New Horizons Genealogy

Transcribed and submitted by Lynn Tooley

Graves of Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Tompkins County, New York whose graves have been officially reported, located or marked, by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Name				Birth		Died		Buried						Service and Additional Facts
Ackley, Joel			-		-		Rural Cemetery, Danby, NY			-
Atkinson, James			-		-		Rural Cemetery, Danby, NY			-
Bush, Capt. John		8/18/1736	1819		Beers Cemetery, Danby, NY			Grave marked.
Beers, Abner			-		-		Beers Cemetery, Danby, NY			Grave marked.
Beers, Jabez			-		-		Beers Cemetery, Danby, NY			-
Beers, David			age 73		-		Beers Cemetery, Danby, NY			Grave marked.
Beers, Daniel			-		-		Danby, NY					Fifer in the Revolution. Grave marked. 
Beers, Barnabas			-		-		Ithaca City Cemetery, Ithaca, NY		-
Button, Asa			-		-		Rural Cemetery, Danby, NY			-
Blanchard, Nathaniel		-		-		Unknown						-
Brown, Ebenezer			1750		1848		Lansing						Private under Major Gibbs.
Bush, Major John		-		-		Beers Cemetery, Danby, NY			Grave marked.
Burgess, Michael		-		-		City Cemetery, Ithaca, NY			7th Regt. 3rd Co. under Col. James Clinton.
Burgess, John			-		-		City Cemetery, Ithaca, NY			Grave marked.
Bloom, Ephraim			1728		1828		Lansing						Battle of Germantown.
Bradley, Major Lemi		-		-		Groton						-
Conger, Zenas			-		-		Burial Place Unknown				-
Coykendall, Capt. Benjamin	age 88		3/12/1837	City Cemetery, Ithaca, NY			Born at Horseheads. Grave marked.
Cooper, John Price		-		2/1/1778	-						3rd Regt. Conn. Line under Col. Thomas Craig.Residence Danby. Grave marked.
Cantine, Capt. John		10/20/1735	4/30/1808	Caroline Cemetery, Brookton, NY			Major of Ulster Regiment on New York. Grave marked.
Clark, Capt. Jesse		-		-		Groton						-
Dodge, Seth			-		-		West Dryden					-
Demond, Moses			-		-		Danby Cemetery, Danby, NY			2nd Regt. DuBois Co. Pa.
Dawson, Titus			-		-		Beers Cemetery, Danby, NY			-
Dowler, George			-		-		Danby Cemetery, Danby, NY			-
Dunscomb, Capt. Edward		-		-		Danby, NY					-
Duplessis, ---			-		-		Danby, NY					Colored.
Eager, John			-		4/11/1814	City Cemetery, Ithaca, NY			Grave marked.
Ewer, Paul			-		-		Etna						Sailor.
Edgecomb, Gilbert		-		-		McLean						-
Fletcher, John			-		-		Log Cemetery, 3 mi. S. of Trumansburg		-
Field, Ichabod			-		-		Burial place unknown				-
Ferris, Joshua			1761		1848		City Cemetery, Ithaca, NY			Born in Peekskill, died in Ithaca. 1778 Enrolled in militia commanded by Boyd. 
														Served in Samuel Drakes Regt. Grave marked.
Fox, Samuel			age 88		10/10/1844	West Dryden Cemetery, West Dryden, NY		Served seven years. First settler of Fox Corners or West Dryden.
Genung, Moses			-		-		Burial Place unknown.				-
Genung, Benjamin		-		-		Dutch Reformed Cemetery, near Slatersville	-
Griswold, Edward		-		3/22/1843	Green Hill Cemetery, Dryden, NY			Grave marked.
Harrington, Jacob		-		-		Unknown						-
Hyalt, Jesse			-		-		Beers Cemetery, Danby, NY			-
Hatch, Oliver			-		-		Groton Cemetery, Groten, NY			Served seven years. 1795 came to Groton.
Hawkins, Thomas			age 99		6/5/1866	Ithaca City Cemetery, Ithaca, NY		-
Hicks, Major Benjamin		-		-		Groton Cemetery, Groton, NY			-
Howe, Moses			-		-		Groton Cemetery, Groton, NY			-
Johnson, Lawrence		-		-		Unknown						-
Johnson, Abraham		-		-		Ithaca City Cemetery, Ithaca, NY		-
Johnson, Col. John		-		-		Ithaca City Cemetery, Ithaca, NY		Grave marked. Son of Abram.
Joy, Benjamin			-		-		Unknown						Decended from Thomas Joy who came from Norfolk County, England in 1630 with Gov. 
														Winthrop. Died in Dryden.
Knapp, Samuel			1750		age 91		Peruville					Battles Trenton, Princeton, Stoney Point.
Knapp, George			-		-		Dryden						Came to Dryden from Lansingville in 1798.
Larrabee, Elias			age 84		4/14/1847	Dryden, NY					Grave marked.
Lockwood, Job			-		-		Beers Cemetery, Danby, NY			Grave marked. Lived in Danby.
Lord, Joel			-		-		Congregational Church Cemetery, Danby, NY	-
Lee, Jeptha			-		3/11/1855	Ulysses Cemetery				Grave marked.
Linderman, Cornelius		-		-		Ithaca City Cemetery, Ithaca, NY		-
Mulks, Benoni			1742		10/14/1832	Slaterville Cemetery				Served in Gates Army. Battle of Saratoga.
McMasters, James		-		-		Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Caroline, NY	Died at Ellis Hollow.
McDowell, Hobert		-		1802		Ithaca City Cemetery, Ithaca, NY		-
Mount, Grant			1758		7/1841		George Cemetery, West Dryden, NY		Fought at Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth.
McCutcheon, George		-		-		-						Joined the army at 16, Col. Shepards Mass. Regt. at Monmouth, Valley Forge, 
														Saratoga, at Burgoynes Surrender. His wife Nancy Robinson died near Etna, buried 
														on Robertsons Farm.
Mead, John			-		-		Lake Ridge					-
Norwood, Francis		-		-		Robinson Cemetery				Served in Burgoyne Campain. Lived in Caroline.
Nyalt, Asa			-		-		Unknown						-
Personius, James		-		-		Dutch Reformed Cemetery, Caroline, NY		-
Paine, Thomas			-		-		Toby Cemetery, Caroline, NY			-
Pangborn, John			-		-		Ithaca City Cemetery, Ithaca, NY		At seige of Boston under General Washington.
Pumpelly, John			age 93		1820		Beers Cemetery, Danby, NY			-
Pelton, Capt. Benjamin		-		1830		-						Grave marked.
Robertson, Capt. 		-		-		Robertson Farm, near Etna, NY			Brother-in-law of George. No Cutcheon.
Roe, William			-		-		Caroline, NY					-
Snyder, Henry			-		-		Unknown						-
Skillings, John			1756		-		-						Born in Ireland, died on his farm North-west of Freeville.
Sherwood, Andrew		99		-		Danby, NY					-
Seabring, Richard		age 83		1821		Newfield Cemetery				Commanded a company from beginning to end of war.
Smith, David			-		-		Beers Cemetery, Danby, NY			-
Strong, Capt. Benojah		age 96		-		Strong Family Cemetery, Lansing, NY		Noted Pioneer. 
Talmadge, Joel			-		-		Beers Cemetery, Danby, NY			Served in Gates Army Saratoga.
Townley, Richard		-		-		Unknown						-
Tiffany, Philemon		-		-		Mead School District Cemetery			Died in Groton.
Treman, Abner			12/25/1761	8/18/1823	Trumansburg					Born in Columbia County, N.Y. Military record found in Roberts New York in the 
														Revolution.
Tichenor, Zenas			-		-		Lansing						One of twelve brotheres, all of whom served in the Revolution.
Wheeler, Seth			age 72		9/23/1828	Dryden, NY					Grave marked. Full account of him in Dryden Town History P. 87-88. His wife Rebecca,
														died Feb. 25, 1821, age 62.
Woodruff, Gedor			-		-		McLean						-
Wright, Isaac			-		-		Episcopal Church Cemetery, South Danby, NY	-
Wyatt, Asa			-		-		Beers Cemetery, Danby, NY			-

Related Genealogy Records:

• 1813 Pension List: New York
• 1820 Pension List: New York
• 1840 New York State Census of Pensioners
• New York Cemetery Records
• Military Records
• Revolutionary War Documents on Footnote.com