Putnam Valley
Adams Corners
Barrett
Baxter
Entrott
Hadden
Horton
King David/Rose Hills
Lane/Lang
Lawson
Post
Selleck
Tompkins Corners
Travis/Bryant Hill
Wood Street
Baxter Cemetery
Putnam Valley, NY
| Current Status: | Inactive |
| Description: | |
| GPS: | Parking pull-off on the Taconic Pakway at N41•26.283 W073•48.919. Oakridge Street entrance in Roaring Brook Lake community at N41•26.414' W073•48.802' Cemetery gate at N41•26.293' W073•48.923' |
| Location: | Parking is located on northbound Taconic Parkway 50 feet north of mile marker 29.0 (north of Pudding Street exit). Cemetery location is 165 feet east of mile marker 29.1 and 315 feet north on the trail path mentioned from the parking area shown on the satellite image. |
| How To Access: | At approximately 50 feet past mile marker 29.0, pull off the Parkway and park up off the shoulder onto the grass area. Enter the woods at this location. Upon entering the woods you'll notice the landscape runs downward, walk forward 34 steps. You should now be standing on a small dirt trail that runs left and right, turn and face left. Off in the distance you may notice an object, this object is the gravestone monument of Solomon Rundle, if not visible, walk along this trail path for about 62 steps. You should now stumble upon what appears to be a dried up stream bed approximately 3 feet wide, the cemetery should now be directly in front of you, cross over the stream bed and walk another 33 steps, you should now be at the south entrance of the Baxter Historic Cemetery, the Solomon Rundle monument is on your right. There are posts around the cemetary with 2 wire cables strung between them. The opening is at the south end of the cemetary. Alternate access in Roaring Brook Lake on Oakridge Street. Look for a path leading up hill; it may be swampy in wet weather. |
| Tax Map No.: | Putnam Valley 46.-2-6 |
| Owner of Record: | Baxter Cemetery |
| Size & Use: | .28 acre. 48 graves. 15 family names: Adams, Anderson, Baxter, Bennet, Bennett, Comings, Crawford, Davis, Nichols, Nickerson, Ridgway, Rundall, Rundle, Stephens, and Stevens. |
| Earliest Gravestone: | 1820, Charity Stevens |
| Most Prominent: | Three Revolutionary War veterans are buried here. |
| Current Condition: | Fair. Very overgrown by ferns. Most stones are in good condition, most are upright. Footstones are visible at many gravesites. Approximately six stones are tilted or positioned leaning up against trees or other stones. |
| Maintained By: | |
| Repairs Needed: | Clear overgrowth; clean, repair and reset stones. |
| Troy #: | 5C |
Rows run north-south, (#1-#7). Areas run west-east (#1-#10). A rough map of this cemetery layout can be viewed and printed by clicking here.
References: Eardeley p.24; Fisher (lists this cemetery as being in Kent Cliffs in error) pp. 19-20; Buys p. 99.
Click on a name below for photo of headstone and location in cemetary.
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| BAXTER |
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| BENNET |
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| BENNETT |
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| COMINGS |
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| CRAWFORD |
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| DAVIS |
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| NICHOLS |
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| NICKERSON |
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| RIDGEWAY |
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| RUNDALL |
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| RUNDLE |
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| STEPHENS |
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| STEVENS |
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