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REVOLUTIONARY VETERANS
OF THE TOWN OF DRYDEN
| Name: | Place of Burial: |
|---|---|
| Eleazer Baker | Gee Town Cemetery |
| Joseph Baley | Old Cemetery |
| Daniel Brown | Will G-38, Listed as resident of Dryden. Burial place unknown. May be buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Ithaca. |
| Isaac Carmer | Will Book G-259, Wife Leah buried in Old Cemetery. Burial place unknown |
| Paul Ewers | Varna Cemetery [See Etna Cemetery records.] |
| Samuel Fox | Died West Dryden, Oct. 10, 1844 (DAR) Burial place unknown |
| John Gardner | Died Dryden, January 19, 1835 (Ancestry.com) Burial place unknown |
| Edward Griswold | Green Hills Cemetery |
| Jacob Hanmer | Old Cemetery |
| John Hulslander | Caroline Grove Cemetery, Caroline |
| Zabud June | Died Dryden April 28, 1825 (DAR record) Burial place unknown |
| Samuel Knapp | Peruville Cemetery, Groton |
| Elias Larraby | Dryden Cemetery (Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Soldiers) |
| William Lewis | Old Cemetery |
| George McCutcheon | Tompkins Co. Will Book E-363, of Dryden. Buried Robertson Cemetery, Dryden, NY (per all his families papers). Headstone gone, he died Oct. 14, 1846
|
| Joseph Mosley | Age 79, living with son Joseph J. in Dryden ( 1840 Pension List) |
| Wendall Overacker | Duesenberry Cemetery |
| Mowbray Owen | Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Ithaca |
| Frederick Raymer | Died Dryden Nov 16, 1836 (DAR record) Burial place unknown |
| Ezekiel Sanford | Died Jan 9, 1833 , T.C. Will Book G-46 Buried Reed Family Cemetery, Sparta, Livingston Co., NY. See also this page. |
| Joseph Scofield | Gee Town Cemetery |
| Jonathan Sperry | Green Hills Cemetery |
| Henry Stewart | Varna Cemetery [See Etna Cemetery records.] |
| James S. Townley | Peruville Cemetery, Groton, NY |
| Elisha Williams | Died Nov. 14, 1838, Dryden (widow Lydia’s pension file. She is buried Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Ithaca) |
| John VanMater | T.C. Will Book A-44, resident of Dryden Burial place unknown |
| John Waldron | Died Dryden Will Book B:153 ,Burial place unknown |
| Veterans who applied for pensions while residents of Dryden, burial location unknown: | |
| Caleb Babcock | In Dryden, applied for pension in 1818 (1820 Pension List) |
| John Coleman | In Dryden, age 71 on July 15, 1819 when he applied for a pension (1820 Pension List) |
| Moses Stevens | In Dryden, age 84 (1840 Pension List) |
| Joseph Smith | In Dryden, age 76 (Pension Roll of 1835) |
| Veterans who lived in Dryden but died elsewhere: | |
| Benjamin Lewis | A Revolutionary Soldier formerly of Dryden Died at Newark, NY 1 Dec 1838 82 yrs (Ithaca Chronicle 12 Dec 1838 p.3) |
| John Ralyea | Died c1821 at home of son, David Ralyea, Catherine, Tioga, NY (Pension file) |
| Andrew Sherwood | Died Independence, Allegany, NY, 29 Aug 1831 (Pension file) |
| Silas Stone | Silas died Wellville, NY June 19, 1837 Age 78 (DAR record) Wife Polly buried in Knapp Cemetery, Dryden |
| Sources: U.S. Pensioners 1818-1872; Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. II; NY Pensioners, 1835; Pension Roll, 1840; Tompkins County Will Book Index; On-line DAR records; US census records for Tompkins Co.1800-1850; Family Trees on Ancestry.com; Local histories; records at Family History Center, Ithaca, NY , On-line Tompkins County GenWeb site cemetery records. | |
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