considered primary resources, tombstone readings and lists are not infallible. The eyes that read the stones, the memories that estimated birth dates, and the hands that etched those dates are all prone to error. The Watkins reading follows the Hatch reading below.

Mrs. Watkins noted that the Paul Crim Cemetery was situated on the old Paul Crim farm, about two and one -half miles from Jordanville and about one-half mile from Crane's Corners, Herkimer County, N.Y. The S.A.R. marker, for service between 1778 - 1783, stated:

This reading of the Bloomfield Cemetery was made by Mrs. M. M. Hatch of South Columbia, Herkimer County, in the early 1920s. It was noted on the November 1926 typescript that the cemetery was located between Richfield Springs and Jordanville, on the State Road, about 1/2 mile north of Richfield Springs (Otsego Co) in Herkimer County.

Source: These lists were typed from the original November 1926 lists of Mrs. M. M. Hatch, of South Columbia, NY.
Submitted by: Mr. Jerry Reed, Otsego County NY GenWeb Coordinator

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