De Witt Cemetery; off Churchland Road, Saugerties, Ulster County, New York property formerly De Witt 1997 Transcribed by Audrey M. Klinkenberg, 1997. ****************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ****************************************************************** This file was contributed as part of the USGenWeb Tombstone Inscription Project. ****************************************************************** Helen G., dau. of Simeon P. & Harriett De Witt, died Oct 21, 1882, AE 36 y's, 7 m's & 3 d's. Harriet De Witt, died Apr 17, 1885, aged 68 yrs, 2 ms. (At Plattekill, Apr 17, wife of Simeon P., age 67. The Saugerties Evening Post, Apr 20, 1885) + Father and Mother + S. P. De Witt, died Jan 21, 1899, aged 90 yrs, 11 ms, 18 d's. Foot stone SPD. Rachel C. Van Etten, wife of Fred Niles, born Sept 17, 1829, died May 28, 1898. Maria De Witt, wife of Jonas Van Etten, died Aug 13, 1877, aged 85 y'rs, 7 m's & 18 d's. Foot stone MVE. (Aug 13, Saugerties, Maria De Witt, wife of James Van Etten, 85-7-18, Saugerties Telegraph, Aug 16, 1877 - In this town, Aug 13, Maria De Witt, wife of Jonas Van Etten, 85-7-18. The Saugerties Evening Post, Aug 15, 1877) Jonas Van Etten, died Dec 15, 1877, aged 84 y'rs, 7 m's & 27 d's. Foot stone JVE. (Dec 15, Vandale, town of Kingston, James Van Netten, formerly of this town, veteran of the War of 1812, 84-7-27. Saugerties Telegraph, Dec 20, 1877) ROW 2 --------------------- Daniel H., son of Simeon P. & Harriet De Witt, died Aug 15, 1867, aged 18 yrs & 2 m's & s d's. Foot stone DHD. Clinton, son of Simeon & Harriet De Witt, died Jul 21, 1861, aged 16 yrs, 10 m & 10 ds. Epitaph illegible. Foot stone CD. (July 21, Esopus Creek, 1 and a half miles above this village, Clinton De Witt, 17, son of Simeon P. De Witt, of Plattekill, drowned. Saugerties Telegraph, Jul 26, 1861.) John A. B. Van Etten, died Sept 19, 1855, aged 31 y'rs, 4 mo & 2 d's. Epitaph. Foot stone JABV. (Sep 19, 1855, in this town, John Abram Van Etten in his 32nd year. Saugerties Telegraph, Oct 19, 1855) In memory of Abraham De Witt, who died Dec 9, 1845, aged 82 y'rs, 9 m & 19 d's. Foot stone AD. In memory of Catharine Dedrick, wife of Abraham De Witt, who died March 18, 1835, aged 70 years, 7 mo & 21 d's. Foot stone CCCW. In memory of Anna Maria De Witt, who departed this life July 1st AD 1814, aged 84 years, 3 months & 23 days. Foot stone AMD. In memory of John L. De Witt, who departed this life May 27th AD 1803, aged 72 years, 1 month, 9 days. SAR flag holder, placed by Saugerties Chapter, NSDAR. ROW 3----------------- Stone, no inscription seen. RDW, born April 11, 1800, died October 23, 1805/3. Two upright blue stones, no inscription seen. In memory of Andrew De ---, who was born November 20, 1774 and departed this life September 8th 1793, aged 18 years, 9 months 18 days. ROW 4-------------------------- Christina Dull, wife of W. Blackwell, died Dec 2, 1868, aged 91 yr and 1 mo. (Dec 2, in this town, Christina Blackwell, wife of William Blackwell, deceased, aged 91 year, 1 month and 1 day. Saugerties Telegraph, Dec 11, 1868) Christ V Etten, died Sep 9, 1805/8, aged 80 years. A. P. Van Etten died Jun 18th 1801/2, aged 80 yr, 10 m & 6 days. Hand carved. William Blackwell my son is born the 6 day of January 1768 AD and departed this life July 20 day, 1798. In memory of William Blackwell, who died May 10, 1825, aged 52 y'rs, 6 mo & 9 ds. ROW 5------------------------ Broken stone, "who" "April" "aged 75" " mo & 23 ds". In memory of Mary Dull. Foot stone MD. Notes + = different side of the stone Items in parenthesis () are from other sources Items in brackets <> are notes made by the copier.