Price (#1) Burial Plot
June 1935 Listing of Chemung Cemeteries, inventoried by C.W. Northrup rediscovered by Linda P. Doane at the Tioga Point Museum February 2017
The pdf file is the entire booklet, I was unable to separate the cemeteries.
The pdf file is the entire booklet, I was unable to separate the cemeteries.
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GPS# 42.103490,-76.590160
North of Put (Putnum) Hill Rd, and west of Simcoe Hill Rd, in the woods along an abandoned logging road, Town of Chemung.(Area residents indicate that they believe this burial site to exist somewhere along an abandoned logging road in woods bordering the fields. They think it was a family site with most family members dying as a result of typhus.-Joan Shafer)
This is a listing from the Joyce Tice, Tri Counties Web Site, there seems to be a difference in the description of this cemetery so I am listing both:
The Price Cemetery # 1 is located in the extreme north-central part of the Town of Chemung, Chemung County, New York, and it is about ½ mile from the nearest public highway. It is situated to the west of the Simcoe Road and it is necessary to walk across a damp, rough-surfaced field, which has lain fallow for many years. The site is upon an embankment, which borders the original road, is dotted with very small saplings, but is free of high weeds and brush. The remains of farm buildings can be seen along the abandoned highway near the cemetery. In 1932, Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Staver reported that it had been completely destroyed with tombstones vanished and the area permitted to grow to wild berry bushes. They also reported that at one time there were as many as thirty graves, several with inscribed markers and numerous shale memorials. There is no indication that the Stavers actually visited the cemetery and merely conversed with individuals who remembered the old burial ground. One of these persons was a Mrs. George Kent of Lockwood, New York, who gave them the names of those whom she remembered as being buried at the site. Such persons are mentioned in the record.
Mr. Robert Grace, upon whose land the Price #2 Cemetery (Harvey & Rebecca Price Cemetery) is located, stated that many years an unnamed individual plowed the graveyard and piled most of the tombstones along the edge of the embankment. None were found in 1975. The reason for this unwarranted action is not known. In 1975, the location is open with no bushes. There were about a dozen unmarked, sunken graves, with a like number of darkened stubs of tombstones. Doris Boyd unearthed four inscribed markers. There are no signs of the original boundaries, but it is estimated that the plot may have been as large as 150 feet by 50 feet.
Miss Isabel Ridall and Joseph C. and Doris Boyd, accompanied by Mr. Robert Grace, acting as a guide made the following record of the four tombstones uncovered on April 29, 1975. Data in brackets does not appear on the newly found tombstones, but has been added for interest. Likewise, in the case of a wife, son, and/or daughter, the surname has been added for clarity.
To view the graves in this burial plot, please view: http://www.joycetice.com/cemc/price1.htm
This is a listing from the Joyce Tice, Tri Counties Web Site, there seems to be a difference in the description of this cemetery so I am listing both:
The Price Cemetery # 1 is located in the extreme north-central part of the Town of Chemung, Chemung County, New York, and it is about ½ mile from the nearest public highway. It is situated to the west of the Simcoe Road and it is necessary to walk across a damp, rough-surfaced field, which has lain fallow for many years. The site is upon an embankment, which borders the original road, is dotted with very small saplings, but is free of high weeds and brush. The remains of farm buildings can be seen along the abandoned highway near the cemetery. In 1932, Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Staver reported that it had been completely destroyed with tombstones vanished and the area permitted to grow to wild berry bushes. They also reported that at one time there were as many as thirty graves, several with inscribed markers and numerous shale memorials. There is no indication that the Stavers actually visited the cemetery and merely conversed with individuals who remembered the old burial ground. One of these persons was a Mrs. George Kent of Lockwood, New York, who gave them the names of those whom she remembered as being buried at the site. Such persons are mentioned in the record.
Mr. Robert Grace, upon whose land the Price #2 Cemetery (Harvey & Rebecca Price Cemetery) is located, stated that many years an unnamed individual plowed the graveyard and piled most of the tombstones along the edge of the embankment. None were found in 1975. The reason for this unwarranted action is not known. In 1975, the location is open with no bushes. There were about a dozen unmarked, sunken graves, with a like number of darkened stubs of tombstones. Doris Boyd unearthed four inscribed markers. There are no signs of the original boundaries, but it is estimated that the plot may have been as large as 150 feet by 50 feet.
Miss Isabel Ridall and Joseph C. and Doris Boyd, accompanied by Mr. Robert Grace, acting as a guide made the following record of the four tombstones uncovered on April 29, 1975. Data in brackets does not appear on the newly found tombstones, but has been added for interest. Likewise, in the case of a wife, son, and/or daughter, the surname has been added for clarity.
To view the graves in this burial plot, please view: http://www.joycetice.com/cemc/price1.htm