CEMETERY: Graves Cemetery; Lee, Oneida co. NY submitted by Kathy Last (kllast at juno.com) ************************************************ Copyright.All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/ny/nyfiles.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/newyork/newyork.html http://files.usgwarchives.org/ny/oneida/cemeteries/lee/graves.txt Submitted date: June 18, 2006 ************************************************ Graves Cemetery Thomas Road, Town of Lee There are no tombstones in this cemetery and as it was a family cemetery there are no record of the actual burials. On December 2, 1999 all that could be found were five field stones indicating possible burials. In 1978 there was one tombstone located in this cemetery and copied. At that time it was estimated that there were probably 20 graves in the cemetery. By 1979 the one remaining stone had disappeared. The William Graves family lived on this property in the 1800’s. An obituary found for Joseph Graves, son of William, stated “he was laid to rest beside his father in the family burial ground”. There were no dates on the clipping but it is estimated between 1870 & 1880, and Joseph’s age was given as “about 40 years old”. At the time of Joseph’s death his mother was still alive. The stone copied in 1978 read as follows: Willie E., son of Abram & Elizabeh A. Harrison, died Aug. 21, 1866 age 1 yr 10 mos.