Some Small Cemeteries

of the

Town of Herkimer

Herkimer County, NY

ONE GRAVE
In Field North Side
Osborne & Caldwell
Town of Herkimer

This tiny cemetery was said to be located on Route 5 in East Herkimer. George Hildebrandt noted that one stone was turned over since the first inventory.

UKRAINIAN CEMETERY
Town of Herkimer

The Nellis Cemetery is located 1 mile north from Route 5 on the Smalls Bush Road. The reading was done by George Hildebrandt. We welcome input from Nellis researchers.

NELLIS CEMETERY
Town of Herkimer

The "Small Cemetery" is close to the Nellis Cemetery, being 1.2 miles north from Route 5 on the Smalls Bush Road. This reading was also done by George Hildebrandt.

SMALL CEMETERY
Town of Herkimer

Close by to the above, and located 1.8 miles from Route 5, off Smalls Bush Road and on the Eatonville Road. The reading was done by George Hildebrandt.

UN-NAMED WAKEMAN CEMETERY
Town of Herkimer

The reading of the Herkimer Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery was made by Edith Batsford Swancott, Corinne Wheeler Watkins and Elizabeth Atwater Mairs Merritt of the Oneida Chapter of the N.S.D.A.R., Utica, NY in the 1920s and dated July 7, 1927. A comparison of this cemetery with the Oak Hill Cemetery, taken by Mrs. M.M. Hatch and dated November 1926, shows another group of interments of people of the Harter surname. Oak Hill Cemetery was said to be situated one half mile west of Herkimer on the state road to Utica, on the north side of the road.

IMPORTANT: William Arthur, of the Herkimer County Historical Society, states that this info should be prefaced with a disclaimer. Only the grave stones up to a certain year were surveyed. So there are many others there unlisted. Also, some burials were done without markers, but the names are listed in the cemetery book. Also some markers were lost or are unreadable. This is true of all cemeteries listed on this site. So if a person doesn't see who they are seeking listed, it doesn't mean they are not there. Further investigation should be made at the Herkimer County Historical Society or by actually visiting the cemetery in person.

CEMETERY of the DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH
Town of Herkimer

As is common with such an old and well-documented cemetery, not everyone had a stone or had their stone survive. According to Stanley Shaut, the book "The Mohawk Valley Herkimer and Allied Families" by Hazel Patrick, Jane Spellman, and William Watkins notes on page 3 that:

"6 Delia Herkimer m. Jan 1750 Peter Bellinger (MVB71) b. Mar 1726 d. 26 Mar 1813 ae 87, a widower (H1-267). His will was signed 1-26-1811. Probated 3-29-1813 & recorded HCSW-B 276 File 00222. Col. Peter died at his home on Fall Hill. He and Delia are buried at the Northwest side of the original main door of the Fort Herkimer Church, which at the time faced the Mohawk River".

From Jane Dieffenbacher, Fairfield Town Historian: Wm. Arthur, who is in charge of Oak Hill Cemetery in Herkimer relays this info. to you. The list of graves that has been posted is incomplete. In the first place, the man who did the list left off at a certain date, so all the later ones are not included. Also, some people were buried with no markers, or their stones are unreadable, or the stones have fallen or broken. So if someone is looking for a specific person, they might not find him on the list. This warning is true for most of the cemeteries you have from Herkimer County. The lists are not complete. (Note: All of our cemetery listings are only "good" up through the date that they were read, which we try to note if we have that information for the list. The validity of readings is also subject to the interpretation of the reader and the conditions of the stones.)

OAK HILL CEMETERY
Town of Herkimer

4/15/05  ADDITIONS TO OAK HILL CEMETERY contributed by Hilts family researcher Carol Grainger, from names provided to her through a paid search by HCHS, with additional family information provided by Carol. If you have info to share about the people listed below, please contact Carol directly.

Scullen, W. O. 1850 -1912, wife Mary Hilts.
Scullen, Mary (Hilts) 1850 -1912.

Hilts, Lorenzo 1859 -1920.
Hilts, Sanford 1819 -1893.
Hilts, Mary (wife of Sanford) 1828 -1911.
Hilts, Andrew 1841 -1915.
Hilts, Harriet (wife of Andrew) 1846 -1916.
Hilts, George 1844 -1909.
Hilts, Alice 1853 -1918.
Hilts, Philo 1853 -1925.
Hilts, Margaret (wife of Philo) 1854 -1894.
Hilts, Catharine 22 years 10 -6 -1823.
Hilts, Jacob died 12-49 -1849.
Hilts, Theodore 1834 -1888.
Hilts, Emily (wife of Theodore) 1843 -1920.
Hilts, Laura (wife of Charles T.)1870 -1900.

Dockstader, Armstrong 1839 -1900.
Dockstader, Julia Hilts (wife of Armstrong) 1844 -1911.

Cole, Mary Hilts, 24 yr 2 mon 6 da 1-24-1868.

Moss, Rev. Charles, 1829-1899.
Moss, Mary, wife of Rev. Charles, Died Dec 19, 1883. 51 years.
Moss, Henry, 1855-1885.
Moss, A. Leslie, 1873-1894.

Perry, Catherine (Hayes) 1819 -1879.
Perry, George W. (husband of Catharine) 1805 - 1868.
Perry, Andrew Jackson (s/o George Washington & Elizabeth Hilts) 1829-1906.
Perry, Belle 1862-1910.
Perry, Blych D. 1914-1921.
Perry, Carrie Smith ( wife of John H.) 1855-1917.
Perry, Clarita C. ( wife of Lawrence A.) 1898-1918.
Perry, Cloette M. (d/o Sally A. & Jacob I.)11-9-1892.
Perry, Daniel J. 1883-1885.
Perry, Elizabeth (#3 wife of Jacob I.) 8-13-1913. 68 years.
Perry, Fannie Dishaw ( wife of William F.) 1851-1925.
Perry, Harriet Kirkwood (wife of William Franklin) 1844-1894.
Perry, Jacob G. 5-12-1889. 43 years. Vet.
Perry, Jacob I. 3-12-1919. 79 years.
Perry, John H. (s/o Andrew Jackson & Margaret (Hilts) Perry) 1854 -1917.
Perry, Lanye Elizabeth Casler (wife of Sanford) 1842 -1920.
Perry, Leland 1886- 1891.
Perry, Lillian Wolf 1873-1904. A note stated family said this should be Lillian Perry Wolf.
Perry, Lucina H. (# 2 wife of Jacob I.) 2-10-1905. 68 years.
Perry, Lucy Permilie Nellis (wife of Nicholas) 3-12-1908. 72 years.
Perry, Margaret Hilts (wife of Andrew Jackson & d/o Johannes "Nicholas" George & Anna "Nancy " (Schutt) Hilts) 1829-1896.

Witherstine, David d. 1908.
Witherstine, John D. d. 1908.
Witherstine, Nancy Louise Harter d. 1877 (wife of John D.).
Witherstine, Cythnia Small d. 1895 (wife of Peter).
Witherstine, Eugene d. 1879 (son of Peter & Cynthia).
Witherstine, Addison Deloss d. 1916 (son of Abraham & Lucinda Nellis).
Witherstine, Harriet M. d. 1915 (wife of Addison).
Witherstine, Clarinda Cristman d. 1921(wife of David, d/o Lehman).
Witherstine, Henry d. 1911(son of David & Nancy Louise Harter).
Witherstine, Homer d.1925 (son of David & Margaret Petrie).

Source: The Dutch Reformed Church list was typed from the original July 1927 list of the tombstone readings made by (Mrs. G. Harry) Edith Batsford Swancott, (Mrs. T homs D.) Corinne Wheeler Watkins, and (Mrs. Charles E.) Elizabeth Atwater Mairs Merritt of the Oneida Chapter, N. S. D.A.R.

Source: The Oak Hill Cemetery list was typed from the original November 1926 list of the tombstone readings made by Mrs. M.M. Hatch of South Columbia, N.Y.

Both cemeteries submitted by: Robert Lorick, Contributing Editor, Herkimer County NYGenWeb.

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