Green-Wood (aka Greenwood) Cemetery
SAR Cemetery #:
C-0035069
Location:
5th Avenue & 25th Street (500 25th St)
Brooklyn / Kings County (Brooklyn) / NY / USA
Brooklyn / Kings County (Brooklyn) / NY / USA
Cemetery GPS:
40.652199,-73.991097
Find A Grave Cemetery:
Comments:
The Greenwood Cemetery was founded in 1838 by Henry Evelyn Pierrepoint. The original layout for the cemetery was designed by landscape architect David Bates Douglass. The 478 acres have a varied terrain and feature both the highest point in Brooklyn (Battle Hill) and four glacial kettle ponds. It has been a tourist destination since the mid ineteenth century and is the final resting place of around 600,000 persons. The cemetery was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006
22 Patriots Interred in this Cemetery
| Patriot | Icons | Birth Date | Death Date | Cemetery Lot No | Marker Type | Monument Date | Find A Grave Memorial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon ALLEN (P-100656) | ABCH |
23 Feb 1751 | 1821 | Lot 991, Section 60 | 59827142 | ||
| Albert AMERMAN (P-103224) | ABCH |
09 Feb 1733 | 01 Sep 1818 | Lot 4569, Section 69 | 59828185 | ||
| Robert BENSON (P-113539) | ABCH | 30 Oct 1739 | 25 Feb 1823 | Memorial Plaque | 1939 | 29390428 | |
| Samuel BRADHURST (P-119554) | ABCH | 05 Jul 1749 | 22 Mar 1826 | Lot 9472 Sec 119 | 92267980 | ||
| Elijah BURBANK (P-124918) | ABCH | 18 Dec 1762 | 26 May 1847 | 182142080 | |||
| Hezekiah COLLINS (P-136644) | ABCH |
01 Dec 1739 | 12 Mar 1828 | Section 90, Lot 4807 | 108492082 | ||
| Leonard/Leonhard FISHER (P-332104) | ABCH |
Mar 1752 | 22 Dec 1832 | Sect 47 Lot 5562 | |||
| William Garritt FORBES (P-160152) | ABCH |
15 Dec 1751 | 06 Jan 1840 | 163084913 | |||
| Bezaleel HOWE (P-186176) | ABCH |
28 Nov 1750 | 03 Sep 1825 | Stone monument | 9128 | ||
| Henry Brockholst LIVINGSTON (P-237428) | ABCH |
26 Nov 1757 | 18 Mar 1823 | ||||
| William LIVINGSTON (P-237467) | ABCH |
30 Nov 1723 | 25 Jul 1790 | Section 98; Lot 564, 565 | 3278 | ||
| Andrew NEWELL (P-255673) | ABCH |
10 Feb 1751 | 30 Aug 1798 | ||||
| Elias NEXSEN (P-256069) | ABCH |
30 May 1740 | 10 Jun 1831 | 160909312 | |||
| Joseph OGDEN (P-262758) | ABCH |
01 Jul 1763 | 06 May 1817 | ||||
| Reynier QUACKENBOS/QUACKENBUSH (P-274697) | ABCH |
bpt 30 Jan 1730 | 18 Nov 1807 | 2 AUG 1997 | |||
| James QUACKENBUSH (P-274689) | ABCH |
08 Sep 1758 | 17 Jan 1842 | SAR | |||
| Jacobus James ROOSEVELT Jr (P-281601) | ABCH |
bpt 25 Oct 1759 | 13 Aug 1840 | 58365710 | |||
| John SPIES/SPECE (P-295087) | ABCH | 1768 | 18 Oct 1808 | Sec 69 Lot 10615 | 129162073 | ||
| Ebenezer STEVENS (P-297260) | ABCH |
22 Aug 1752 | 02 Sep 1823 | obelisk | 3281 | ||
| Isaac VAN CLEEF/CLEVE (P-309327) | ABCH |
15 Aug 1754 | 18 May 1802 | 170458093 | |||
| Samuel WARD Jr (P-313374) | ABCH |
17 Nov 1756 | 16 Aug 1832 | Lot 72, Section 77 | DAR | 57220433 | |
| Peter WYCKOFF (P-325493) | ABCH |
abt 1748 | bef 14 Nov 1825 | Lot 181 Section 61 | (Horizontal) | 57887878 |
A denotes there are one or more known Applications associated with the Patriot.
B denotes a Biography has been contributed for this Patriot.
C denotes Patriot is linked to a Cemetery record.
H denotes a Headstone photo has been contributed for this Patriot.
denotes Patriot is linked to associated DAR record.denotes previously discovered genealogy problem. See full record for details.