Essex County, New York
Tombstone Transcriptions

Cemeteries on this page are arranged by township, alphabetically.
Those marked by an asterisk (*) are located off site, many of which are found on the Essex County RootsWeb Site. This work is in progress. Watch for updates!

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NOTE: I have not marked all known cemeteries on the map below. I am still trying to locate some of them!


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CHESTERFIELD

• Port Kent Cemetery -

CROWN POINT

• Brick Church Cemetery * -
• Buck Hollow Cemetery * -
• Fairview Cemetery * -
• Forestdale Cemetery -
• Ironville Cemetery -
• Nichols Cemetery -
• Sacred Heart Cemetery -
• Towner Hill Cemetery * - Towner Hill Road
• Trimble Farm Cemetery - These graves are on the Chilon Trimble farm near the west barn. They are enclosed with a 3-foot wire mesh fence.
• White Church Cemetery -
• Wolcott Cemetery -

ELIZABETHTOWN

• Bouquet Cemetery - This cemetery is located 2.7 miles west of Elizabethtown on Route 9N. It is NOT visible from the road.
• Brainards Forge Cemetery - This cemetery is located on the Brainards Forge Road in Elizabethtown, New York, 1.8 miles north of the intersection with Route 9N.
• Old Post Cemetery - This cemetery is located on Route 9N next to the Catholic church in Elizabethtown.
• Smith Family Cemetery - This is a private plot located on the main road south of New Russia.
• Richards Cemetery - This cemetery is located 3.5 miles north of Elizabethtown on Route 9N. It is on a slight knoll on the right hand side of the road.
• Simonds Hill Cemetery - This cemetery is located on Essex County Rte. 7 (Lincoln Pond Road), 3.1 miles from the intersection with Route 9N in Elizabethtown. If you are looking carefully for the dirt road leading into the cemetery, some stones are visible from the road.
• Riverside Cemetery -

ESSEX

• Brookfield Baptist Cemetery - This cemetery is situated about six miles west of Essex Village.
• Essex Cemetery - Located on South Side of Route 22 just west of the Village.
• Old Burt Cemetery - Located about four miles west of Essex on the right side of Route 22 between Boquet and Whallonsburg, NY.
• Whallons Bay Cemetery -

JAY

• Central Cemetery - From Route 9N in Jay village, turn south onto John Fountain Road. Cross the bridge and turn right (southwest) onto Covered Bridge Lane. Central Cemetery is at the top of the hill, .3 miles from the bridge.
• Central Cemetery (new section) - From Route 9N in Jay village, turn south onto John Fountain Road. Cross the bridge and turn right (southwest) onto Covered Bridge Lane. Central Cemetery is at the top of the hill, .3 miles from the bridge.
• Coolidge Family Cemetery - From Route 9N in Jay Village, turn onto the John Fountain Road. Cross the bridge and turn right (southwest) onto Covered Bridge Lane. At the Glen Road, turn right. Coolidge Cemetery is 2.3 miles from the bridge.
• Mountain View Cemetery - This cemetery is located on Route 9N in Jay.
• North Jay Cemetery - Cross Stickney Bridge on Stickney Bridge Road. Bear right at the y in the road. The cemetery is 1.5 miles from the bridge near an elk farm.

KEENE

• Estes Cemetery -
• Holt Cemetery -
• Hull Cemetery -
• Ingalls Cemetery -
• Mountain View Cemetery -
• Norton Cemetery -
• Notman Grave -
• Pratt Cemetery - This cemetery is located on Alstead Hill between Wilson's ranch & Jesse Belan's (1955). The cemetery deed belonged to the Davis family who came to Keene from Alstead, New Hampshire.
• Shaw Cemetery -
• Wood / Washbond Cemetery - These are two small private family plots, now overgrown, located behind the Washbond place on the Alstead Hill Road. They were once enclosed in a fence.

LEWIS

• Crossett Cemetery - This small family plot is found 1.1 miles west off of Route 9 on the Trout Pond Road in north Lewis.
• Deerhead Cemetery - Cemetery also known as Crowningshield Cemetery on south side of dirt road running west from Rte. 9, 0.7 miles in hamlet known as Deerhead, N.Y.
• Lewis Cemetery - Located behind the Congregational Church in Lewis.
• Roscoe Cemetery - Heading from Elizabethtown to Lewis, turn left at the Highway Department. Follow the road straight through the intersection. The cemetery is on a knoll on the left, not two miles from where you left Route 9.

MINERVA

• Federal Flats Cemetery -

MORIAH

• Bay State Cemetery (a.k.a. Furnace Cemetery) - Located on Main Street (SR 9N & 22) 0.7 miles north of the center of Port Henry Village on the east side behind a row of houses.
• Big Hollow Cemetery - At 2.85 miles south of Moriah Corners turn east onto Lang Road. The cemetery is located at the end of the dirt road 1.5 miles from the South Moriah Road. (The last 0.1 miles is on unimproved road.)
• Crowfoot Pond Cemetery - At 2 miles west of Moriah Center on the North Hudson Road (CR 4) turn right onto Crowfoot Pond Road. The cemetery is on the right just across a small bridge.
• Havens Cemetery (a.k.a. Whitney Street Cemetery) - Whitney Street intersects Main Street (SR 9N & 22) 0.75 miles south of the center of Port Henry Village. The cemetery is located 50 feet on the right.
• Mineville Cemetery - Located at the intersection of Raymond Wright Ave. (formerly Broad Street) and Plank Road (CR 7) in Mineville.
• Saint Patrick's Cemetery - Located on the Plank Road (CR 4) 0.7 miles southeast of the Moriah Center intersections.
• Saints Peter & Paul's Cemetery - Located on the Plank Road (CR 4) 0.4 miles southeast of the Moriah Center intersections.
• South Moriah Cemetery - Located 0.4 miles south of Moriah Corners on the South Moriah Road.
• Spear Cemetery - Located on the Harry Allen Road 1.9 miles west from the intersection of the Harry Allen Road and SR 9N & 22 in Port Henry Village.
• Stevenson Cemetery * - Located at the intersection of SR 9N & 22 with the Stevenson Cemetery Road midway between the villages of Port Henry (in the Town of Moriah) and Westport.
• Union Cemetery - Located at the intersection of Plank Road (CR 4) and Forge Hollow Road across from Moriah Central School.
• Walton Cemetery - Located on the old Walton farm just north of Port Henry on the Westport Road.

NEWCOMB

NORTH ELBA

• John Brown's Farm Cemetery - This family cemetery is located on John Brown Road, .7 miles south of the intersection with Rte. 73.
• Pine Ridge Cemetery - Take Route 3 East from Saranac Lake to Pine Street. The cemetery is just past the railroad tracks.
• Saint Agnes Cemetery -

NORTH HUDSON

• Black Brook Cemetery -
• Catholic Church Cemetery
• Catholic Section of Wathsock Cemetery
• Protestant Section of Wathsock Cemetery
• North Hudson Cemetery * -

SCHROON

• Baker Street Cemetery * -
• Charlie Hill Cemetery -
• Delorme / Schroon River Cemetery -
• Paradax Lake * -
• Severance Cemetery * - (aka Baptist Cemetery) - From the intersection of US 9 and SR 74 travel east 0.4 miles on SR 74.  Turn north onto Stowell Rd.  The cemetery is on your left.
• Schroon Lake Village Cemetery * -
• South Schroon Cemetery * -

ST. ARMAND

• Chubb Cemetery - The graveyard is 3.1 miles south of the Bloomingdale Vol. Fire Dept. on Rt. #3, located on the west side of Rt. #3, on the Ray Boyd residence.

TICONDEROGA

• Alexandria Cemetery -
• Chilson Cemetery - From the intersection of SR 9N and SR 74 travel west 4.8 miles.  Turn south onto Putts Pond Road (CR 39).  The cemetery is found on the east side of the road 0.2 miles from the intersection.
• Ingalls Cemetery * -
• McCaughin Cemetery * - McDougal Drive
• Miller Cemetery - This small family cemetery is located at the intersection of Route 9N & Shore Airport Road on a knoll on the east side of the road.
• Mission Cemetery * - Vineyard Road
• Mount Hope Cemetery * -
• Saint Mary's Cemetery -
• South Ticonderoga, "West" Cemetery * -
• Streetroad Cemetery -
• Valley View Cemetery - There are two online versions of this cemetery. One was transcriped by Jane Devlin and can be found here. The other was transcribed and photographed by Bruce DeLarm and can be found here. Neither one seems to be complete.

WESTPORT

• Black River Cemetery - This cemetery is located on Route 9N.
• Coll Cemetery - Located on the west side of Rt 9N & 22 about 4 miles south of Westport on property currently owned by John White.
• Hoisington Cemetery - Located on the Ledge Hill Road.
• Old Burying Ground - Located between Lake Champlain and RT 9N & 22, just north of the south entrance to Arsenal Road. (Arsenal Road is a short U shaped road.)
• Port Douglass Cemetery -
• Riverside Cemetery - Located in the village of Wadhams.

WILLSBORO

• Adams Cemetery - Also known as Ellsworth Cemetery, this cemetery is located off the Nolette Road in Willsboro.
• Boardman Cemetery - Located on North Reber Road between Reber and Route 22, in Willsboro.
• Calvary Cemetery - This cemetery is located on the East Side of Route 22 in Willsboro.
• Currier Cemetery - Located on the east side of Route 22 across from the 1812 Homestead in the town of Willsboro, Essex Co., NY.
• Gilliland Cemetery - This cemetery is located on the north side of the Town of Willsboro on Route 22.
• Lakeview Cemetery - The Lakeview Cemetery is situated on the east side of Route 22 approximately 3 miles south of the village of Willsboro.
• Memorial Cemetery - Located on Route 22 south of the Village, just before Calvary Cemetery.
• Morhous Cemetery - Located on the west side of West Road, just before the intersection of West Road and Coonrod Road in the town of Willsboro.
• Reber Cemetery * - Located on the Reber Valley Rd, west side of road, Willsboro.

WILMINGTON

• Courtney Grave - This stone was found on private property.
• Haselton Cemetery - Haselton Cemetery is on Haselton Road, 2.3 miles from the junction with Rt. 86. (Note that the same road is called Springfield Rd on the opposite side of Rt. 86.)
• Lamoy Cemetery - Lamoy Cemetery is on Rt. 86, 1.3 miles from the junction with Springfield/Haselton Roads and 0.4 mile from Hardy Road.
• Malbone Cemetery - Malbone Cemetery is on Hardy Road, 2.2 miles from the junction with Springfield Road and 1.2 miles from the junction with Rt. 86.
• Pleasant View Cemetery - Pleasant View Cemetery is on Bonnieview Road, less than 0.1 mile from the junction with Rt. 86.
• Winch Cemetery - Winch Cemetery is on Springfield Road about 2.5 miles from the junction with Rt. 86. This cemetery is behind a house and is not easily seen from the road. It is private and permission must be obtained from the landowner before entering.